# 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 — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7) — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣及び総務大臣は、事業主が女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組を総合的かつ効果的に実施することができるよう、基本方針に即して、次条第一項に規定する一般事業主行動計画及び第十九条第一項に規定する特定事業主行動計画（次項において「事業主行動計画」と総称する。）の策定に関する指針（以下「事業主行動計画策定指針」という。）を定めなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-1 The Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must establish guidelines on the formulation of the general employer action plan prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the specified employer action plan prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) (collectively referred to as the "employer action plan" in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan") in line with the basic policy in order to enable employers to comprehensively and effectively implement initiatives concerning the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must establish guidelines on the formulation of the general employer action plan prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the specified employer action plan prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) (collectively referred to as the "employer action plan " in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as "guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan") in line with the basic policy in order to enable employers to comprehensively and effectively implement initiatives concerning the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb **第二項** 事業主行動計画策定指針においては、次に掲げる事項につき、事業主行動計画の指針となるべきものを定めるものとする。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2 The guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan are to stipulate what should serve as a guide for the employer action plan with regard to the following particulars: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan are to stipulate what should serve as a guide for the employer action plan with regarding to the following particulars:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb **一** 事業主行動計画の策定に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-1 basic particulars concerning the formulation of the employer action plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組の内容に関する事項 art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-2 particulars concerning the content of initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する取組に関する重要事項 art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2/item-3 other important particulars concerning initiatives for the promotion of women's active engagement in professional life. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣及び総務大臣は、事業主行動計画策定指針を定め、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-3 When establishing or modifying the guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan, the Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must publicize this without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-1: 次条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-19/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 次項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-7/par-1 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-4271-64/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-4271-64/art-1/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life (女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律), Article 7, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), 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 (女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律), Article 7, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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