# 中小企業基本法 / Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 中小企業基本法 (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act), 昭和三十八年法律第百五十四号 - English title "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（経営資源の確保） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15 - e-Gov law ID: 338AC0000000154 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条（経営資源の確保） — Securing Management Resources caption: machine translation, not official art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15 **第一項** 国は、経営方法の改善、技術の向上その他の中小企業の経営基盤の強化に必要な経営資源の確保に資するため、次に掲げる施策その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-1 In order to contribute to the securing of the management resources necessary for strengthening the management base of small and medium-sized enterprises, such as the improvement of management methods and the advancement of technology, the State is to take the following measures and other necessary measures: machine translation, not official **一** 中小企業の施設又は設備の導入を図るため、中小企業者の事業の用に供する施設又は設備の設置又は整備を促進すること。 art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-1/item-1 to promote the installation or improvement of facilities or equipment to be used in the business of small and medium-sized enterprises, in order to promote the introduction of facilities or equipment by small and medium-sized enterprises; machine translation, not official **二** 中小企業の技術の向上を図るため、中小企業者が行う技術に関する研究開発を促進し、国が行う技術に関する研究開発に中小企業者を積極的に参加させ、国、独立行政法人、地方公共団体又は地方独立行政法人の試験研究機関及び大学と中小企業との連携を推進し、並びに技術者研修及び技能者養成の事業を充実すること。 art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 in order to advance the technology of small and medium-sized enterprises, to promote research and development of technology carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises, to actively have small and medium-sized enterprises participate in research and development of technology carried out by the State, to promote cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises and the testing and research institutions of the State, incorporated administrative agencies, local governments or local incorporated administrative agencies, and universities, and to enhance engineer training and skilled worker training programs; machine translation, not official **三** 中小企業の事業活動に有用な知識の向上を図るため、経営管理者に対し研修の事業を充実するとともに、新たな事業の分野の開拓に寄与する情報その他の情報の提供を促進すること。 art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 in order to improve knowledge useful for the business activities of small and medium-sized enterprises, to enhance training programs for business managers and to promote the provision of information that contributes to the development of new fields of business and other information. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に定めるもののほか、国は、中小企業者の必要に応じ、情報の提供、助言その他の方法により、中小企業者が経営資源を確保することを支援する制度の整備を行うものとする。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the State is to, in accordance with the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, develop a system that supports small and medium-sized enterprises in securing management resources by means such as provision of information and advice. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-15/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業基本法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業基本法 第十五条第二項（経営資源の確保） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-15/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業基本法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/338AC0000000154/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業基本法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/822), retrieved 2026-10-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-basic-act-20261106T173426-002, translated 2026-11-07 - This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06