# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、障害者の雇用義務等に基づく雇用の促進等のための措置、雇用の分野における障害者と障害者でない者との均等な機会及び待遇の確保並びに障害者がその有する能力を有効に発揮することができるようにするための措置、職業リハビリテーションの措置その他障害者がその能力に適合する職業に就くこと等を通じてその職業生活において自立することを促進するための措置を総合的に講じ、もつて障害者の職業の安定を図ることを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to comprehensively implement measures that are meant to do things such as facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities based on considerations such as the duty to employ them; measures that are meant to ensure equal opportunities and treatment in employment for persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities and to enable persons with disabilities to make effective use of their abilities; vocational rehabilitation measures; and other measures that are meant to prompt persons with disabilities to become independent in their working lives through actions such as working in jobs suited to their abilities; thereby bringing about occupational stability for persons with disabilities.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18