# 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 — 第四条 (Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — (Responsibilities of the National and Local Governments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4 **第一項** 国は、この法律の目的を達成するため、前条の基本理念に従って、技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護を図るために必要な施策を総合的かつ効果的に推進しなければならない。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4/par-1 In order to achieve the objective of this Act, the National Government must comprehensively and effectively promote measures so as to ensure the proper implementation of technical intern training and the protection of technical intern trainees, in accordance with the basic principles set forth in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地方公共団体は、前項の国の施策と相まって、地域の実情に応じ、技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護を図るために必要な施策を推進するように努めなければならない。 art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4/par-2 In conjunction with the National Government measures set forth in the preceding paragraph, local governments must endeavor to promote measures necessary for ensuring the proper implementation of technical intern training and the protection of technical intern trainees, in accordance with the actual circumstances of the relevant region. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 前条 → 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 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-3 - art-4/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 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 第四条第二項（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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