# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-52. 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（輸入の承認） — address `art-52` - 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-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-52 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条（輸入の承認） — (Approval of Import) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-52 **第一項** 外国貿易及び国民経済の健全な発展を図るため、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、貨物を輸入しようとする者は、政令で定めるところにより、輸入の承認を受ける義務を課せられることがある。 art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-52/par-1 In order to 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 for international peace, or make it possible to implement the cabinet decision referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1), persons seeking to import goods are sometimes placed under the obligation to get import approval, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52/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 ## Cited by 6 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 第六十九条の八第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-5 - 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 - 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