# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第九十八条 (Article 98) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": 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: 第九十八条 (Article 98)（自動車教習所） — address `art-98` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98 - 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. --- ### 第九十八条（自動車教習所） — (Driving Schools) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98 **第一項** 自動車教習所（免許を受けようとする者に対し、自動車の運転に関する技能及び知識について教習を行う施設をいう。以下同じ。）を設置し、又は管理する者は、当該自動車教習所において行う自動車の運転に関する教習の水準の維持向上に努めなければならない。 art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-1 A person operating or managing a driving school (meaning a facility that provides instruction on motor vehicle driving skills and knowledge to persons seeking licenses; the same applies hereinafter) must endeavor to maintain and improve the standards of motor vehicle driving instruction provided at the driving school. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該自動車教習所の所在地を管轄する公安委員会に、次に掲げる事項を届け出ることができる。 art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2 A person operating or managing a driving school may file the following information with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the location of the driving school, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者の氏名 art-98/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-1 the name and address of the person and, if it is a corporation, the name of its representative; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 自動車教習所の名称及び所在地 art-98/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-2 the name and location of the driving school; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、内閣府令で定める事項 art-98/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-3 information that Cabinet Office Order prescribes beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公安委員会は、前項の規定による届出をした自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者に対し、自動車の運転に関する教習の適正な水準を確保するため、当該自動車教習所における教習の態様に応じて、必要な指導又は助言をするものとする。 art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-3 A public safety commission must give the necessary guidance or advice to a person operating or managing a driving school that has made a filing as under the preceding paragraph, in keeping with the style of instruction at the driving school, in order to ensure that motor vehicle driving instruction meets the proper standards. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 公安委員会は、前項の指導又は助言をした場合において、必要があると認めるときは、自動車安全運転センターに対し、当該指導又は助言に係る自動車教習所における自動車の運転に関する技能又は知識の教習を行う職員に対する研修その他当該職員の資質の向上を図るための措置について、必要な配慮を加えるよう求めることができる。 art-98/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-4 If it finds it to be necessary, a public safety commission that has given the guidance or advice referred to in the preceding paragraph may request that the Japan Safe Driving Center give the necessary consideration to training employees in charge of instruction in motor vehicle driving skills or knowledge at the driving school in connection with the guidance or advice, and to other measures for improving the quality of those employees. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 公安委員会は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、第三項の指導又は助言をするため必要な限度において、第二項の規定による届出をした自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者に対し、必要な報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。 art-98/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-5 Pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a public safety commission may ask a person operating or managing a driving school that has made a filing as under paragraph (2) to report as necessary or submit the necessary materials, but only so far as is necessary to give the guidance or advice referred to in paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-98/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項第一号 (Article 98, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-98/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-1 - art-98/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項第二号 (Article 98, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-98/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-2 - art-98/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項 (Article 98, paragraph (2)), art-98/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2 - art-98/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第三項 (Article 98, paragraph (3)), art-98/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-3 - art-98/par-5: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第三項 (Article 98, paragraph (3)), art-98/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-3 - art-98/par-5: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項 (Article 98, paragraph (2)), art-98/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第八十九条第一項（免許の申請等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-89/par-1 - 道路交通法 第九十四条第二項（免許証の記載事項の変更届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-94/par-2 - 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項第三号（自動車教習所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2/item-3 - 道路交通法 第九十八条第三項（自動車教習所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-3 - 道路交通法 第九十八条第四項（自動車教習所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-4 - 道路交通法 第九十八条第五項（自動車教習所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-5 - 道路交通法 第九十九条第一項（指定自動車教習所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百八条の三十二の二第四項（運転免許取得者等教育の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-32-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-32-2/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4041-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4041-43/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13