# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号 - English title "Unfair Competition Prevention 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（外国公務員等に対する不正の利益の供与等の禁止） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（外国公務員等に対する不正の利益の供与等の禁止） — (Prohibition against the Provision of Wrongful Gains to Foreign Public Officials) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18 **第一項** 何人も、外国公務員等に対し、国際的な商取引に関して営業上の不正の利益を得るために、その外国公務員等に、その職務に関する行為をさせ若しくはさせないこと、又はその地位を利用して他の外国公務員等にその職務に関する行為をさせ若しくはさせないようにあっせんをさせることを目的として、金銭その他の利益を供与し、又はその申込み若しくは約束をしてはならない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-1 No person may give, offer to give, or promise to give any money or other benefit to a foreign public official, etc. in order to have them act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of their official duties, or to have them use their position to influence another foreign public official, etc. to act or refrain from acting in such a manner, so that the person in question can make any wrongful gain in business regarding international commercial transactions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項において「外国公務員等」とは、次に掲げる者をいう。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2 The term "foreign public official, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means any of the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 外国の政府又は地方公共団体の公務に従事する者 art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-1 any person that engages in public service for a national or local foreign government; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 公共の利益に関する特定の事務を行うために外国の特別の法令により設立されたものの事務に従事する者 art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-2 any person that engages in the business operations of an entity established under foreign special laws to carry out specific business operations in the public interest; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 一又は二以上の外国の政府又は地方公共団体により、発行済株式のうち議決権のある株式の総数若しくは出資の金額の総額の百分の五十を超える当該株式の数若しくは出資の金額を直接に所有され、又は役員（取締役、監査役、理事、監事及び清算人並びにこれら以外の者で事業の経営に従事しているものをいう。）の過半数を任命され若しくは指名されている事業者であって、その事業の遂行に当たり、外国の政府又は地方公共団体から特に権益を付与されているものの事務に従事する者その他これに準ずる者として政令で定める者 art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-3 any person that is a business engaged in business operations where one or more national or local governments of foreign states directly own more than 50 percent of the voting shares or capital subscription of the business, or where the majority of officers (meaning directors, auditors, council members, inspectors, liquidators, and others involved in the management of the business) are appointed or designated by one or more national or local foreign governments, and that is granted special rights or interests by such governments for the performance of its business; or any person specified by Cabinet Order as an equivalent person; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 国際機関（政府又は政府間の国際機関によって構成される国際機関をいう。次号において同じ。）の公務に従事する者 art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-4 any person that engages in public services for an international organization (meaning an international organization which is formed by governments or intergovernmental organizations); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 外国の政府若しくは地方公共団体又は国際機関の権限に属する事務であって、これらの機関から委任されたものに従事する者 art-18/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-5 any person that engages in business operations under the authority of the national or local government of a foreign state or an international organization and that are delegated by any of them to the person in question. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-2/item-4: 次号 → 不正競争防止法 第十八条第二項第五号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-18/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-5 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第十八条第二項（外国公務員等に対する不正の利益の供与等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第十八条第二項第四号（外国公務員等に対する不正の利益の供与等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-18/par-2/item-4 - 不正競争防止法 第二十一条第四項第四号（罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-21/par-4/item-4 - 所得税法 第四十五条第二項（家事関連費等の必要経費不算入等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/income-tax-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-45/par-2 - 法人税法 第五十五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-55/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11