# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二十一条 (Article 21) - Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号 - English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21) — address `art-21` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21 - 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. --- ### 第二十一条 art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21 **第一項** 地方公共団体、事業主、住民その他の次世代育成支援対策の推進を図るための活動を行う者は、地域における次世代育成支援対策の推進に関し必要となるべき措置について協議するため、次世代育成支援対策地域協議会（以下「地域協議会」という。）を組織することができる。 art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-1 A local government, employer, resident, and other person engaged in efforts to promote the measures to support raising next-generation children may organize a regional council for measures to support raising next-generation children (referred to below as a "regional council") to discuss any steps necessary for the promotion of those measures in the region. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の協議を行うための会議において協議が調った事項については、地域協議会の構成員は、その協議の結果を尊重しなければならない。 art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-2 The member of a regional council must respect the results of the discussions regarding any matters on which an agreement was reached at a meeting organized to conduct the discussions referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、地域協議会の運営に関し必要な事項は、地域協議会が定める。 art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-3 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, any matters necessary for the operation of a regional council are determined by the regional council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-21/par-2: 前項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-3: 前二項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-3: 前二項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-2 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-21/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19