# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48. 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48)（輸出の許可等） — address `art-48` - 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-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48 - 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. --- ### 第四十八条（輸出の許可等） — (Permission for Export) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48 **第一項** 国際的な平和及び安全の維持を妨げることとなると認められるものとして政令で定める特定の地域を仕向地とする特定の種類の貨物の輸出をしようとする者は、政令で定めるところにより、経済産業大臣の許可を受けなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-1 A person seeking to make an export involving a specified type of goods, which has a specified region as the destination and which is prescribed by Cabinet Order as being found to interfere with the maintenance of international peace and security, must get the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前項の規定の確実な実施を図るため必要があると認めるときは、同項の特定の種類の貨物を同項の特定の地域以外の地域を仕向地として輸出しようとする者に対し、政令で定めるところにより、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for persons seeking to export the specified type of goods referred to in that paragraph to a region other than a specified region as referred to in that paragraph to get permission to do so. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for persons seeking to export the specific kind of goods referred to in that paragraph to a region other than a specified region as referred to in that paragraph to get permission to do so." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第三項** 経済産業大臣は、前二項に定める場合のほか、特定の種類の若しくは特定の地域を仕向地とする貨物を輸出しようとする者又は特定の取引により貨物を輸出しようとする者に対し、国際収支の均衡の維持のため、外国貿易及び国民経済の健全な発展のため、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ため、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ため、又は第十条第一項の閣議決定を実施するために必要な範囲内で、政令で定めるところにより、承認を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-3 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for persons seeking to export a specified type of goods or to export goods to a specified region or for persons seeking to export goods through specified transactions to get approval to do so, to the extent necessary in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium, enable the sound development of foreign trade and the national economy, allow Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or other international agreement that it has concluded, allow Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or make it possible to implement the cabinet decision referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for persons seeking to export a specific kind of goods or to export goods to a specified region or for persons seeking to export goods through specified transactions to get approval to do so, to the extent necessary in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium, enable the sound development of foreign trade and the national economy, allow Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or other international agreement that it has concluded, allow Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or make it possible to implement the cabinet decision referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb --- ## Cites - art-48/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-3: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-3: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-2 - art-48/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 19 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 第四十八条第二項（輸出の許可等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第三項（輸出の許可等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第一項（制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第二項（制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第三項（制裁） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十第一項（輸出者等遵守基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-10/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十第二項（輸出者等遵守基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-10/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十第三項（輸出者等遵守基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-10/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十三第一項（行政手続法の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-13/par-1 - 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 第六十九条の三第二項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-2/item-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の七第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-7/par-1/item-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の七第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-7/par-2/item-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第三十五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-35 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第三十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-36 --- ## 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 48, paragraph (2) — 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 (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 48, paragraph (3) — 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