# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-8. 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: 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8)（その他の報告） — address `art-55-8` - 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-55-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-8 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の八（その他の報告） — (Other Reporting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-8 **第一項** この法律で別に規定するもののほか、主務大臣は、この法律の目的を達成するため必要な限度において、政令で定めるところにより、この法律の適用を受ける取引、行為若しくは支払等を行い、若しくは行つた者又は関係人に対し、当該取引、行為又は支払等の内容その他当該取引、行為又は支払等に関連する事項についての報告を求めることができる。 art-55-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-8/par-1 Beyond as otherwise provided for in this Act, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order and to the extent necessary for achieving the purpose of this Act, may ask a person that is undertaking or has undertaken a transaction, action, or the making or receipt of a payment to which this Act applies, or any related person, to report the substance of the transaction, the action, or the making or receipt of the payment as well as any other information related to the transaction, action, or making or receipt of the payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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