# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第一条 (Article 1) - Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号 - English title "Employment Security 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（法律の目的） — address `art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（法律の目的） — (Purpose of the Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律（昭和四十一年法律第百三十二号）と相まつて、公共に奉仕する公共職業安定所その他の職業安定機関が関係行政庁又は関係団体の協力を得て職業紹介事業等を行うこと、職業安定機関以外の者の行う職業紹介事業等が労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整に果たすべき役割に鑑みその適正な運営を確保すること等により、各人にその有する能力に適合する職業に就く機会を与え、及び産業に必要な労働力を充足し、もつて職業の安定を図るとともに、経済及び社会の発展に寄与することを目的とする。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-1/par-1 The purpose of this Act, in conjunction with the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies, Stability of Employment of Workers and Enhancement of Vocational Life (Act No. 132 of 1966), is to provide every person with the opportunity to secure a job suited to their abilities and to supply industry with the workforce it requires; This is accomplished by enabling public employment security offices and other employment security organizations to offer services such as employment placement, with the cooperation of relevant administrative authorities and related organizations. Furthermore, the Act ensures the appropriate operation of employment placement services by persons other than employment security agencies, considering the role these services should play in the proper and smooth coordination of labor supply and demand, thereby securing employment stability and contributing to economic and societal development. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 職業安定法 第五条第一項（政府の行う業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17