# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号
- English title "Unfair Competition Prevention Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、事業者間の公正な競争及びこれに関する国際約束の的確な実施を確保するため、不正競争の防止及び不正競争に係る損害賠償に関する措置等を講じ、もって国民経済の健全な発展に寄与することを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to provide measures for preventing unfair competition and compensating loss or damage caused by such competition, in order to ensure fair competition among businesses and the proper implementation of related international agreements, thereby contributing to the sound development of the national economy.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11