# 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 / Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees — 第十五条 (Article 15)

- Law: 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 (Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees), 平成二十八年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees": 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（改善命令等） — address `art-15`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15
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### 第十五条（改善命令等） — (Orders for Improvement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-15</sup>

  **第一項**  出入国在留管理庁長官及び厚生労働大臣は、実習実施者が認定計画に従って技能実習を行わせていないと認めるとき、又はこの法律その他出入国若しくは労働に関する法律若しくはこれらに基づく命令の規定に違反した場合において、技能実習の適正な実施を確保するために必要があると認めるときは、当該実習実施者に対し、期限を定めて、その改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-15/par-1</sup>
  If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare find that an implementing organization has not conducted technical intern training in accordance with the accredited plan, or an implementing organization is in violation of the provisions of this Act, the provisions of other law related to immigration or labor, or any order based these provisions; and it is necessary in order to ensure the proper implementation of technical intern training, the Commissioner and Minister may order the implementing organization to take necessary measures to improve the situation by a set deadline.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  出入国在留管理庁長官及び厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による命令をした場合には、その旨を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-15/par-2</sup>
  If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare have issued an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must give public notice to that effect.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15/par-2: 前項 → 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-15/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第十五条第二項（改善命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-15/par-2
- 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第十六条第一項第六号（認定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-16/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-16/par-1/item-6
- 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第百十一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-111/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-111/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/428AC0000000089/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3612/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 210 — 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
