# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第十八条 (Article 18)

- Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号
- English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": 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)（一般事業主に対する国の援助） — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-18
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### 第十八条（一般事業主に対する国の援助） — (State Assistance for General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-18</sup>

  **第一項**  国は、第八条第一項若しくは第七項の規定により一般事業主行動計画を策定しようとする一般事業主又はこれらの規定による届出をした一般事業主に対して、一般事業主行動計画の策定、労働者への周知若しくは公表又は一般事業主行動計画に基づく措置が円滑に実施されるように相談その他の援助の実施に努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-18/par-1</sup>
  The national government is to endeavor to provide consultation services and other assistance to general employers who intend to formulate a general employer action plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (7), or who have submitted a notification pursuant to these provisions, in order to facilitate smooth implementation of the formulation of the general employer action plan, dissemination of the action plan to workers or publication, or measures based on the general employer action plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-18/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-1
- art-18/par-1: 第七項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条第七項 (Article 8, paragraph (7)), art-8/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8/par-7

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19