# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第二十三条 (Article 23)

- Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号
- English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（財政上の措置等） — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-23
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### 第二十三条（財政上の措置等） — (Financial Measures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-23</sup>

**第一項**  国は、女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する地方公共団体の施策を支援するために必要な財政上の措置その他の措置を講ずるよう努めるものとする。
<sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-23/par-1</sup>
The national government is to endeavor to take financial measures and other measures necessary to support the measures of local governments for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life.
<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) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19