# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第二十八条の四 (Article 28-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4. 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: 災害対策基本法 (Basic Act on Disaster Management), 昭和三十六年法律第二百二十三号 - English title "Basic Act on Disaster Management": 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: 第二十八条の四 (Article 28-4)（緊急災害対策本部の所掌事務） — address `art-28-4` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十八条の四（緊急災害対策本部の所掌事務） — (Function under the Jurisdiction of the Headquarters for Emergency Disaster Control) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4 **第一項** 緊急災害対策本部は、次に掲げる事務をつかさどる。 art-28-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1 The headquarters for emergency disaster control take charge of the following affairs: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 災害応急対策を的確かつ迅速に実施するための方針の作成に関すること。 art-28-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-1 matters concerning formulating a policy to implement emergency disaster control measures accurately and promptly; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 所管区域において指定行政機関の長、指定地方行政機関の長、地方公共団体の長その他の執行機関、指定公共機関及び指定地方公共機関が防災計画に基づいて実施する災害応急対策の総合調整に関すること。 art-28-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 matters concerning the overall coordination of emergency disaster control measures being taken under an appropriate disaster management plan within the area of its jurisdiction by the head of a designated administrative organ, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, and designated public corporations and designated local public corporations; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "matters concerning the overall coordination of emergency disaster control measures being taken under an appropriate disaster management plan within the area of its jurisdiction by the heads of a designated administrative organ, the head of a designated local administrative organ, the head or any other executive agency of a local government, and designated public corporations and designated local public corporations;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **三** 非常災害に際し必要な緊急の措置の実施に関すること。 art-28-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-3 matters concerning the implementation of necessary emergency measures in time of an extraordinary disaster; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第二十八条の六の規定により緊急災害対策本部長の権限に属する事務 art-28-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-4 matters concerning affairs which are assigned pursuant to the provisions of Article 28-6 to the authority of the chairperson of the headquarters for emergency disaster control; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、法令の規定によりその権限に属する事務 art-28-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-5 beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, any affairs that are assigned to the authority of the headquarters by laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, any affairs that are assigned to the authority of the headquarters by laws of regulations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb --- ## Cites - art-28-4/par-1/item-4: 第二十八条の六 → 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の六 (Article 28-6), art-28-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-6 - art-28-4/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の四第一項第一号 (Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-28-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-1 - art-28-4/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の四第一項第二号 (Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-28-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 - art-28-4/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の四第一項第三号 (Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-28-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-3 - art-28-4/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の四第一項第四号 (Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-28-4/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第二十八条の四第一項第五号（緊急災害対策本部の所掌事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-28-4/par-1/item-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, written 2026-11-03 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 災害対策基本法 — the text in force from 2026-11-02 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223/20261102_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management (災害対策基本法), Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management (災害対策基本法), Article 28-4, paragraph (1), item (v) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02