# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第四条 (Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4. 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: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号 - English title "Consumer Safety 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — (Responsibilities of the National and Local Governments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、前条に定める基本理念（以下この条において「基本理念」という。）にのっとり、消費者安全の確保に関する施策を総合的に策定し、及び実施する責務を有する。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-1 The national and local governments have a responsibility to formulate and implement policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety comprehensively, in conformity with the basic principles provided for in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "the Basic Principles" in this Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者安全の確保に関する施策の推進に当たっては、基本理念にのっとり、消費生活について専門的な知識、技術又は経験を有する者の能力を活用するよう努めなければならない。 art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-2 In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must endeavor to leverage the abilities of persons with expertise, skills or experience in consumer affairs, in conformity with the Basic Principles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者安全の確保に関する施策の推進に当たっては、基本理念にのっとり、消費者事故等に関する情報の開示、消費者の意見を反映させるために必要な措置その他の措置を講ずることにより、その過程の透明性を確保するよう努めなければならない。 art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-3 In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must endeavor to take the necessary measures to disclose information about Actual and Potential Consumer-Related Incidents, the necessary measures to incorporate Consumer opinions, and other measures, thereby ensuring the transparency of the process, in conformity with the Basic Principles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者安全の確保に関する施策の推進に当たっては、基本理念にのっとり、施策効果（当該施策に基づき実施し、又は実施しようとしている行政上の一連の行為が消費者の消費生活、社会経済及び行政運営に及ぼし、又は及ぼすことが見込まれる影響をいう。第六条第二項第四号において同じ。）の把握及びこれを基礎とする評価を行った上で、適時に、かつ、適切な方法により検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-4 In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must endeavor to assess policy effects (meaning the effects that a series of administrative actions that the government implements or seeks to implement based on those policies, have or are likely to have on Consumers' lives as consumers, on social and economic conditions, and on administrative management; the same applies in Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv)), evaluate those effects based on their assessment, consider them in a timely and appropriate manner, and then take the necessary measures based on these considerations, in conformity with the Basic Principles. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must endeavor to assess policy effects (meaning the effects that a series of administrative actions that the government implements or seeks to implement based on this policies, have or are likely to have on Consumers' lives as consumers, on social and economic conditions, and on administrative management; the same applies in Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv)), evaluate those effects based on their assessment, consider them in a timely and appropriate manner, and then take the necessary measures based on these considerations, in conformity with the Basic Principles." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb **第五項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者安全の確保に関する施策の推進に当たっては、基本理念にのっとり、独立行政法人国民生活センター（以下「国民生活センター」という。）、第十条の二第一項第一号に規定する消費生活センター、都道府県警察、消防機関（消防組織法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十六号）第九条各号に掲げる機関をいう。）、保健所、病院、教育機関、第十一条の七第一項の消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員、消費者団体その他の関係者の間の緊密な連携が図られるよう配慮しなければならない。 art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-5 In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must take care to ensure close cooperation among the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, IAA (hereinafter referred to as "the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan"); the Consumer Affairs Centers as provided in Article 10-2, paragraph (1), item (i); prefectural police; fire departments (meaning the bodies set forth in the items of Article 9 of the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act (Act No. 226 of 1947)); healthcare centers; hospitals; educational institutions; consumer affairs support groups and consumer affairs supporters defined in Article 11-7, paragraph (1); consumer groups; and other relevant parties, in conformity with the Basic Principles. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In advancing policies for Ensuring Consumer Safety, the national and local governments must take care to ensure close cooperation among the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, IAA (hereinafter referred to as "the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan"); the Consumer Affairs Centers as provided in Article 10-2, paragraph (1), item 1; prefectural police; fire departments (meaning the bodies set forth in the items of Article 9 of the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act (Act No. 226 of 1947)); healthcare centers; hospitals; educational institutions; consumer affairs support groups and consumer affairs supporters defined in Article 11-7, paragraph (1); consumer groups; and other relevant parties, in conformity with the Basic Principles." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb **第六項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者教育を推進し、及び広報活動その他の活動を行うことを通じて、消費者安全の確保に関し、国民の理解を深め、かつ、その協力を得るよう努めなければならない。 art-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-6 The national and local governments must endeavor to deepen public understanding and gain their cooperation for Ensuring Consumer Safety, by promoting consumer education and conducting public relations activities, along with other relevant activities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 前条 → 消費者安全法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-3 - art-4/par-1: この条 → 消費者安全法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4 - art-4/par-4: 第六条第二項第四号 → 消費者安全法 第六条第二項第四号 (Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-6/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-6/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-6/par-2/item-4 - art-4/par-5: 第十条の二第一項第一号 → 消費者安全法 第十条の二第一項第一号 (Article 10-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-10-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-10-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-10-2/par-1/item-1 - art-4/par-5: 消防組織法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十六号）第九条 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000226, 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-5: 第十一条の七第一項 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第一項 (Article 11-7, paragraph (1)), art-11-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費者安全法 第四条第一項（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Consumer Safety Act, written 2026-11-02 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act (消費者安全法), Article 4, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act (消費者安全法), Article 4, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01