# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第八十七条 (Article 87) - Law: 個人情報の保護に関する法律 (Act on the Protection of Personal Information), 平成十五年法律第五十七号 - English title "Act on the Protection of Personal Information": 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87)（開示の実施） — address `art-87` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87 - 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. --- ### 第八十七条（開示の実施） — (Implementing Disclosure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87 **第一項** 保有個人情報の開示は、当該保有個人情報が、文書又は図画に記録されているときは閲覧又は写しの交付により、電磁的記録に記録されているときはその種別、情報化の進展状況等を勘案して行政機関等が定める方法により行う。ただし、閲覧の方法による保有個人情報の開示にあっては、行政機関の長等は、当該保有個人情報が記録されている文書又は図画の保存に支障を生ずるおそれがあると認めるとき、その他正当な理由があるときは、その写しにより、これを行うことができる。 art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-1 The disclosure of personal information an administrative entity holds is implemented through inspection or by the delivery of copies, if that personal information is contained in the form of documents or drawings; or by means designated by the administrative organ's head or administrative entity in consideration of the type of the record, the state of its digitalization, and other factors, if that personal information is contained in the electronic or magnetic records; provided, however, that if disclosure of personal information an administrative entity holds is to be implemented through inspection, and if the administrative organ's head or administrative entity finds that inspection of the original material is likely to hinder the preservation of the documents or pictures that contain the personal information, or there are other justifiable grounds for doing so, the disclosure of the personal information may be implemented through inspection of a copy of the documents or drawings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 行政機関等は、前項の規定に基づく電磁的記録についての開示の方法に関する定めを一般の閲覧に供しなければならない。 art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-2 An administrative entity must make its rules on the means of disclosure for electronic or magnetic records based on the preceding paragraph available for public inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 開示決定に基づき保有個人情報の開示を受ける者は、政令で定めるところにより、当該開示決定をした行政機関の長等に対し、その求める開示の実施の方法その他の政令で定める事項を申し出なければならない。 art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-3 A person to whom personal information an administrative entity holds is disclosed based upon a decision to disclose must indicate the means of implementing the disclosure that the person requests and other matters prescribed by Cabinet Order to the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that has made the decision to disclose, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による申出は、第八十二条第一項に規定する通知があった日から三十日以内にしなければならない。ただし、当該期間内に当該申出をすることができないことにつき正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。 art-87/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-4 The indication under the preceding paragraph must be made within thirty days from the date of the notice prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1); provided, however, this does not apply if there are justifiable grounds for being unable to make the indication within that period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-87/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-1 - art-87/par-4: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十七条第三項 (Article 87, paragraph (3)), art-87/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-3 - art-87/par-4: 第八十二条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-82/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十七条第二項（開示の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十七条第四項（開示の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-87/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-87/par-4 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十八条第一項（他の法令による開示の実施との調整） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-88/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十八条第二項（他の法令による開示の実施との調整） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-88/par-2 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第三十一条第三項（情報提供等の記録についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-31/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 190 — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10