# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第七条 (Article 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7. 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（住民等の責務） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/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. 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. --- ### 第七条（住民等の責務） — (Responsibilities of Residents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7 **第一項** 地方公共団体の区域内の公共的団体、防災上重要な施設の管理者その他法令の規定による防災に関する責務を有する者は、基本理念にのつとり、法令又は地域防災計画の定めるところにより、誠実にその責務を果たさなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/par-1 Based on the basic principles, as provided for by laws and regulations or under an area disaster management plan, public organizations, administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties having responsibilities under laws and regulations for disaster management within the area of the local government must fulfill their responsibilities in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 災害応急対策又は復旧復興に必要な物資若しくは資材又は役務の供給又は提供を業とする者は、基本理念にのつとり、災害時においてもこれらの事業活動を継続的に実施するとともに、当該事業活動に関し、国又は地方公共団体が実施する防災に関する施策に協力するように努めなければならない。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/par-2 Based on the basic principles, persons engaged in the business of supplying goods or materials or providing services necessary for emergency disaster control measures or recovery and reconstruction must endeavor to continue these business activities even in the time of a disaster and, with respect to the relevant business activities, to cooperate with the disaster management measures implemented by the State or a local government. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項に規定するもののほか、地方公共団体の住民は、基本理念にのつとり、食品、飲料水その他の生活必需物資の備蓄その他の自ら災害に備えるための手段を講ずるとともに、防災訓練その他の自発的な防災活動への参加、過去の災害から得られた教訓の伝承その他の取組により防災に寄与するように努めなければならない。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/par-3 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, based on the basic principles, local residents must endeavor to take measures to store goods of daily necessities such as food and drink and to prepare for disasters by themselves and contribute to disaster management by voluntarily participating in disaster reduction drills and any other disaster management activities, and by handing down lessons learned from past disasters and any other instructive activities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-3: 前二項 → 災害対策基本法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第七条第三項（住民等の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/disaster-management-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-7/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