# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-15. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号 - English title "Whistleblower Protection 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（報告の徴収並びに助言、指導及び勧告） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-15 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条（報告の徴収並びに助言、指導及び勧告） — Collecting Reports and Providing Advice, Guidance and Recommendations caption: machine translation, not official art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-15 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第十一条第一項及び第二項（これらの規定を同条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定の施行に関し必要があると認めるときは、事業者に対して、報告を求め、又は助言、指導若しくは勧告をすることができる。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-15/par-1 The Prime Minister may request a report from, or give advice, guidance or recommendations to, a business operator if the Prime Minister finds it necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including if these provisions are applied by replacing the terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Article). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-15/par-1: 第十一条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-1 - art-15/par-1: 第二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-2 - art-15/par-1: 同条第三項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 第十六条第一項（公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-16/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 第二十条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-20/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 第二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-22/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch whistleblower-protection-act-20261026T133420-002, translated 2026-10-27 - This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26