Article 1(1)A person as set forth in one of the following items that seeks the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must submit two copies of a written application for permission in the form prescribed in the relevant item to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry:

(2)A person must attach one copy of a document stating the reason for the application and one copy of a document evidencing the relevant facts to a written application as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

(3)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1) (unless the person has applied through the procedures referred to in Article 3), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this on the copies of the written application and deliver one copy to the applicant as proof of permission.

(4)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article through the procedures prescribed in Article 3, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this in a proof of permission that is based on Appended Form 6, and deliver it to the applicant, accompanied by a document giving the information recorded on the floppy disk that has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 3.

Article 1-2(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a person seeking to apply for the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act using an electronic data processing system as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technologies in Administrative Processes (Act No. 151 of 2002) (meaning an electronic data processing system as prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on the Use of Electronic Data Processing Systems for Processing and Other Handling of Business Related to Imports and Exports (Act No. 54 of 1977), which, pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act, is deemed to be an electronic data processing system as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technologies in Administrative Processes; the same applies hereinafter), must enter the particulars that are required to be included in an application form for permission for service transactions that can be accessed through a file set up on a computer meant for the use of the Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc. (inclusive of its input/output devices; hereinafter referred to as a "dedicated computer"), through an input/output device meant for the use of the person filing that application (limited to one that conforms to the standards publicized by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; hereinafter referred to as a "specified input/output device").

(2)If filing an application as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person must enter information that allows the relevant facts to be confirmed through a specified input/output device and record it in a file set up on a dedicated computer, or must submit a document evidencing the relevant facts to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

(3)When a person applying as prescribed in paragraph (1) has entered information as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may have the person submit documents evidencing the facts connected the information the person has entered, to the extent necessary, during the period from the date on which the applicant has filed the application to the date on which the applicant is notified either in the affirmative or negative of the result of the application.

(4)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to record the particulars that are required to be specified in a proof of permission for service transactions based on Appended Form 6-2 into a file set up on a dedicated computer.

(5)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this in a proof of permission for service transactions based on Appended Form 6-2 and deliver it to the applicant, if the applicant so requests.

Article 1-3(1)A person that has filed advance notification by submitting a written applicant notification based on Appended Form 6-3 and a document evidencing the relevant facts to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must be the one to enter the information prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

(2)If there has been a change involving a particular that was part of a notification filed by person that has filed a notification as referred to the preceding paragraph, or if that person seeks to stop using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting a dedicated computer and a specified input/output device over a telecommunications line; the same applies in the following paragraph), the person must make a notation indicating this on a written applicant notification that is based on Appended Form 6-3 and file it with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry promptly.

(3)On finding that it is inappropriate for a person that has filed a notification as referred to in paragraph (1) to continue to use an electronic data processing system, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may suspend that person's use of electronic data processing systems.

(4)A notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 1-3, paragraph (1) of the Regulation on Export Trade Control (Order of the Ministry of International, Trade and Industry No. 64 of 1949) or a notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 2-3, paragraph (1) of the Regulation on Import Trade Control (Order of the Ministry of International, Trade and Industry No. 77 of 1949) is deemed to be a notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

Article 2(1)The permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), paragraph (4), or paragraph (5) of the Act, or Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 6-2, paragraph (4), Article 15, paragraph (2), Article 16, paragraph (2), Article 17, paragraph (2), Article 18, paragraph (4) or Article 18-3, paragraph (2) of the Order is valid for six months from the date on which the minister granted that permission.

(2)On finding that there is a particular necessity to do so with respect to a permission prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may set a valid period that differs from the period referred to in that paragraph or may extend that valid period.

(3)A person as set forth in one of the following items must submit two copies of a written application based on Appended Form 5 to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in a case as set forth in that item:

(4)A person must attach one copy of a proof of permission issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), or Article 1-2, paragraph (5), or paragraph (4) of the following Article, one copy of a document giving the reason for the application, and one copy of a document evidencing the relevant facts to a written application as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

(5)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (3) (unless the person has applied through the procedures referred to in the following Article), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this on the copies of the written application and deliver one copy to the applicant accompanied by a proof of permission submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, as proof of the extended permission or as proof of altered permission.

(6)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article through the procedures prescribed in the following Article, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this in a proof of permission that is based on Appended Form 6 and deliver it to the applicant as proof of the extended permission or as proof of altered permission, accompanied by any document giving information recorded on a floppy disk that has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the following Article and any proof of permission that has been submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) of this Article.

Article 2-2(1)In a case as set forth in one of the following items, a person that has gotten the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of Article 1-2, paragraph (4) (including permission under the provisions of paragraph (3)) (except for a person who has received a proof of permission for service transactions pursuant to the provisions of Article 1-2, paragraph (5) in connection with that permission) must enter those of the particulars recorded with respect to that permission that the person seeks to extend or change, in a file set up on a dedicated computer through a specified input/output device:

(2)If filing an application as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person must enter information evidencing the relevant facts through a specified input/output device and record it in a file set up on a dedicated computer, or must submit a document evidencing the relevant facts to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

(3)Having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to record the particulars to be specified in a proof of permission for service transactions that is based on Appended Form 6-2 in a file set up on a dedicated computer.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, having given the permission for which a person has applied as referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to make a notation indicating this in a proof of permission for service transactions that is based on Appended Form 6-2 and deliver it to the applicant, if the applicant so requests.

Article 3An applicant may submit the documents set forth in the left-hand column of the following table (unless an applicant seeks the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or paragraph (4) of the Act, or Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Order) by submitting a floppy disk onto which the particulars that are required to be specified in the relevant document have been recorded in the form set forth in the right-hand column of that table for the category of document set forth in the left-hand column of that table, as well as a floppy disk submission slip prepared based on Appended Form 7.

Article 4The floppy disk referred to in the preceding Article must be one that falls under one of the following items:

Article 5(1)Information must be recorded onto a floppy disk as referred to in Article 3 in accordance with the following formalities:

(2)Information must be recorded onto a floppy disk as referred to in Article 3 using graphic characters as prescribed in JIS X0201 and X0208 and the "carriage return (CR)" and "line feed (LF)" from among the control characters prescribed in JIS X0211.

Article 6A person must attach a document giving the following information to a floppy disk as prescribed in Article 3, on the label area prescribed in JIS X6221 or X6223:

Article 7Notwithstanding the provisions of this Ministerial Order, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may, if necessary, establish special procedures for a resident or non-resident to get the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under Article 25, paragraph (1), paragraph (4), or paragraph (5) of the Act, or Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 6-2, paragraph(4), Article 15, paragraph (2), Article 16, paragraph (2), Article 17, paragraph (2), Article 18, paragraph (4) or Article 18-3, paragraph (2) of the Order.

Article 8(1)If it is found that a payment to be made or received by the customer of bank or other financial institution (meaning a bank or other financial institution as prescribed in Article 16-2 of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) or by the customer of a funds transfer service provider (meaning a funds transfer service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Payment Services Act (Act No. 59 of 1999); the same applies hereinafter) would constitute the making or receipt of a payment as prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act or would constitute the making or receipt of a payment in connection with a transaction as prescribed in Article 7, item (i) or item (ii) of the Order under Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act, the bank or other financial institution or the funds transfer service provider is to ask the customer to present a proof of permission, a proof of extended permission, or a proof of altered permission for the transaction or the making or receipt of that payment (hereinafter referred to as "proof of the relevant permission" in paragraph (3)) and is to confirm that the customer has gotten the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry before undertaking any exchange transaction with that customer that involves the making or receipt of such a payment.

(2)If it is found that a payment to be made or received by its customer would constitute the making or receipt of a payment connected with the importing of goods prescribed in Article 7, item (iv) of the Order under Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act, a bank or other financial institution or a funds transfer service provider is to ask the customer to present a certificate of import approval for the import of those goods, and is to confirm that the customer has gotten the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry for the import before undertaking any exchange transaction with that customer that involves the making or receipt of such a payment.

(3)Having undertaken an exchange transaction with its customer that involved the making or receipt of a payment following the confirmation under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, a bank or other financial institution or a fund transfer service provider is to enter the date and the amount of the exchange transaction that involved the making or receipt of the relevant payment in the space marked "Bank or Other Financial Institution/Fund Transfer Service Provider Notations" on the reverse side of the proof of the relevant permission or the certificate of approval for import presented to it by the customer, affix a seal of confirmation, and return the proof of the relevant permission or certificate of approval for import to the customer.

Article 9(1)The actions that the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry designates which are provided for in Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Order means any action falling under one of the following items:

(2)The transactions that the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry designates which are provided for in Article 17, paragraph (5) of the Order means any transaction falling under one of the following items:

(3)The service transactions specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that are provided for in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Order means a transaction as set forth in Article 1, item (1), (a) of the Cabinet Order Establishing the Competent Ministers in the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 259 of 1980; hereinafter referred to as the "Cabinet Order Establishing the Competent Ministers" in paragraph (1) of the following Article) or a service transaction constituting a transaction set forth in (b) of the same item, which falls under any of the following items:

Article 10(1)The making or receipt of a payment specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that is provided for in Article 18-4, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Order means the making or receipt of a payment directly incidental to a transaction as set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Cabinet Order Establishing the Competent Ministers or the making or receipt of a payment directly incidental to an act as set forth in item (iii), (b) and (c) of that Article.

(2)The specified capital transactions specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that are provided for in Article 18-6, paragraph (1) of the Order means a transaction based on a contract as set forth in the items of Article 14 of the Order.

(3)When requesting a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-8, paragraph (1) of the Order, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, by way of notifying a person as prescribed in that paragraph or any related person, is to clarify the particulars that the person is being requested to report and order the person to submit the necessary written report.

(4)If unable to ascertain the domicile, residence, or location of the business office or office of a person to be notified under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, in lieu of notifying that person as under the preceding paragraph, may identify the person being requested to make the report, clarify the particulars that the person is being requested to report, and order the person to submit the necessary written report, by way of public notice.

(5)A person who has been issued an order as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs must submit a written report without delay.

Article 11(1)A person is notified under the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (3), Article 16, paragraph (1) or Article 18-3, paragraph (1) of the Order or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article through service of a document giving the substance of which the person is being notified, at the domicile, residence, business office, or office, of the person upon whom this must be served, by way of postal mail, correspondence delivery, or personal service.

(2)When a document as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has been sent by ordinary postal mail or correspondence delivery, the postal item or the correspondence item as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Correspondence Delivery Act that the correspondence delivery company delivers is presumed to have been served at the time it would normally reach the person in question.

(3)When sending a document as prescribed in paragraph (1) by ordinary postal mail or correspondence delivery, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must prepare sufficient records to allow the verification of the first and last name of the person (or, for a corporation, its name) to be served with the document, that person's address, and date on which the document was sent.

(4)Personal service as referred to in paragraph (1) is effected by an official of the relevant administrative organ, through the delivery of a document as prescribed in that paragraph to the person to be served at the place where that document is to be served; provided, however, that the document may be delivered to another place if the person to be served has no objection.

(5)In a case as set forth in one of the following items, personal service as referred to in paragraph (1) may be effected through the action prescribed in the relevant item, in lieu of delivery under the preceding paragraph:

(6)The provisions of paragraph (1) to paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis if the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry seeks to notify a person under Article 6-2, paragraph (5), Article 16, paragraph (3) or Article 18-3, paragraph (3) of the Order.

Article 12Pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-2, paragraph (2) of the Order, the Directors-General of Customs-Houses are to promptly notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the particulars set forth in the following items with respect to goods that require the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Order; provided, however, that if the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that it is not necessary to notify the minister of any particulars set forth in those items, the minister may allow the directors-general to not notify the minister of the particulars that the minister finds not to be necessary: