# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第三条 (Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Article 3)（国の責務） — address `art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（国の責務） — (Responsibilities of the State) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3 **第一項** 国は、前条の基本理念（以下「基本理念」という。）にのつとり、国土並びに国民の生命、身体及び財産を災害から保護する使命を有することに鑑み、組織及び機能の全てを挙げて防災に関し万全の措置を講ずる責務を有する。 art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-1 Based on the basic principles prescribed in the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as "basic principles") and in light of the mission of protecting the national land and lives, bodies and properties of citizens from disasters, the State has the responsibility to take all possible measures concerning disaster management by mobilizing all its organizations and functions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国は、前項の責務を遂行するため、災害予防、災害応急対策及び復旧復興の基本となるべき計画を作成し、及び法令に基づきこれを実施するとともに、地方公共団体、指定公共機関、指定地方公共機関等が処理する防災に関する事務又は業務の実施の推進とその総合調整を行い、及び災害に係る経費負担の適正化を図らなければならない。 art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-2 To perform the responsibilities prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the State must formulate a plan on which disaster prevention, emergency disaster control measures, and recovery and reconstruction are to be based, implement the plan on the basis of laws and regulations, pursue the implementation of affairs or operations concerning disaster management handled by local governments, designated public corporations, and designated local public corporations, etc., undertake the overall coordination of the implementation, and ensure that the burden of expenses related to a disaster is appropriate. machine translation, not official **第三項** 指定行政機関及び指定地方行政機関は、その所掌事務を遂行するに当たつては、第一項に規定する国の責務が十分に果たされることとなるように、相互に協力しなければならない。 art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-3 In carrying out the functions under their jurisdiction, designated administrative organs and designated local administrative organs must cooperate with each other so that the responsibilities of the State prescribed in paragraph (1) can be fully fulfilled. machine translation, not official **第四項** 指定行政機関の長及び指定地方行政機関の長は、この法律の規定による都道府県及び市町村の地域防災計画の作成及び実施が円滑に行われるように、その所掌事務について、当該都道府県又は市町村に対し、勧告し、指導し、助言し、その他適切な措置をとらなければならない。 art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-4 The head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organ must provide recommendations, guidance, and advice to prefectures and municipalities or take other appropriate measures concerning the functions under their jurisdiction so that the formulation and implementation of area disaster management plans of the prefectures and municipalities under this Act can be performed smoothly. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-3/par-1: 前条 → 災害対策基本法 第二条の二 (Article 2-2), art-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-2-2 - art-3/par-2: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-1 - art-3/par-3: 第一項 → 災害対策基本法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第三条第二項（国の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-2 - 災害対策基本法 第三条第三項（国の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-3/par-3 --- ## Sources - 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 — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02