# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第八条 (Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（市町村行動計画） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八条（市町村行動計画） — (Municipal Action Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8 **第一項** 市町村は、行動計画策定指針に即して、五年ごとに、当該市町村の事務及び事業に関し、五年を一期として、地域における子育ての支援、母性並びに乳児及び幼児の健康の確保及び増進、子どもの心身の健やかな成長に資する教育環境の整備、子どもを育成する家庭に適した良質な住宅及び良好な居住環境の確保、職業生活と家庭生活との両立の推進その他の次世代育成支援対策の実施に関する計画（以下「市町村行動計画」という。）を策定することができる。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-1 In line with the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan, every five years, a municipality may formulate a plan concerning the implementation of measures to support raising next-generation children (referred to below as the "municipal action plan"), with regard to the affairs and services of the municipality, with five years as one term, including supporting childcare in the region, safeguarding and promoting motherhood and the health of an infant and toddler, creating an educational environment that contributes to a healthy mental and physical development of children, ensuring high-quality housing and a favorable living environment suitable for a family raising children, and improving the balance between professional and domestic lives of a worker. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村行動計画においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-2 A municipal action plan is to prescribe the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 次世代育成支援対策の実施により達成しようとする目標 art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-2/item-1 the goals to be achieved by implementing the measures to support raising next-generation children; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the goals to be achieved by implementing the measures to support raising next- generation children; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb **二** 実施しようとする次世代育成支援対策の内容及びその実施時期 art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-2/item-2 the details of the measures to support raising next-generation children to be implemented and the implementation period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画を策定し、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、住民の意見を反映させるために必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-3 When a municipality intends to formulate or change its municipal action plan, the municipality is to take necessary measures in advance to reflect the opinions of residents in the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画を策定し、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、事業主、労働者その他の関係者の意見を反映させるために必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-4 When a municipality intends to formulate or change its municipal action plan, the municipality must endeavor to take necessary measures in advance to reflect the opinions of employers, workers, and other persons concerned in the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画を策定し、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表するよう努めるとともに、都道府県に提出しなければならない。 art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-5 When a municipality has formulated or changed its municipal action plan, the municipality must endeavor to make the plan public and must submit it to the prefecture without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画を策定したときは、おおむね一年に一回、市町村行動計画に基づく措置の実施の状況を公表するよう努めるものとする。 art-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-6 When a municipality has formulated its municipal action plan, the municipality is to endeavor to make public the status of the implementation of any measures based on the municipal action plan approximately once a year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画を策定したときは、定期的に、市町村行動計画に基づく措置の実施の状況に関する評価を行い、市町村行動計画に検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、これを変更することその他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-7 When a municipality has formulated its municipal action plan, the municipality must periodically evaluate the status of the implementation of any measures based on the municipal action plan, review the municipal action plan, and, when the municipality finds it necessary to do so, endeavor to change the municipal action plan or take other necessary measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 市町村は、市町村行動計画の策定及び市町村行動計画に基づく措置の実施に関して特に必要があると認めるときは、事業主その他の関係者に対して調査を実施するため必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-8 If a municipality finds it particularly necessary to formulate a municipal action plan and to implement measures based on the municipal action plan, the municipality may request an employer and other persons concerned to provide any cooperation necessary for conducting surveys. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-4 - 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 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法), Article 8, paragraph (2), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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