# 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 / Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — 前文 (Preamble) - Law: 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 (Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims), 平成十三年法律第三十一号 - English title "Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims": 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: 前文 (Preamble) — address `preamble` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 前文 preamble · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble **第一項** 我が国においては、日本国憲法に個人の尊重と法の下の平等がうたわれ、人権の擁護と男女平等の実現に向けた取組が行われている。 preamble/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble/par-1 As respect for individuality and equality under law is stipulated in the Constitution of Japan, efforts have been made in Japan for the protection of human rights and the realization of equality between women and men. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** ところが、配偶者からの暴力は、犯罪となる行為をも含む重大な人権侵害であるにもかかわらず、被害者の救済が必ずしも十分に行われてこなかった。また、配偶者からの暴力の被害者は、多くの場合女性であり、経済的自立が困難である女性に対して配偶者が暴力を加えることは、個人の尊厳を害し、男女平等の実現の妨げとなっている。 preamble/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble/par-2 Nevertheless, even though spousal violence constitutes a serious violation of human rights that can involve criminal acts, efforts to help victims have not always been adequate. In addition, the majority of victims of spousal violence are women. When women who find it difficult to achieve economic self-reliance are subject to violence from their spouses, it adversely affects respect for individuality and impedes the realization of equality between women and men. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** このような状況を改善し、人権の擁護と男女平等の実現を図るためには、配偶者からの暴力を防止し、被害者を保護するための施策を講ずることが必要である。このことは、女性に対する暴力を根絶しようと努めている国際社会における取組にも沿うものである。 preamble/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble/par-3 In order to improve these conditions and to achieve the protection of human rights and the realization of equality between women and men, measures to prevent spousal violence and protect victims need to be established. This action is also in line with efforts taken by the international community to eradicate violence against women. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** ここに、配偶者からの暴力に係る通報、相談、保護、自立支援等の体制を整備することにより、配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護を図るため、この法律を制定する。 preamble/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/spousal-violence-act/preamble/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/preamble/par-4 This Act has been established in order to prevent spousal violence and protect victims through the establishment of a system to deal with spousal violence, providing for notification, counseling, protection, and support for self-reliance, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0100000031/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10