# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24. 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: 外国為替及び外国貿易法 (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act), 昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号 - English title "Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（経済産業大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する特定資本取引） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24 - 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. --- ### 第二十四条（経済産業大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する特定資本取引） — (Specified Capital Transactions Subject to an Obligation to Obtain the Permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、居住者による特定資本取引（第二十条第二号に掲げる資本取引（同条第十二号の規定により同条第二号に準ずる取引として政令で定めるものを含む。）のうち、貨物を輸出し、又は輸入する者が貨物の輸出又は輸入に直接伴つてする取引又は行為として政令で定めるもの及び鉱業権、工業所有権その他これらに類する権利の移転又はこれらの権利の使用権の設定に係る取引又は行為として政令で定めるもの（短期の国際商業取引の決済のための取引として政令で定めるものを除く。）をいう。以下同じ。）が何らの制限なしに行われた場合には、我が国が締結した条約その他の国際約束を誠実に履行することを妨げ、若しくは国際平和のための国際的な努力に我が国として寄与することを妨げることとなる事態を生じ、この法律の目的を達成することが困難になると認めるとき、又は第十条第一項の閣議決定が行われたときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該特定資本取引を行おうとする居住者に対し、当該特定資本取引を行うことについて、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-1 On finding that, if residents were to unrestrictedly conduct specified capital transactions (meaning any capital transaction as stated in Article 20, item (ii) (including anything that, pursuant to item (xii) of that Article, Cabinet Order prescribes as a transaction equivalent to what is referred to in item (ii) of that Article) prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction or action that a person that imports or exports goods conducts in direct association with the importing or exporting of goods, or prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction or action associated with the transfer of a mining right, industrial property right, or other right equivalent thereto, or associated with the establishment of the right to use these rights (excluding anything prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction whose purpose is the settlement of a short-term international commercial transaction); the same applies hereinafter), it would prevent Japan from faithfully performing its obligations under a treaty or other international agreement it has concluded or would cause a situation that would prevent Japan from contributing to international efforts towards international peace, thereby making it difficult to achieve the purpose of this Act, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) has been reached, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents seeking to conduct such a specified capital transaction to get permission to conduct it. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "On finding that, if residents were to unrestrictedly conduct specified capital transactions (meaning any capital transaction as stated in Article 20, item (ii) (including anything that, pursuant to item (xii) of that Article, Cabinet Order prescribes as a transaction equivalent to what is referred to in item (ii) of that Article) prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction or action that a person that imports or exports goods conducts in direct association with the importing or exporting of goods, or prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction or action associated with the transfer of a mining right, industrial property right, or other right equivalent thereto, or associated with the establishment of the right to use these rights (excluding anything prescribed by Cabinet Order as a transaction whose purpose is the settlement of a short-term international commercial transaction)), it would prevent Japan from faithfully performing its obligations under a treaty or other international agreement it has concluded or would cause a situation that would prevent Japan from contributing to international efforts towards international peace, thereby making it difficult to achieve the purpose of this Act, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) has been reached, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents seeking to conduct such a specified capital transaction to get permission to conduct it." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 前項に定める場合のほか、経済産業大臣は、居住者による特定資本取引が何らの制限なしに行われた場合には、第二十一条第二項各号に掲げるいずれかの事態を生じ、この法律の目的を達成することが困難になると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該特定資本取引を行おうとする居住者に対し、当該特定資本取引を行うことについて、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-2 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, on finding that, if residents were to unrestrictedly conduct specified capital transactions, it would cause one of the situations stated in the items of Article 21, paragraph (2) to arise, thereby making it difficult to achieve the purpose of this Act, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents seeking to conduct such a specified capital transaction to get permission to conduct it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特定資本取引について第一項及び前項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された場合には、当該特定資本取引を行おうとする者は、政令で定めるところにより、これらの規定による許可の申請を併せて行うことができる。この場合において、経済産業大臣は、当該申請に係る特定資本取引について許可を受ける義務を課することとなつた事態のいずれをも生じさせないかを併せ考慮して、許可をするかどうかを判断するものとする。 art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-3 If it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for a specified capital transaction pursuant to both paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, a person seeking to conduct such a transaction may file a combined application for the permissions under those paragraphs, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In such a case, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to decide whether to give permission while also taking into consideration whether the specified capital transaction under the application would actually cause one of the situations that forms the basis for the minister's having made it obligatory for persons to get permission for such a transaction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 第二十条第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条第一項第二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20/par-1/item-2 - art-24/par-1: 同条第十二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条第一項第十二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-20/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20/par-1/item-12 - art-24/par-1: 第十条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-10/par-1 - art-24/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-1 - art-24/par-2: 第二十一条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-2 - art-24/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-1 - art-24/par-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-10/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項（財務大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する資本取引等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第二項（経済産業大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する特定資本取引） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第三項（経済産業大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する特定資本取引） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条の二第一項（特定資本取引の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第二項第五号（外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-5 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-1/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-2/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第十四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-14 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-5/par-3 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 24, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05