# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（主務大臣） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（主務大臣） — (Competent Minister) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-22 **第一項** 第七条第一項及び第三項から第五項までにおける主務大臣は、行動計画策定指針のうち、市町村行動計画及び都道府県行動計画に係る部分並びに一般事業主行動計画に係る部分（雇用環境の整備に関する部分を除く。）については内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣、国家公安委員会、文部科学大臣、農林水産大臣、経済産業大臣、国土交通大臣及び環境大臣とし、一般事業主行動計画に係る部分（雇用環境の整備に関する部分に限る。）については厚生労働大臣とし、その他の部分については内閣総理大臣とする。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-22/par-1 The competent ministers referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (3) through (5) are to be the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the National Public Safety Commission, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Minister of the Environment with regard to the part of the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan related to a municipal action plan and a prefectural action plan and the part related to a general employer action plan (excluding the part related to the improvement of the employment environment), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with regard to the part related to a general employer action plan (limited to the part related to the improvement of the employment environment), and the Prime Minister with regard to other parts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第九条第五項及び第十条第二項における主務大臣は、内閣総理大臣、厚生労働大臣、国家公安委員会、文部科学大臣、農林水産大臣、経済産業大臣、国土交通大臣及び環境大臣とする。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-22/par-2 The competent ministers referred to in Article 9, paragraph (5) and Article 10, paragraph (2) are to be the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the National Public Safety Commission, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Minister of the Environment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1: 第七条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 - art-22/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-3 - art-22/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-4 - art-22/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第五項 (Article 7, paragraph (5)), art-7/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-5 - art-22/par-2: 第九条第五項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第九条第五項 (Article 9, paragraph (5)), art-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-9/par-5 - art-22/par-2: 第十条第二項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-10/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 --- ## 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