# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2. 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: 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2)（特定取得の届出の特例） — address `art-28-2` - 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-28-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条の二（特定取得の届出の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Filing of Notifications for Specified Acquisition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2 **第一項** 外国投資家（第二十六条第一項に規定する外国投資家をいい、この法律、この法律に基づく命令又はこれらに基づく処分に違反したものその他の前条第三項の規定による審査を行う必要性が高いものとして政令で定めるものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、特定取得のうち、国の安全に係る特定取得に該当するおそれが大きいものとして政令で定めるもの以外のものを行おうとする場合には、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定による届出をすることを要しない。この場合において、当該外国投資家は、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣が定める特定取得が国の安全に係る特定取得に該当しないための基準を遵守しなければならない。 art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if a foreign investor (meaning a foreign investor as provided in Article 26, paragraph (1); excluding a foreign investor that has violated this Act, an Order based on this Act, or an administrative disposition based on either of these, or any other foreign investor prescribed by Cabinet Order as one for which there is a high need to carry out an examination under paragraph (3) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) seeks to conduct a specified acquisition other than one prescribed by Cabinet Order as being highly likely to constitute a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, the foreign investor is not required to file the notification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In such a case, the foreign investor must comply with the criteria that must be met in order for a specified acquisition not to constitute a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, which the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business establish. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、前項に規定する基準の制定又は改廃の立案をしようとするときは、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-2 Before the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business propose the establishment, revision, or repeal of the criteria provided for in the preceding paragraph, they must hear the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定により前条第一項の規定による届出をせずに特定取得を行つた外国投資家が、第一項に規定する基準に違反していると認めるときは、当該外国投資家に対し、当該基準を遵守するために必要な措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。 art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business find that a foreign investor that, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), has conducted a specified acquisition without filing a notification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, has violated the criteria provided for in paragraph (1), they may issue a recommendation for the foreign investor to take the necessary measures to comply with those criteria. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた外国投資家がその勧告に従わなかつたときは、当該勧告を受けた外国投資家に対し、その勧告に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-4 If a foreign investor that has been issued a recommendation under the preceding paragraph fails to follow this, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may order the foreign investor that has been issued the recommendation to take the recommended measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、第三項の規定による勧告の手続その他当該勧告に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-28-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-5 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the procedures for issuing recommendations under paragraph (3), and provides for other necessary particulars in connection with these recommendations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 特定組合等が行う特定取得に相当するものにより当該特定組合等の組合員が取得する財産又は権利については、当該特定組合等が取得し、又は所有し、若しくは保有するものとみなして、前各項及び次条第五項の規定を適用する。 art-28-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-6 Assets and rights that a partner of a specified partnership or similar organization acquires through an action that is comparable to the specified acquisitions that the specified partnership or similar organization undertakes are deemed to be acquired, owned, or held by the specified partnership or similar organization, and the provisions of the preceding paragraphs and paragraph (5) of the following Article apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 外国投資家以外の者（法人その他の団体を含む。）が外国投資家のために当該外国投資家の名義によらないで行う特定取得に相当するものについては、当該外国投資家以外の者を外国投資家とみなして、第一項から第五項まで及び次条第五項の規定を適用する。 art-28-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-7 A person (including a corporation or any other organization) not constituting a foreign investor is deemed to be a foreign investor in connection with any action comparable to a specified acquisition which that person undertakes on behalf of a foreign investor but not in the name of that foreign investor, and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (5) and paragraph (5) of the following Article apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-28-2/par-1: 第二十六条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1 - art-28-2/par-1: 前条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-3 - art-28-2/par-1: この条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2), art-28-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2 - art-28-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-1 - art-28-2/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-3: 前条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-1 - art-28-2/par-4: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第三項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (3)), art-28-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 - art-28-2/par-5: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第三項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (3)), art-28-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 - art-28-2/par-5: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第四項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (4)), art-28-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-4 - art-28-2/par-6: 前各項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-6: 前各項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第二項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (2)), art-28-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-2 - art-28-2/par-6: 前各項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第三項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (3)), art-28-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 - art-28-2/par-6: 前各項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第四項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (4)), art-28-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-4 - art-28-2/par-6: 前各項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第五項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (5)), art-28-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-5 - art-28-2/par-6: 次条第五項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十九条第五項 (Article 29, paragraph (5)), art-29/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-29/par-5 - art-28-2/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第二項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (2)), art-28-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-2 - art-28-2/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第三項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (3)), art-28-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 - art-28-2/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第四項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (4)), art-28-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-4 - art-28-2/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第五項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (5)), art-28-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-5 - art-28-2/par-7: 次条第五項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十九条第五項 (Article 29, paragraph (5)), art-29/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-29/par-5 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第二項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第三項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第四項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第五項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-5 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第六項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-6 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第七項（特定取得の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-7 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十九条第五項（措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-29/par-5 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-1/item-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第二項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-2/item-6 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第二十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-26 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第一項（準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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