# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十九条の四 (Article 69-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-4. 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: 第六十九条の四 (Article 69-4) — address `art-69-4` - 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-69-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-4 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条の四 art-69-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-4 **第一項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、次の各号に掲げる対内直接投資等又は特定取得の区分に応じ、当該対内直接投資等又は特定取得が当該各号に定めるものに該当するかどうかを確認するため必要があると認めるときは、内閣総理大臣、外務大臣その他の関係行政機関の長の意見を求めなければならない。 art-69-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-4/par-1 The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business must, in accordance with the category of inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition stated in the following items, seek the opinion of the Prime Minister, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the heads of other relevant administrative organs if they find it necessary in order to confirm whether that inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition falls under what is prescribed in the relevant item. machine translation, not official **一** 第二十七条第三項（第二十七条の四第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による審査をする第二十七条第一項に規定する対内直接投資等　国の安全等に係る対内直接投資等 art-69-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-4/par-1/item-1 inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) that is subject to examination under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2)): inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a similar concern; machine translation, not official **二** 第二十八条第三項（第二十八条の四第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による審査をする第二十八条第一項に規定する特定取得　国の安全に係る特定取得 art-69-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-4/par-1/item-2 a specified acquisition prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) that is subject to examination under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28-4, paragraph (2)): a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-69-4/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-3 - art-69-4/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-1 - art-69-4/par-1/item-2: 第二十八条第三項 → 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-69-4/par-1/item-2: 第二十八条第一項 → 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 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-001, translated 2026-11-06 - 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