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• Act Concerning Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade
  Text in English (1947,revised 2005). In PDF
• Application of Laws (General) [Search]
  Text in English
• The Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society (Law No. 78 of 1999) [Search]
  Full text in English (on Gender Equality Bureau)
• Broadcast Law
  Text in English. In PDF
• Cabinet Legislation Bureau
  Recent legislations list
• Cable Television Broadcast Law
  Text in English. In PDF
• Clearing system for Japanese Government
  It produces a search engine for searching legal text contained in governmental site (In Japanese)
• Code of Civil Procedure [Search]
  Text in English of only Art. 1 to 38 (On japanlaw.co.jp)
• Code of Civil Procedure(Article 786-805) [Search]
• Commercial Code of Japan [Search]
  Text in English (Art. 165-198)(On japanlaw.co.jp)
• Computer Crime Act (Japenese Penal Code) [Search]
  English translation by Takato Natsui (on Meiji University)
• Constitution of Japan
  Full text in English of 1946 Constitution (on AsianLII)
• Consumer Contract Act [Search]
  Full text in English
• Consumer Policy Regime in Japan [Search]
  On Consumer Policy Council
• Copyright Law of Japan [Search]
  in English and Japanese (on Copyright Law & Information Centre - CRIC)
• Diet-related Laws [Search]
  Full text in English of the Japanese Constitution, Diet Law and Rules of the House of Councillors (On House of Councillors)
• English Translations of Japanese Laws [Search]
  Contains links to English translations of over 100 Japanese laws
• Environment Law Database [Search]
  In English and Japanese (on Ministry of Environment)
• Health, Labour and Welfare Law Database [Search]
  In Japanese only (on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• House of Councillors [Search]
  The list of bills in the House of Councillors after the diet of 140th
• House of Representatives
  It has all text of statutes enacted at the diet of the 142th. (In Japanese)
• Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act [Search]
  Text in English
• Insurance Regulations [Search]
  Insurance-related laws and regulations in English (on General Insurance Association of Japan ((formerly the Marine and Fire Insurance Association of Japan, Inc.))
• Japanese IP Laws [Search]
  Full text of Japanese laws concerning patent, trademark and design (on Onda Techno International patent Attorneys)
• Japanese Law Translation [Search]
  Legislation in Japanese with English translations including keyword searching and Japanese/English bilingual dictionary (homepage)
• Japanese Law Translation [Search]
  Official translations with paragraph by paragraph Japanese and English (on Ministry of Justice)
• japanlaw.co.jp
  Articles and legislation about Japanese commercial laws and practices (In English)
• Labour Legislation - Japan [Search]
  Abstracts in English of many Japanese laws on labour, social security and related human rights often with links to full texts elsewhere (on NATLEX, maintained by the International Labour Organisation (ILO))
• Law & Treaties for Nature Conservation [Search]
  In English and Japanese (on Japan Integrated Biodiversity Information System)
• Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs [Search]
  Text in English
• Law Concerning Electronic Signatures and Certification Services [Search]
• Law concerning Exceptional Provisions for Copyrights Owned by the Allied Powers and the Allied Nationals [Search]
  On the site of CRIC
• Law Concerning Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Etc. [Search]
  Text in English
• Law Concerning Reserve Deposit Requirement System [Search]
  Text in English
• Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming [Search]
  Text in English
• Law Converning Nippon Telegraph and Telephon Corporation [Search]
  Text in English (PDF file)
• Law of Arbitration
  In English (on Global Arbitration and Mediation Service(GAMS))
• Law on Exceptional Provisions for the Registration of Program Works [Search]
  Full text in English of the Law No.65, promulgated on May 23, 1986 (On Copyright Research and Information Center - CRIC)
• Law on Intermediary Business concerning Copyrights [Search]
  Full text in English (On Copyright Research and Infomation Center - CRIC)
• Law to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activity [Search]
  Text in English
• Laws of Japan [Search]
  Small collection of English translations (on Japan Shipping Exchange)
• Laws of Japan 1896-
  Numerous full text searchable statutes in English based on Nagoya University translations (on AsianLII)
• Legislation and Guidelines - Financial Services Agency
• Local Regulation Database (Kagoshima University)
  Over 3,000 regulations text from each prefecture. Produced by Department of Law & Policy, Kagoshima University. (In Japanese)
• Mizuho Securities Japanese Law Research & Links [Search]
  Unofficial translations of finance and business related laws. Also links to government agency website translations(on Mizuho Securities)
• National Diet Library, Japan [Search]
  Official site in English and Japanese
• Nationality Law [Search]
  Text in English
• Official Gazette (Back number)
• Product Liability Act [Search]
  Full text in English of the Act No.85 of 1994
• Radio Law
  Text in English. In PDF
• Roderick Seeman's Japan Law Info
  Unofficial translations into English of selected commercial and banking legislation by Roderick Seeman.
• Science and Technology Basic Law [Search]
  Full text in English of the Law No. 130 of 1995 (On Council for Science & Technology, Cabinet Office)
• Subcontract Act [Search]
  Text in English
• Telecommunications Business Law [Search]
  Full text in English (On Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
• Transparency of Japanese Law Project [Search]
  English translations of Japanese legislation and regulations arranged by topics including Intellectual property, Finance, Insolvency and Corporate laws.
• Unauthorized Computer Access Law [Search]
  Text in English
• Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law [Search]
  Full text in English (On American Society of International Law's Wildlife Interest Group)
• Yugen Gaisha Law [Search]
  Articles relevant to incorporation in English (On japan.co.jp)