# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第二章 (Chapter 2)

- 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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/ch-2
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## 第二章　国及び地方公共団体の責務等 — Chapter II Responsibilities of the National and the Local Governments
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/ch-2</sup>

### 第四条（国の責務） — (Responsibilities of the National Government)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  国は、この法律の趣旨にのっとり、国の機関、地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人等、地方独立行政法人及び事業者等による個人情報の適正な取扱いを確保するために必要な施策を総合的に策定し、及びこれを実施する責務を有する。
<sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-4/par-1</sup>
The national government is responsible for comprehensively developing and implementing the necessary measures to ensure the proper handling of personal information by national government organs, local government organs, incorporated administrative agencies or other prescribed corporations, local incorporated administrative agencies, and businesses in conformity with the purport of this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五条（地方公共団体の責務） — (Responsibilities of the Local Governments)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  地方公共団体は、この法律の趣旨にのっとり、国の施策との整合性に配慮しつつ、その地方公共団体の区域の特性に応じて、地方公共団体の機関、地方独立行政法人及び当該区域内の事業者等による個人情報の適正な取扱いを確保するために必要な施策を策定し、及びこれを実施する責務を有する。
<sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-5/par-1</sup>
Local governments are responsible for developing and implementing necessary measures to ensure the proper handling of personal information by local government organs, local incorporated administrative agencies, and businesses within their territory based on its characteristics in conformity with the purport of this Act while considering the consistency with the measures taken by the national government.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第六条（法制上の措置等） — (Legislative Measures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、個人情報の性質及び利用方法に鑑み、個人の権利利益の一層の保護を図るため特にその適正な取扱いの厳格な実施を確保する必要がある個人情報について、保護のための格別の措置が講じられるよう必要な法制上の措置その他の措置を講ずるとともに、国際機関その他の国際的な枠組みへの協力を通じて、各国政府と共同して国際的に整合のとれた個人情報に係る制度を構築するために必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-6/par-1</sup>
The government is to take necessary legislative and other measures to ensure that there are special measures in place to protect personal information whose strict proper handling it is necessary to ensure in order to further protect the rights and interests of individuals, and also take necessary measures in collaboration with the governments of other countries to establish an internationally harmonized system for personal information through cooperation with international organizations and other international frameworks, in view of the nature of the personal information and the way in which it is used.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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