Article 6The Director-General of the main employment security bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General", an internal bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare responsible for employment placement, career guidance, and other employment stability-related matters (the same applies in Article 9), operates under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The Director-General oversees and directs prefectural Labour Bureau Chiefs in matters related to the implementation of this law; The Director-General is also responsible for establishing standards for supervision of public employment security offices, planning and implementing measures to meet the labor needs of industries planning and implementing unemployment countermeasures, determining the primary labor supplies and demanding zones to balance labor supply and demand, planning and implementing career guidance, managing other necessary tasks related to the implementation of this law, and directing and supervising the staff under their jurisdiction.

Article 7The prefectural labor directors, under the direction and supervision of the Director-General of the main employment security bureau, oversee operations concerning communication and coordination in the functions operations of public employment security offices, and direct and supervise personnel under their jurisdiction and the chiefs of public employment security offices. They also direct and supervise their subordinate staff and the heads of public employment security officers with respect to matters related to the enforcement of this Act.

Article 8(1)A public employment security office is an agency that serves the public free of charge, providing employment placement, vocational guidance, employment insurance, and performing other operations that need to be performed to accomplish the purpose of this Act.

(2)The chiefs of public employment security offices, under the direction and supervision of the prefectural labor directors, oversee the administrative functions of their respective public employment security offices, and direct and supervise personnel under their jurisdiction.

Article 9In order to ensure that the operations of public employment security offices and other employment security agencies are carried out effectively, personnel who exclusively engage in operations that implement this Act at the main employment security bureau, prefectural labor offices, or public employment security offices must be persons who have the qualifications and experience that the National Personnel Authority prescribes.

Article 9-2(1)An employment facilitation advisor is assigned at each public employment security office.

(2)An Employment Facilitation Advisor is to provide vocational guidance based on specialized knowledge, primarily to persons who have received directives under Article 26, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons (Act No. 68 of 1971).

(3)In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare establishes the necessary particulars related to employment facilitation advisors.

Article 10The public employment security office is obligated to cooperate in the tasks related to the employment of mariners, which are carried out by the District Transport Bureau Chiefs (including the Chiefs of the Maritime Traffic Control Divisions).

Article 11(1)The municipal mayor having jurisdiction over an area designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as one in which it is found difficult to file applications for job openings or job-seeking applications directly with a public employment security office due to inconvenient access (hereinafter referred to as a "designated area" in this paragraph) carries out the following:

(2)The chief of the relevant public employment security office may issue the necessary instructions to the mayor of a municipality on finding that this is particularly necessary in connection with the affairs referred to in the preceding paragraph.

(3)The mayor of a municipality must not collect actual costs or any other fee from a job poster or job seeker for the affairs referred to in paragraph (1), under any name.

(4)The affairs to be conducted by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) are type-1 statutory entrusted functions as provided in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).

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Article 13(1)The Director-General of the main employment security bureau must establish the forms for reporting on operations that prefectural labor offices and public employment securities offices are to do pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

(2)Prefectural labor offices or public employment security offices must report on their operations by the forms referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 14To facilitate the appropriate and smooth adjustment of workforce supply and demand, the Director-General of the main employment security bureau must endeavor to collect information on the status of employment and unemployment; this is based on surveys, reports, and other related data concerning workforce supply and demand from prefectural labor bureaus and public employment security offices. They must also endeavor to implement necessary measures, such as organizing, analyzing, and publicizing this information.

Article 15Based on the results of investigations and research related to employment, the Director-General of the main employment security bureau must establish standard job titles to be commonly used in employment placement services, worker recruitment, and worker supply services, prepare job descriptions and occupational classification tables, and endeavor to put these into widespread use.

Article 16The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may establish the necessary standards for implementing employment placement and vocational guidance for individuals with physical or mental disabilities, those seeking to enter a new profession, middle-aged and older unemployed persons, and others who require special considerations in terms of gaining employment.

Article 17(1)As much as possible, a public employment security office must endeavor to refer job seekers to positions that do not necessitate a change of domicile or residence at the time of employment.

(2)If a public employment security office cannot match a job seeker with an employment opportunity that aligns with their desires and abilities within its jurisdiction, or if it cannot provide a job poster with suitable job seekers or the desired number of job seekers, it is to expand its employment placement activities to cover a wider geographical area.

(3)Neighboring public employment security offices must endeavor to cooperate with one another as much as possible to carry out the employment placement activities covering a wide geographical area which are referred to in the preceding paragraph.

(4)Necessary particulars related to the employment placement activities covering a wide geographical area which are referred to in paragraph (2) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 18(1)In addition to duties performed based on the provisions of other Acts, a public employment security office, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to undertake the necessary development of job openings and job searches in order to provide job seekers with opportunities to obtain jobs suited to their abilities, and to enable job posters to secure the workforce they require.

(2)A public employment security office may request information and other necessary communication and cooperation from local public entities, employer organizations, labor unions, and other relevant parties in relation to the development of job openings and job searches under the preceding paragraph.

Article 18-2Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a public employment security office is to provide job seekers and job posters with information about the particulars provided in Article 32-16, paragraph (3) concerning specified local public entities or employment placement service providers (excluding one that has been issued an order under Article 32-9, paragraph (2) or any other person prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person whose employment placement services operations are inappropriate for public employment security offices to provide information about it to job seekers or job posters; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), information about the number of persons who were hired at the referral of specified local public entities or employment placement service providers and had their moving expenses paid under Article 58 of the Employment Insurance Act, and information about employment placement services operations.

Article 19A public employment security office is to make arrangements for job seekers to undergo vocational training conducted by public facilities for career skills development (including that conducted by the Polytechnic University).

Article 20(1)In order to maintain a neutral position regarding labor disputes, a public employment security office must not refer a job seeker to a place of business where there is an ongoing strike or lock-out.

(2)Other than in the case as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if a labor relations commission notifies a public employment security office that a dispute which is likely to develop into a strike or lock-out has arisen at a place of business, and that the unrestricted referral of job seekers would impede the settlement of the dispute, the public employment security office must not refer job seekers to that place of business; provided, however, that this does not apply referring workers to the extent needed for the place of business to maintain the number of workers normally employed prior to the occurrence of the dispute.

Article 21Procedures for employment placement and other necessary particulars related to employment placement are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 22A public employment security office must provide vocational guidance to persons with physical or mental disabilities, new job seekers, and others in need of special guidance with regard to obtaining employment.

Article 23When finding it to be necessary to do so, a public employment security office may conduct aptitude testing for persons receiving vocational guidance.

Article 24A public employment security office may request necessary cooperation from a public facility for career skills development and other persons concerned if it finds that it is necessary to provide persons receiving vocational guidance with information, consultations, or any other assistance related to the vocational training conducted by a public facility for career skills development (including that conducted by the Polytechnic University).

Article 25Vocational guidance methods and other necessary particulars related to vocational guidance are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 26(1)In connection with employment placement by a school as provided in Article 1 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (hereinafter referred to as a "school") for its students or pupils, or persons who have graduated from or left that school (excluding those prescribed by Cabinet Order; hereinafter referred to as a "student, pupil, etc."), public employment security offices must cooperate with the school to provide employment information and the results of occupational surveys and research to the students, pupils, etc. They must also offer vocational guidance, and, through communication among public employment security offices, endeavor to uncover as many job openings as deemed appropriate to refer students, pupils, etc., and endeavor to match them with jobs suited to their abilities.

(2)A public employment security office must cooperate in the vocational guidance that a school provides to its students and pupils.

(3)To effectively and efficiently provide vocational guidance to students, pupils, etc., a public employment security office is to cooperate with schools and other relevant parties to offer opportunities for students to experience employment, to consult with career consultants as provided for in Article 30-3 of the Human Resources Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969), and to implement other necessary measures to deepen the students' or pupils' interest and understanding of career choices.

Article 27(1)When finding it to be necessary to do so in order to smoothly carry out employment placement for current and former students and pupils, the chief of a public employment security office may assign a part of the operations of a public employment security office to the head of a school, with the consent, or at the request, of the head of that school.

(2)The operations that the chief of a public employment security office may assign to the head of a school pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are limited to the following:

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) of Article 5-6 and the main clause of paragraph (1) of Article 5-7, the head of a school that has been assigned part of the operations of a public employment security office pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "head of a school undertaking operations") may reject applications to post job openings or job-seeking applications for jobs that are not suitable for the school's curriculum.

(4)Upon consultation with the chief of the relevant public employment security office, the head of a school undertaking operations may appoint a person to be responsible for employment security from among the personnel of the school, and have that person take charge of the operations provided for in the items of paragraph (2) and communicate with the relevant public employment security office.

(5)The chief of a public employment security office may provide the head of a school undertaking operations with employment information, results of surveys and research related to employment, and other assistance in executing the operations referred to in the items of paragraph (2) that are carried out by the head of that school; moreover, the chief may also provide the head of that school with financial aid when finding it to be necessary.

(6)In the performance of the operations being undertaken, the head of a school undertaking operations must comply with the standards established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

(7)If the head of a school undertaking operations violates a law, regulation, or the standards referred to in the preceding paragraph, the chief of the relevant public employment security office may suspend the operations provided for in the items of paragraph (2) that are being undertaken by the head of that school.

(8)The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to the case where the head of a school provides free employment placement services based on the provisions of Article 33-2.

Article 28The methods of communication, assistance, and cooperation between public employment security offices and schools, and other necessary particulars related to employment placement for students, pupils, etc. are determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 30(1)A person seeking to carry out paid employment placement services must be licensed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)A person seeking to be licensed as referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare a written application stating the following:

(3)The written application referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a business plan for the paid employment placement services and other documents prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for each place of business at which the person would carry out those services.

(4)Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the business plan referred to in the preceding paragraph must state the projected number of job seekers served by the paid employment placement services and other particulars related to employment placement, for each place of business at which the person would carry out those services.

(5)Before licensing referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinion of the Labor Policy Council in advance.

(6)A person seeking to be licensed as referred to in paragraph (1) must pay the fee prescribed, in consideration of the actual costs, by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 31(1)When finding that an application for licensing as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, meets the following standards, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must license the applicant, as provided for in the same paragraph:

(2)If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare does not grant the license as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister must notify the applicant of this without delay, indicating the reasons therefor.

Article 32Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must not grant the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) to a person falling under any of the following items:

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Article 32-3(1)Except in the following cases, a person who has received a license as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "provider of paid employment placement services") must not receive actual costs or any other fee or compensation for employment placement, under any name:

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a provider of paid employment placement services must not collect fees from a job seeker; provided, however, that in a case prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one in which it is found that collecting a fee from a job seeker is necessary to the interests of the job seeker, it may collect a fee from a job seeker, but only in a case as set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph.

(3)The schedule of fees, as provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii) must be prepared by a method prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(4)If the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare determines that a fee, based on the schedule of fees provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii), falls under any of the following categories, they may order the respective provider of paid employment placement services to amend their fee schedule within a specified time limit:

Article 32-4(1)When granting the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, issue license certificates for the number of places of business at which the provider carries out paid employment placement services.

(2)A person who has been issued a license certificate must keep the license certificate at the place of business at which it carries out paid employment placement services and present it at the request of a relevant person.

(3)If a person who has been issued a license certificate loses it or if it is destroyed, the person must promptly file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and have a license certificate reissued.

Article 32-5(1)Conditions may be attached to the licensing referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), and those conditions may be subject to change.

(2)The conditions referred to in the preceding paragraph are limited to what is minimally necessary either in light of the purpose of the licensing referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) or to ensure the reliable implementation of the matters under license, and must not impose an undue obligation on the person being licensed.

Article 32-6(1)The validity period of the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) is three years, commencing from the day the license is granted.

(2)A person seeking to continue providing paid employment placement services for which they have been licensed after the expiration of the license validity period provided for in the preceding paragraph (or after the license validity period as renewed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, if applicable) must seek renewal of the license validity period.

(3)Upon received an application to renew a license's validity period as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must renew the license validity period if the Minister finds that the application conforms to the standards set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 31.

(4)Any person seeking to have a license's validity period renewed as provided for in paragraph (2) is required to pay a fee in the amount that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare determines, taking into account the actual costs.

(5)The validity period of a license as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), that has been renewed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), is five years, commencing from the day after the date on which the license validity period from prior to the renewal expires.

(6)The provisions of Article 30, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 31, paragraph (2), and Article 32 (excluding items (v) through (viii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of a license's validity period as provided for in paragraph (2).

Article 32-7(1)If one of the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of Article 30 (excluding those prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) changes, a provider of paid employment placement services must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay. In such a case, if the particular that has changed relates to the establishment of a new place of business at which it will provide paid employment placement services, the notification must be accompanied by a business plan for that place of business and any other document prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)The provisions of Article 30, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the business plan referred to in the preceding paragraph.

(3)Upon received a notification of a change relating to the establishment of a place of business for conducting paid employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must issue license certificates for the number of businesses being newly established, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(4)When filing the notification under paragraph (1), if a particular to which the notification pertains falls under the category of a particular that is stated on the license certificate, the provider of paid employment placement services must apply to have the license certificate updated, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 32-8(1)If a provider of paid employment placement services discontinues its paid employment placement services, it must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)When a notification has been made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), will cease to be effective.

Article 32-9(1)If a provider of paid employment placement services falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may revoke the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1):

(2)If the provider of paid employment placement services falls under item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the suspension of all or part of its paid employment placement services for a designated period.

Article 32-10A provider of paid employment placement services must not permit another person to conduct paid employment placement services under their own name.

Article 32-11(1)A provider of paid employment placement services must not refer job seekers to employment in which they would perform port transport work (meaning port transport work as provided in Article 2, item (ii) of the Port Labor Act (Act No. 40 of 1988) or work provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as work equivalent thereto and performed at a port other than a port provided in item (i) of that Article), employment in which they would perform construction work (meaning work involving civil engineering, architecture, other work of constructing, remodeling, preserving, repairing, modifying, demolishing, or dismantling a structure, or any work in preparation therefor), or any other employment provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a type of employment that the mediation through paid employment placement services presents a risk of interfering with the protection of workers in that type of employment.

(2)The provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) do not apply to applications post job openings and job-seeking applications for pertaining to the types of employment provided for in the preceding paragraph in relation to paid employment placement service providers.

Article 32-12(1)When a person seeking to conduct paid employment placement services or a provider of such services decides on a range of job categories, etc., they must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies if they make changes to these.

(2)If a person seeking to provide paid employment placement services or a provider of paid employment placement services has filed a notification regarding the range of job categories, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) are to apply only within the range of job categories, etc.

(3)If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare determines that the range of job categories, etc. for which a notification has been filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) would result in specific persons being subjected to unfair discriminatory treatment, the Minister may order the person intending to conduct or already conducting paid employment placement services to modify the range of job categories, etc. within a specified time frame.

Article 32-13Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must explicitly inform both job posters and job seekers about the range of job categories and operations handled, details regarding fees, complaint handling procedures, and other matters; these are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as information that it is appropriate for job posters and job seekers to be informed of in advance.

Article 32-14Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a paid provider of employment placement services must appoint an employment placement manager from among persons not falling under Article 32, item (i), (ii), or (iv) through (ix) (excluding minors, and limited to persons who meet the criteria prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons possessing sufficient capability to properly manage paid employment placement services) to supervise and manage the following aspects related to employment placement and to provide necessary education to employees for the proper execution of employment placement:

Article 32-15A provider of paid employment placement services must prepare the books and documents prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with respect to its operations, and must keep them at its place of business.

Article 32-16(1)Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must prepare a business report concerning its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services, and must submit this to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in the business report referred to in the preceding paragraph, a paid provider of employment placement services must state the number of job seekers associated with its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services, the amounts of fees for employment placement, and other particulars of its employment placement.

(3)Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must provide information on the number of persons who have obtained employment through its employment placement; the number of persons who obtained employment through its employment placement (limited to those who entered into labor contracts without a fixed-term) but have separated from employment (excluding those who have separated from employment due to dismissal and other persons prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); the particulars of its fees; and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 33(1)Unless conducted pursuant to the provisions of the following Article and Article 33-3, a person seeking to provide free employment placement services (excluding those provided by an employment security agency or specified local public entity; the same applies hereinafter) must be licensed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)Before granting the license referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinion of the Labor Policy Council in advance; provided, however, that this does not apply if the license is granted to a labor union, etc.

(3)The validity period of the license referred to in paragraph (1) is five years commencing from the day the license is granted.

(4)The provisions of Article 30, paragraphs (2) through (4), Articles 31, 32, 32-4, and 32-5, Article 32-6, paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), Articles 32-7 through 32-10, and Articles 32-12 through 32-16 apply mutatis mutandis to free employment placement services provided under the license referred to in paragraph (1) and persons that have obtained that license. In such a case, the phrase "the license referred to in the preceding paragraph" in Article 30, paragraph (2), the phrase "the license referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 31, and the phrase "the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1)" in Article 32, Article 32-4, paragraph (1), Article 32-5, Article 32-6, paragraph (5), Article 32-8, paragraph (2), and Article 32-9, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced with "the license referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in Article 32-6, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 33, paragraph (3)"; the phrase "the particulars of its fees, the particulars of its complaint processing" in Article 32-13 is deemed to be replaced with "the particulars of its complaint processing"; and the phrase "the amounts of fees for employment placement, and other particulars" in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article and the phrase "the particulars of its fees, and other particulars" in paragraph (3) thereof are deemed to be replaced with ", and other particulars".

(5)The provisions of Article 30, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 31, paragraph (2), and Article 32 (excluding items (v) through (viii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of the validity period of the license provided for in Article 32-6, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Article 33-2(1)After filing a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the head of a facility set forth in any of the following items may provide free employment placement services for the persons specified in that item (including persons provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto):

(2)The head of a facility set forth in any of the items of the preceding paragraph that provides free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, may designate persons to be in charge of operations in employment placement services from among the personnel of the facility, and may have those designated persons carry out the operations on their behalf.

(3)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may establish standards concerning the performance of operations for free employment placement services that the heads of the facilities set forth in the items of paragraph (1) carry out pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

(4)Before establishing the standards referred to in the preceding paragraph pertaining to the heads of the facilities set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first consult with the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

(5)The head of a facility set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) who seeks to carry out free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph may establish the scope of employment placement to be handled by the facility and file the notification referred to in that paragraph.

(6)If the head of a facility set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) has established the scope of employment placement and filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) are to apply only within the scope of employment placement.

(7)The provisions of Article 32-8, paragraph (1), Article 32-9, paragraph (2), and Articles 32-10, 32-13, 32-15, and 32-16 apply mutatis mutandis to the free employment placement services that the head of a facility set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) provides pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, the phrase "item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph" in Article 32-9, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph"; the phrase "the particulars of its fees, the particulars of its complaint processing" in Article 32-13 is deemed to be replaced with "the particulars of its complaint processing"; the phrase "a business report concerning its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services" in Article 32-16, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "a business report"; the phrase "its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "its services"; the phrase "the amounts of fees for employment placement, and other" in that paragraph and the phrase "the particulars of its fees, and other" in paragraph (3) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with ", and other"; and the phrase "must provide" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to provide".

(8)Before ordering the head of a facility set forth in item (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1), who is providing free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, to suspend those services pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-9, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first notify the relevant educational administrative authority.

Article 33-3(1)After filing a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, a corporation that has been incorporated pursuant to a special law and is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide free employment placement services to job posters that are direct or indirect members of the corporation (hereinafter individually referred to as a "members" in this paragraph) or to job seekers that are members of the corporation or persons employed by the members.

(2)The provisions of Article 30, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 32, Article 32-4, paragraph (2), Article 32-7, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 32-8, paragraph (1), Article 32-9, Article 32-10, and Articles 32-12 through 32-16 apply mutatis mutandis to free employment placement services provided after the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed and to corporations that have filed the notification referred to in that paragraph. In such a case, the phrases set forth in the middle column of the following table which appear in the provisions set forth in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases set forth in the right-hand column of that table.

Article 33-4A public employment security office may provide a person who provides free employment placement services after being licensed as referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) or filing the notification under Article 33-2, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, with employment information, the results of research and study relating to employment, and other assistance in its administration of free employment placement services.

Article 33-5In administering its services, a provider of employment placement services must endeavor to take the necessary measures for improvement, in coordination with employment security agencies.

Article 33-6If it is particularly necessary to coordinate workforce supply and demand, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide necessary guidance, advice, and recommendations to the provider of employment placement services; these recommendations can cover the scope, timing, means, and number of cases of employment placement, and methods of carrying out employment placement, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 34The provisions of Article 20 apply mutatis mutandis when a provider of employment placement services conducts employment placement services. In such a case, the "public employment security office" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "provider of employment placement services"; and the phrase "the public employment security office" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the public employment security office is to report this to the provider of employment placement services, and the provider of employment placement services that has received the report".

Article 35Apart from what is provided for in this chapter, the procedure for applying for a license for employment placement services and other necessary particulars related to employment placement services are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.