Article 5(1)A person seeking licensing as referred to in Article 3 of the Act must submit a written application as referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act prepared based on Appended Form No. 1, the accompanying documents referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article, and one copy thereof to the Prime Minister via the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the person's locality.

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 4, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Act are the following documents:

Article 6(1)The particulars set forth in Article 4, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Act are to be given in accordance with the category of the following property, and with regard to the property set forth in items (iv), (viii), (ix), (xi), and (xiii) the details thereof are to be given:

(2)The information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 4, paragraph (3), item (vii) of the Act is the following information:

Article 7When carrying out the examination prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act related to the application for license under Article 3 of the Act, the Prime Minister is to give consideration to the following particulars:

Article 7-2The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 5, paragraph (2), item (viii), (a) of the Act is a person who is unable to adequately carry out the cognition, decision making, and communication necessary for properly performing their duties pertaining to the trust business due to mental impairment.

Article 7-3The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as referred to in Article 5, paragraph (2), item (ix), (a) of the Act and item (x), (c), 1. of that paragraph is a person who is unable to adequately carry out the cognition, decision making, and communication necessary for properly exercising the right of a shareholder due to mental impairment.

Article 8(1)The amount of net assets of the trust company is the amount specified in the following items according to the cases set forth in those items:

(2)The appraisal of assets and liabilities set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made based on the value appraised in accordance with corporate accounting standards generally accepted as fair and appropriate as of the date of the calculation.

(3)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph and in the case of falling under any of the following items, the amount prescribed in each of the relevant items is treated as the appraisal value:

Article 9The factual circumstance prescribed by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act is any of the following factual circumstances:

Article 10The voting rights specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act are the following voting rights:

Article 11(1)When seeking authorization for a reduction in the amount of stated capital pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Act, a trust company (excluding a management-type trust company) must submit a written application giving the following particulars, along with one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency or Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc."):

(2)The following documents and a copy thereof must be attached to the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph:

(3)If the application for authorization set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. must examine whether the application conforms to the following requirements:

Article 12(1)A person seeking to be registered as referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a written application as referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act prepared based on Appended Form No. 2, the accompanying documents referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article, and one copy thereof to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of that person's head office.

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a person seeking to have a registration renewed as referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act.

Article 13The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 8, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Act are the following documents:

Article 14(1)The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the entry of the type of trust property to be accepted as provided in Article 8, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act).

(2)The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 8, paragraph (3), item (vi) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act).

Article 15The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau, etc. that has granted the registration currently in effect to the management-type trust company is to keep and offer for public inspection the register of management-type trust companies related to the registered management-type trust company at the local finance bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the management-type trust company or at the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau.

Article 16The provisions of Article 8 apply mutatis mutandis when the amount of net assets set forth in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act is calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article.

Article 17(1)A person that has completed making a deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1), (4) or (8) of the Act must submit a written notification of deposit prepared based on Appended Form No. 3, accompanied by the original certificate of deposit for that deposit, to the Commissioner of Financial Services Agency, etc.

(2)If a trust company replaces an item already deposited, after it has completed the new deposit to replace that item, it must file a notification indicating this, accompanied by the original certificate of deposit for the deposit after the replacement, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

(3)Upon receipt of the original of the deposit certificate set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. must deliver a custody certificate to the depositor.

Article 18The financial institutions specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 10 of the Order are as follows:

Article 19(1)Having concluded a contract as referred to in Article 11, paragraph (3) of the Act, a trust company must file a written notification of the conclusion of a guarantee contract prepared based on Appended Form No. 4 accompanied by a copy of the contract with the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc., as well as presenting the contract document.

(2)If a trust company seeks to change or cancel a contract in lieu of a business security deposit, it must file an application for approval of this with the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc., by submitting a written application for approval of a change of guarantee contract prepared based on Appended Form No. 5 or a written application for approval of the cancellation of a guarantee contract prepared based on Appended Form No. 6.

(3)When the application for approval under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Commissioner of Financial Services Agency, etc. is to examine whether it is unlikely that the protection of the investor would be hindered if the trust company which has filed the application for approval effects any change to or cancels the contract in lieu of the business security deposit.

(4)When a trust company has effected any change or cancellation of the contract in lieu of a business security deposit based on the approval granted by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc., it must file a written notification of a change of guarantee contract prepared based on Appended Form No. 7 accompanied by a copy of the changed contract with the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc., or file a written notification of the cancellation of a guarantee contract prepared based on Appended Form No. 8 accompanied by a document evidencing the fact of the cancellation of the contract the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.; and in addition, in the case of the change of the contract, the trust company must present the original changed contract document.

Article 20The day specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 11, paragraph (8) of the Act is the day specified in the following items according to the category of case set forth in the respective items, with regard to the grounds for a deficiency in the amount of the business security deposit:

Article 21The securities specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 11, paragraph (9) of the Act are as follows:

Article 22(1)The value of the securities if the securities are to be substituted for the business security deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (9) of the Act is the amount specified in the following items according to the category of securities set forth in the respective items:

(2)With regard to the securities issued by way of discounting, the issue value after adding the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula is deemed to be the face value thereof, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply.

(3)For the purpose of calculation in accordance with the formula set forth in the preceding paragraph, if any fraction of less than one year arises with regard to the number of years from the date of issuance and the date of redemption and the number of years from the date of issuance to the date of deposit, or if any fraction of less than one yen arises with regard to the amount obtained by dividing the difference between face value and issue value by the number of years from the date of issuance to the date of redemption, that fraction is rounded down.

Article 23(1)When giving a notification under Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act, a trust company must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 1 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.; provided, however, that, if there are compelling reasons, it is sufficient for the trust company to submit the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table and one copy thereof without delay after submitting the written notification.

(2)Upon receipt of a notification from any management-type trust company on the relocation of the head office filed beyond the jurisdictional district of the Director General of the Local Finance Bureau that registered the management type trust company, the Commissioner of Financial Services Agency, etc. is to send the written notification, the part of the register of management-type trust companies that pertains to the relevant management-type trust company, any other such document, and one copy of these to the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the relocated address of the head office.

(3)The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has received the documents sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to register the particulars related to the relevant management-type trust company in the register of management-type trust companies.

Article 24(1)When seeking the authorization referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act a trust company (excluding management-type trust companies) or a foreign trust company (excluding foreign management-type trust companies) must submit a written application giving the following particulars and a copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.:

(2)The following documents and a copy thereof must be attached to the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph:

(3)If the application for authorization set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. must examine whether the application conforms to the following requirements:

Article 25A management-type trust company or foreign management-type trust company that gives a notification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit a written notification including the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and the documents set forth in paragraph (2) of that Article as well as a copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

Article 26(1)When seeking the approval referred to in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act, a director engaged in the regular business operations of a trust company (in the case of a company with nominating committee, etc., an executive officer; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must submit a written application giving the following particulars and one copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. via the trust company:

(2)The following documents and a copy thereof must be attached to the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph:

(3)When the application for approval under paragraph (1) has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. is to grant the approval only if the relevant application falls under any of the following cases:

(4)A director that has obtained the approval under Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act must obtain the approval under that paragraph again if the director seeks to change the details of the duties that the director performs or the business in which the director engages; provided, however, that this does not apply to the following cases:

(5)The director that has obtained the approval under Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act must, when there were any changes to the details of duties or business as provided in the items of the preceding paragraph, when the director has ceased to be a director engaging in the regular business operations of a trust company, or when the director has come to no longer regularly engage in the business of another company at which the director holds a concurrent position with an approval or has ceased to operate a business, notify to that effect to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. via that trust company, without delay.

(6)A written application under the provisions of paragraph (1) or a document to be attached to the written application (hereinafter referred to as a "written application, etc." in this paragraph) may be submitted by means of using an electronic data processing system or a means using other information and communications technology as set forth in the following, if the written application, etc. is prepared in the form of an electronic or magnetic record (meaning the electronic or magnetic record prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter):

(7)The term "electronic data processing system" as used in the preceding paragraph means an electronic data processing system that links the computer used by the director and the computer used by the trust company.

Article 27(1)The information prescribed by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20 of the Act; the same applies in this Article) is the following information:

(2)The number of voting rights of all shareholders. set forth in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act is the number of voting rights of all shareholders as of the day on which the person has come to hold the subject voting rights (meaning the subject voting rights as prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Act); provided, however, that if it is difficult to identify the number of voting rights of all shareholders, the number of voting rights of all shareholders given in the latest annual securities report or semiannual securities report (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "annual securities report, etc." in this paragraph) (if the annual securities reports, etc. have not been submitted, the number of the voting rights of all shareholders calculated based on the particulars contained in the commercial register or any other document) may be stated.

(3)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20 of the Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) are the following documents:

(4)A person that has become a major shareholder of a trust company or a shareholder or investor of a holding company must submit a statement of holdings in subject voting rights provided in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act which is prepared based on Appended Form No. 9, accompanied by a copy of the written notification and a copy of the accompanying documents as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of the person's principal business office or office (if the person is an individual, the domicile or residence thereof; and if the person is a foreign company, the locality of its business office in Japan), in the case of a resident (meaning the resident as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949)), or to the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, in the case of a non-resident (meaning a non-resident as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vi) of that Act; the same applies in Article 52, paragraph (3) and Article 61, paragraph (2)).

(5)The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Order apply mutatis mutandis to the voting rights held by a person that has become the major shareholder as prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act in the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii). In this case, the phrases "Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Share (or if these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 228, paragraph (1), Article 235, paragraph (1), Article 239, paragraph (1) and Article 276 (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) of that Act)" and "shares or equity" are deemed to be replaced with "Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1)" and "shares", respectively.

Article 28(1)When seeking the approval referred to in Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act, a trust company must submit a written application giving the following particulars to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.:

(2)The documents providing details and the method of the business which the trust company carries on as provided in Article 21, paragraph (3) of the Act must be provided so as to clarify the following particulars:

(3)If the application for authorization set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. must examine whether the application conforms to the following requirements:

(4)When seeking the approval referred to in Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act, a trust company must submit a written application giving the following particulars and one copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.:

(5)The following documents and a copy thereof must be attached to the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph:

(6)If the application for authorization set forth in paragraph (4) has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. must examine whether the application conforms to the requirements set forth in the items of paragraph (3):

Article 29The operations prescribed by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 22, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:

Article 29-2(1)The measures specified by Cabinet Office Order as the complaint processing measure as prescribed in Article 23-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are any of the following:

(2)The measures specified by Cabinet Office Order as the dispute resolution measure as prescribed in Article 23-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are any of the following:

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs (limited to paragraph (1), item (v) and item (v) of the preceding paragraph), a trust company, etc. (meaning a trust company, etc. as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Act) may not attempt to process complaints involving trust business subject to dispute resolution procedures or resolve dispute involving trust business subject to dispute resolution procedures by way of a process implemented by a corporation falling under any of the following items:

Article 30The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act is the following conduct:

Article 30-2(1)The trust agreements prescribed by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 24-2 of the Act are any trust agreement other than a trust agreement as follows:

(2)The term "specified deposits, etc." as used in item (iii), (a) of the preceding paragraph means the specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 6-5-11 of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperatives (Act No. 183 of 1949), specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 89-2 of the Shinkin Bank Act (Act No. 238 of 1951), specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 17-2 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act, specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 94-2 of the Labor Bank Act (Act No. 227 of 1953), and specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 13-4 of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981), and the term "specified savings, etc." as used in item (iii), (b) of the preceding paragraph means the specified savings, etc. as prescribed in Article 11-2-4 of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act (Act No. 132 of 1947), specified savings, etc. as prescribed in Article 11-11 of the Fisheries Cooperative Act (Act No. 242 of 1948), specified savings, etc. as prescribed in Article 59-3 of Norinchukin Bank Act (Act No. 93 of 2001), and specified savings, etc. as prescribed in Article 29 of the Shoko Chukin Bank Limited Act (Act No. 74 of 2007).

Article 30-3That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 34 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis") means a specific trust agreement (meaning the specific trust agreement as prescribed in Article 24-2 of the Act; the same applies hereinafter).

Article 30-4Deleted

Article 30-5The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-2, paragraph (3), item (vi) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are that the applicant (meaning the applicant provided in that paragraph) will be treated as a customer other than a professional investor (meaning the professional investor as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (31) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) with regard to the subject contract (meaning the subject contract as prescribed in Article 34-2, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis; the same applies in Article 30-7-2), only by the trust company which has given the consent under paragraph (2) of that Article.

Article 30-6(1)The means specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-2, paragraph (4) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-3, paragraph (12) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis), and Article 34-4, paragraph (3) and Article 37-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) are the following:

(2)The methods set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph must conform to the following standards:

(3)The term "electronic data processing system" as used in paragraph (1), item (i) means an electronic data processing system that links the computer used by the trust company and the computer used by the client, etc. or by the trust company on which the client file is stored via a telecommunications line.

Article 30-7The types and details of the method to be indicated under the provisions of Article 12-3, paragraph (1) and Article 12-4, paragraph (1) of the Order are the following particulars:

Article 30-7-2The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-2, paragraph (11) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-7-3(1)The means specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-2, paragraph (12) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis (including where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-3, paragraph (3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis (including where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) are as follows:

(2)The methods set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph must be one that enables the trust company to prepare documents by outputting the records in the file.

(3)The term "electronic data processing system" as used in paragraph (1), item (i) means an electronic data processing system that links the computer used by the trust company and the computer used by the client.

Article 30-8(1)The case specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is a case in which a trust company has designated a certain date and publicized the following information by posting it at a place easily accessible to the public at its business office or any other office, or by any other appropriate means:

(2)The day specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis means the latest of the days designated by the trust company under the preceding paragraph that fall within one year as calculated from the date of acceptance (meaning the date of acceptance as prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article; the same applies in paragraph (2), item (iii) of the following Article and Article 30-10).

Article 30-9(1)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (iv), (a) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the fact that the provisions set forth in the items of Article 45 (excluding items (iii) and (iv)) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis do not apply if the applicant (meaning the applicant as prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis; the same applies in the following paragraph) falls under any of the persons set forth in those items in regard to the subject contract (meaning the subject contract as prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 30-10-2).

(2)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (vii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-10(1)The period specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (7) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is 11 months (or the period specified in the relevant of the following items, in a case as set forth in that item):

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the case prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (8) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis, the term "date of acceptance" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day following the previous expiration date".

Article 30-10-2The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (11) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-11(1)That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 34-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is that which meets one of the following requirements:

(2)The individuals specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following persons:

Article 30-12The requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are that the circumstances meet all of the following requirements:

Article 30-13(1)The case specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is a case in which a trust company has designated a certain date and publicized the following particulars by posting them at a place easily accessible to the public at its business office or any other office, or by any other appropriate means:

(2)The day specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis means the latest of the days designated by the trust company pursuant to the preceding paragraph that fall within one year as calculated from the date of acceptance.

Article 30-14(1)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (iv), (a) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the fact that the provisions set forth in the items of Article 45 (excluding items (iii) and (iv)) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis do not apply if the Applicant (meaning the Applicant as prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis) falls under any of the persons set forth in those items in regard to the subject contract (meaning the subject contract as prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 30-14-3).

(2)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (2), item (vii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-14-2(1)The period specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (7) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is 11 months (or the period specified in the relevant of the following items, in a case as set forth in that item):

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the case prescribed in Article 34-3, paragraph (8) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis, the term "date of acceptance" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day following the previous expiration date".

Article 30-14-3The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34-3, paragraph (11) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-4, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-15The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in the paragraphs of Article 37 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is the provision of identical information to many persons by means of postal mail, correspondence delivery (meaning correspondence delivery as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that is provided by a general correspondence delivery service provider as prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or by a specified correspondence delivery operator as prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article), transmission by facsimile machine, transmission by electronic mail (meaning electronic mail as prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail (Act No. 26 of 2002)), distribution of leaflets or pamphlets or by any other means (excluding those set forth as follows):

Article 30-16(1)If a trust company seeks to advertise or to engage in any other conduct specified in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as an "advertisement, etc.") with regard to the details of its business of concluding a specific trust agreement, it must clearly and accurately indicate the particulars set forth in the items of Article 37, paragraph (1) (excluding item (ii)) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis.

(2)If a trust company seeks to make an advertisement, etc. in regard to the details of its business of concluding a specific trust agreement, it is to indicate the characters, letters or numbers representing the particulars set forth in Article 12-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Order and the particulars set forth in Article 30-18, item (ii) in a size which does not differ substantially from the size of the largest characters, letters or numbers representing the particulars other than those particulars.

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a trust company seeks to advertise the details of its business of concluding a specific trust agreement by broadcasting using the broadcasting equipment of a basic broadcaster (meaning the basic broadcaster prescribed in Article 2, item (xxiii) of the Broadcast Act (Act No. 132 of 1950) and excluding the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and the Open University of Japan (meaning the Open University of Japan prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on the Open University of Japan (Act No. 156 of 2002); the same applies in Article 30-19, paragraph (1), item (ii)) or by any of the means set forth in the items of Article 30-19, paragraph (1) (excluding sound broadcasting), it is to indicate the characters, letters or numbers representing the particulars set forth in Article 12-5, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Order and the particulars set forth in Article 30-18, item (ii) in a size which does not differ substantially from the size of the largest characters, letters or numbers representing the particulars other than those particulars.

Article 30-17(1)That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 12-5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Order is the amount of consideration to be paid by the clients with regard to a specific trust agreement irrespective of its name such as fees, remunerations, expenses, or others (hereinafter collectively referred to as "fees, etc.") for each type or the maximum amount thereof, or the outline of the method of calculation thereof (including the ratio of the amount to the value of the trust property under the relevant specific trust agreement; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), and the total of the amount or the maximum amount thereof, or the outline of the method of calculation thereof; provided, however, that if these details cannot be indicated, that fact and the reason therefor are to be indicated.

(2)If the investment of the trust property under a specific trust agreement are to be made upon the acquisition of the beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. (meaning the rights to be indicated on the securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x) or (xi) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, or the rights set forth in paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), trust fees and other fees, etc. related to the relevant beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. are to be included in the fees, etc. under the preceding paragraph.

(3)If the property associated with the beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. under the preceding paragraph is to be invested or contributed in another beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc., the relevant other beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. is deemed to be the beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. under that paragraph, and the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply.

(4)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis when the property associated with the beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. deemed as the beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc. under paragraph (2) pursuant to the preceding paragraph (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph) is to be invested or contributed in another beneficial interest of an investment trust, etc.

Article 30-18The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 12-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Order are the following particulars:

Article 30-19(1)The means specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 12-5, paragraph (2) of the Order are as follows:

(2)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 12-5, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Order are the particulars set forth in Article 30-15, item (iii), (d) and item (ii) of the preceding Article.

Article 30-20The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars:

Article 30-21(1)The particulars set forth in the items of Article 37-3, paragraph (1) (excluding items (ii) through (iv) and item (vi)) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis must be entered clearly and accurately by using characters, letters and numbers larger than 8-point as provided in Japanese Industrial Standard (referred to as "JIS" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) Z8305 under the Industrial Standardization Act (Act No. 185 of 1949) in the document for delivery prior to conclusion of a contract.

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the particulars set forth in Article 37-3, paragraph (1), item (v) and Article 37-23, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are to be entered clearly and accurately in the frame by using character, letters, and numbers larger than 12-points as provided in JIS Z8305 following the particulars prescribed in the following paragraph in the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract.

(3)A trust company is to plainly enter the particulars set forth in Article 30-23, paragraph (1), item (i) of this Cabinet Office Order, and, among the particulars set forth in the items of Article 37-3, paragraph (1) (excluding items (ii) through (iv) and item (vi)) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis, those which are especially important as having an impact on the client's decision, by using characters, letters, and numbers larger than 12-points as provided in JIS Z8305 at the beginning of the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract.

Article 30-22(1)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 37-3, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following cases:

(2)The provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (4) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis, Article 12-3 of the Order and Articles 30-6 and 30-7 of this Cabinet Office Order apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery of the document prescribed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph conducted pursuant to the provisions of that item and delivery of a document on changes to contract information under item (iii), (b) of that paragraph.

(3)With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) to a prospectus related to the beneficiary certificates of an investment trust (limited to those associated with the beneficial interest of an investment trust managed without instructions from the settlor as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Investment Trust and Investment Corporations (Act No. 198 of 1951) (if there is any document to be delivered as an integral part of the prospectus pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii), the prospectus and the document), the phrase "the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract, as prepared in accordance with the methods equivalent to those specified in the preceding Article" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract".

(4)The term "provision, etc. of material information in a concise manner" as used in paragraph (1), item (iv) means delivering a document in which the following particulars are given in a concise manner or providing the particulars to be given in that document by the method set forth in the items of Article 30-6, paragraph (1), and explaining these particulars (including answering to questions from a customer based on the examples of questions referred to in item (i)):

Article 30-23(1)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 37-3, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are the following particulars; provided, however, that this does not apply to the particulars set forth in item (i)-2, item (xii) and the items of paragraph (3) if the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract pertains to a trust whose trust property is managed or disposed of based only on the instruction of the settlor or a person entrusted with the authority to give instructions by the settlor (but only if the settlor or the person entrusted with the authority to give instructions by the settlor is any of the persons set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Order):

(2)If a trust company has accepted a limited liability trust as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Trust Act (Act No. 108 of 2006), the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 37-3, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are, beyond what is set forth in each of the items of the preceding paragraph, the following particulars:

(3)If a trust company has concluded a specific trust agreement, the particulars provided for by Cabinet Office Order specified in Article 37-3 paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis under the policy to set the subject securities (meaning the Subject Securities defined in Article 96, paragraph (4) of the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Services, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 37, paragraph (7)) of specific issues as trust property based on the specific trust agreement are the following particulars beyond the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1):

Article 30-24That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 38, item (iii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is the following:

Article 30-25(1)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 38, item (iii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are as follows:

(2)Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, with regard to credit ratings determined by a specified associated corporation (meaning the specified associated corporation defined in Article 116-3, paragraph (2) of the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Services, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 38, item (iii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis are as follows:

Article 30-26The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 38, item (ix) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as Applied Mutatis Mutandis is the following conduct:

Article 31(1)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 25 of the Act are the following cases:

(2)The term "specific receivables" as used in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph means receivables arising from a contract for recurring transactions between the settlor and the counterparty that is the debtor.

Article 32The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following cases:

Article 33(1)The following particulars are to be included in the particulars set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act:

(2)The following particulars are to be included in the particulars set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act:

(3)The terms and conditions of the transaction are to be included in the outline of the transactions set forth in the items of Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Act as prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Act.

(4)The following particulars are to be included in the particulars set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Act:

(5)The following particulars are to be included in the particulars set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (x) of the Act:

(6)The following particulars are to be included in the particulars set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (xi) of the Act:

(7)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (xvi) of the Act are the particulars set forth in Article 30-23, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (vi) and (xi).

(8)If a trust company has accepted a limited liability trust prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Trust Act, the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 26, paragraph (1), item (xvi) of the Act are, beyond what is set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, the particulars set forth in the items of Article 30-23, paragraph (2).

Article 34(1)Those which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Act and Article 29, paragraph (4) of the Act); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) are the following methods (hereinafter referred to as the "electronic or magnetic means" except in Article 68):

(2)The methods specified in the items of the preceding paragraph must conform to the following standards:

(3)The term "electronic data processing system" as used in paragraph (1), item (i) means an electronic data processing system that links the computer used by the trust company, etc. and the computer used by the settlor, etc. or by the trust company, etc. on which the client file is stored via a telecommunications line.

Article 35The types and details of the method to be indicated under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Order (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article) are the following particulars:

Article 36The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following cases:

Article 37(1)The following particulars must be given in the report on the status of trust property as provided in the main clause of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "report" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply to the particulars set forth in items (xv) through (xvii) and the main clause of paragraph (7) if the beneficiary is a professional investor if the report pertains to a trust whose trust property is managed or disposed of based only on the instruction of the settlor or a person entrusted with the authority to give instructions by the settlor (but only if the settlor or the person entrusted with the authority to give instructions by the settlor is any of the persons set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Order) or any of the trusts set forth in the items of Article 30-2, paragraph (1) (excluding item (ii)):

(2)In entering the particulars set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, a trust company may use the balance sheet as of the end of the current period with regard to the status of assets, liabilities, and principal as of the end of the current period, and the income and expenditures statement during the accounting period of the relevant trust property with regard to income and expenditure during the accounting period.

(3)The report must be entered clearly so that persons are able to accurately assess the status of the trust property.

(4)The amount of the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) may be indicated in units of million yen; provided, however, that this does not apply if indicating it this way is likely to cause a person to be unable to form an appropriate assessment of the status of trust property.

(5)A trust company must, after the end of the accounting period of the trust property or after the end of the period established by the act of trust, prepare a report on the relevant trust property and deliver it to the beneficiaries without delay; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases that fall under the items of Article 38 when the report is to be delivered after the end of the period established by the act of trust.

(6)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), item (v), if the substantial beneficiary is a qualified institutional investor as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act or a person that has acquired the regulated securities as prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act, and the beneficiary has submitted an annual securities report pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) or (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article in relation to the regulated securities (if an obligation to submit an annual securities report under that Act is not imposed on the relevant regulated securities and the beneficiary has reported the substantial beneficiary the particulars set forth in paragraph (1), item (v), (b) and (c) based on the report from a third party), the trust company may omit the entry of the particulars set forth in (b) and (c) of that item by obtaining from the beneficiary (if an agent for the beneficiary currently exists, including the agent for the beneficiary) a consent for the omission of the entry of those particulars in advance.

(7)If the subject properties include subject securities (excluding those for which the percentage of the amount held to the appraised value of the subject properties is less than three percent as of the end of the current period), the trust company must include the particulars set forth in the items of Article 30-23, paragraph (3) beyond the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if all these particulars are included in the document for delivery prior to the conclusion of a contract or the contract change document or the report that has been delivered to the customer associated with the trust agreement within one year before delivery of that report.

Article 37-2Cases and periods specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the main clause of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Act are the cases listed in the following items and the periods specified in the following items according to the category of case set forth in the respective items:

Article 38(1)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following cases:

(2)The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Act and Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Order, and the provisions of Articles 34 and 35 apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery of a report on the status of trust property under the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.

Article 39(1)A trust company (including the persons entrusted with trust business excluding the businesses set forth in the items of Article 22, paragraph (3) of the Act from the trust company) must, by distinguishing the place of custody for each property or by any other method, segregate the property belonging to the trust property separately from its own property and from the property belonging to the trust property of another trust and manage that property in a condition which enables the identification of the beneficiary of the first-mentioned trust property.

(2)A trust company must, in cases of entrusting the management of the trust property to a third party pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act, establish a sufficient system that ensures the management of the trust property by the entrusted third party by the method of distinguishing the property belonging to the trust property from its own property and other property in accordance with the type of the trust property.

(3)Beyond what is provided in the preceding two paragraphs, when a trust company manages crypto-assets and electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. that belong to the trust property, it must conduct management by the method specified in the following items according to the categories of cases set forth in the respective items; provided, however, that this does not apply to the minimum amount of crypto-assets and electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. that are required to be managed by a method other than the methods specified in the following items for ensuring the convenience of clients and achieving smooth conduct of the trust business, in light of the situation of the trust business it carries out (with regard to crypto-assets, limited to cases where the equivalent amount converted to the Japanese currency of the volume of the crypto-assets does not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying the equivalent amount converted to the Japanese currency of the volume of the crypto-assets under its management that belong to the trust property by five percent):

(4)A trust company is to hold crypto-assets of the same type and same volume as the crypto-assets under the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "performance-guarantee crypto-assets" in this paragraph and Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii)) as its own crypto-assets and manage them separately from its own crypto-assets other than the performance-guarantee crypto-assets, by the method specified in the following item according to the categories of performance-guarantee crypto-assets set forth in the respective items; in this case, the provisions of the items of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis:

(5)A trust company must, for the purpose of disclosing the handling and accounting of the trust business, prepare the books and documents set forth in items (i) and (ii) and preserve them for the period specified in the following items according to the category of documents set forth in the respective items:

Article 40(1)A trust company (including the persons entrusted with trust business excluding the businesses set forth in the items of Article 22, paragraph (3) of the Act from the trust company) must establish a system sufficient to appropriately execute the internal management affairs as provided as follows:

(2)The term "internal management affairs" as used in the preceding items means the following affairs:

(3)A trust company must, for the purpose of ensuring that the trust agreement Agency which the trust company has entrusted engages in the appropriate administration of the services as a trust agreement agent, establish a system sufficient for the instructions to the trust agreement agency and the verification of the status of compliance of the laws and regulations related to the services as a trust agreement agent that the trust agreement agency engaged in.

(4)If a trust company carries on its business by establishing its head office or other business office in the same building in which the head office, other business office or office, or agent office of another trust company, foreign trust company or financial institution (meaning the financial institutions set forth in the items of Article 2 of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions (Cabinet Order No. 31 of 1993); except in Article 61, paragraph (3) and Article 72, paragraph (2), the same applies hereinafter) (including the business offices or offices of the financial institutions' agent, etc. (meaning the bank agent as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Banking Act, the long-term credit bank agent as prescribed in Article 16-5, paragraph (3) of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act, the Shinkin Bank agent as prescribed in Article 85-2, paragraph (3) of the Shinkin Bank Act, the credit cooperative agent as prescribed in Article 6-3, paragraph (3) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative, the labor bank agent as prescribed in Article 89-3, paragraph (3) of the Labor Bank Act, the specific credit business agent as prescribed in Article 92-2, paragraph (3) of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act, the specific credit business agent as prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (3) of the Fishery Cooperatives Act, the Norinchukin Bank agent as prescribed in Article 95, paragraph (3) of the Norinchukin Bank Act and the agricultural cooperatives, fisheries cooperatives and fishery processing cooperatives engaged in agency service for the business relating to the authorization under Article 42, paragraph (3) of the Act on Enhancement and Restructuring of Credit Business Conducted by The Norinchukin Bank and Specified Agricultural and Fishery Cooperative Savings Insurance Cooperation, etc. (Act No. 118 of 1996); the same applies in Article 72, paragraph (2), item (i)) are established, the trust company must take appropriate measures for preventing the clients from misunderstanding that the trust company is the relevant other trust company or foreign trust company, or financial institution.

(5)If a trust company carries on its business by using a computer linked to a telecommunications line, it must take appropriate measures for preventing the clients to misunderstand the trust company as another entity.

(6)A trust company must, with regard to the security management of information related to the individual client handled thereby, supervision of workers, and supervision of the entrusted party if entrusting the handling of the information of individual customers, take necessary and appropriate measures to prevent the leakage, loss, or damage of the information.

(7)If the leakage, loss or damage of the information related to the individual client handled by a trust company (limited to information that falls under the category of personal data prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003)) has occurred or a situation where the likelihood of the occurrence of such event is assumed has arisen, the trust company must promptly report to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. that such situation has arisen, and take other appropriate measures.

(8)A trust company must take measures to ensure that the information provided from an organization handling credit information (meaning those that collect information on the capacity of the person in need of funds, etc. to make repayments for borrowings and provides the information to trust companies) which is related to the repayment capacity for borrowings of a person in need of funds, etc. that is an individual will not be used for the purpose other than the investigation on the repayment capacity of the persons in need of funds, etc.

(9)A trust company must take measures to ensure that the information on race, creed, family origin, registered domicile, medical care, or criminal records of the person in need of funds, etc. that is an individual or any other special on-disclosure information (meaning information which came to its knowledge in the course of business but has not been disclosed) handled thereby will not be used for the purpose other than the assurance of appropriate management of business or any other purpose found to be necessary.

(10)In the case of placing crypto-assets, etc. in trust (under item (iii), including the case of managing electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. that belong to the trust property), a trust company must take the following measures:

(11)Beyond what is provided in the preceding paragraph, a trust company must take measures to formulate, publicize and implement the policies concerning the performance of obligations in cases where the trust company is unable to perform all of the obligations in relation to the management of crypto-assets and electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. that the trust company assumes against its clients, out of the crypto-assets and electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. that belong to the trust property where the trust company manages the property that belongs to the trust property separately from its own property and property that belongs to other trusts pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (3), as a result of the leakage, loss, or damage of the information necessary for transferring crypto-assets and property value on which electronically recorded transferable rights to be indicated on securities, etc. are indicated, or due to other grounds (policies include actions necessary for performing the relevant obligations and times to take those actions).

(12)In the cases prescribed in Article 130, paragraph (1), item (xv) of the Cabinet Office Order on Financial Instruments Services, if a trust company has obtained, through the measures provided in (a) through (c) of that item taken by the financial instruments business operator referred to in that item to apply for acquisition or purchase of subject securities (meaning the subject securities defined in paragraph (3) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the value of the subject securities or the audit report, etc. prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article, or if it has received from the financial instruments business operator a notification of the particulars set forth in Article 134, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) of that Cabinet Office Order for the subject securities that are included in the investment report under Article 42-7, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act delivered to the right holders under Article 130, paragraph (1), item (xv) of that Cabinet Office Order (those particulars are hereinafter referred to as "particulars to be included" in this paragraph), the trust company must establish a system that is sufficient for ensuring that the value, audit report, etc., and particulars to be included are reconciled and that the reconciliation results are notified to the right holders.

(13)Where a trust company concludes a trust agreement under Article 130-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act which is to remain in force pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 2013 Employees' Pension Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as "pension trust agreement" in this paragraph and the proviso to paragraph (2) of the following Article) and engages in the management of pension benefit funds as prescribed in Article 130-2, paragraph (2) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act which is to remain in force pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 2013 Employees' Pension Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as "fund management" in this paragraph and paragraph (2), item (viii) of the following Article) pursuant to the pension trust agreement, the trust company must establish a system that is sufficient for ensuring that it can provide an appropriate account of the prospect of making a profit or risk of incurring a loss from fund management to the surviving employee's pension fund (meaning the surviving employee's pension fund defined in Article 3, item (xi) of the supplementary provisions of the 2013 Employees' Pension Amendment Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (2) of the following Article), the counterparty to the pension trust agreement, when it presents to the trust company the particulars prescribed in Article 136-4, paragraph (3) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act which is to remain in force pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 2013 Employees' Pension Amendment Act, in accordance with the particulars presented based on the knowledge, experience, and property conditions of the surviving employee's pension fund and the purpose of concluding the pension trust agreement.

Article 41(1)The transactions specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are the following transactions:

(2)The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 29, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act is the following conduct; provided, however, that the conduct set forth in items (vi) through (viii) is limited to cases of a pension trust agreement:

(3)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Act are the following cases:

(4)A trust company must, pursuant to the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Act, prepare a document giving the particulars listed in the following items and deliver it to the beneficiary for each accounting period of the trust property:

(5)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following cases:

Article 41-2The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following cases:

Article 41-3The method under Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by the method of public notice used by the trust company.

Article 41-4If a trust company that is the trustee of a beneficiary certificate-issuing trust gives a public notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, it must issue a separate notice of the particulars set forth in the items of Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the Act to each beneficiary of the bearer beneficiary certificate whose name and address is known thereby.

Article 41-5The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are the following particulars:

Article 41-6The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29-2, paragraph (3) of the Act are those in which the conditions of each beneficial interest are not the same and the equity of the beneficial interest of the trust in the trust property (hereinafter referred to as the "equity in principal" in this Article and the following Article) exceeds one half of the total equity in principal of the beneficial interest of the trust at the time of public notice or notice under Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Article 41-7That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 29-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Act is, if the conditions of each beneficial interest are not the same, the total of the equity in principal of the beneficial interest of the relevant trust.

Article 41-8The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 29-3 of the Act are the following particulars:

Article 42(1)The business reports as prescribed in Article 33 of the Act (in cases of the application following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 50-2, paragraph (12) of the Act, a self-settled trust report) must be prepared based on Appended Form No. 10 (in case of a foreign trust company, Appended Form No. 10-2; in cases of a person registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act, Appended Form No, 10-3; and in cases of an approved firm prescribed in Article 52, paragraph (1) of the Act that conducts the acceptance of a trust that falls under the category of a specified university technology transfer project as prescribed in that paragraph with the registration under that paragraph (hereinafter simply referred to as the "approved firm"), Appended Form No. 10-4).

(2)The documents set forth in the following items (in cases of persons registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and approved firms, excluding items (ii) and (iii)) must be attached to the business reports referred to in the preceding paragraph:

Article 43(1)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following particulars:

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act associated with a foreign trust company is the following information:

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act for the person registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act is the following information:

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act for the approved firm are the following particulars:

(5)The period specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act is four months.

(6)The record as prescribed by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Act is one which is prepared by a file containing the information that has been prepared using media which can securely record certain information by magnetic disks, or any other means equivalent thereto.

(7)What Cabinet Office Order prescribes as provided in Article 34, paragraph (3) of the Act is a means of showing the information that has been recorded in an electronic or magnetic record or the address (or a two-dimensional barcode or any other means used in lieu of this) of the website on which the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record has been posted, on a sheet of paper or displayed on a screen.

Article 44(1)When seeking authorization for a merger under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act, a trust company is to submit a written application giving the following particulars, in addition to the particulars set forth in the items of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, and one copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 36, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

(3)The provisions of Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis to where the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency carries out the examination prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (4) of the Act in relation to the application for authorization under paragraph (1) of that Article.

Article 45(1)When seeking authorization for an incorporation-type company split under Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act, a trust company is to submit a written application giving the following particulars, in addition to the particulars set forth in each of the items of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, and one copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

(3)The provisions of Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis when the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency carries out the examination prescribed in Article 37, paragraph (4) of the Act in relation to the application for authorization under paragraph (1) of that Article.

Article 46(1)When seeking authorization for an absorption-type split under Article 38, paragraph (1) of the Act, a trust company is to submit a written application containing the following particulars, beyond the particulars set forth in the items of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act, and a copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 38, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows:

(3)The provisions of Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis when the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency carries out the examination prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (4) of the Act in relation to the application for authorization under paragraph (1) of that Article.

Article 47(1)When seeking to be authorized for a business transfer under Article 39, paragraph (1) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article), a trust company is to submit a written application giving the following particulars, beyond the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article), and a copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 39, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article) are as follows:

(3)The provisions of Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis when the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency carries out the examination prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (4) of the Act in relation to the application for authorization under paragraph (1) of that Article.

(4)The provisions of Article 7 apply mutatis mutandis when the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency carries out the examination prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (4) of the Act in relation to the application for authorization under paragraph (1) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article. In this case, the term "Article 3 of the Order" in Article 7, item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16 of the Order".

Article 48(1)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are the following cases:

(2)A trust company giving a notification under Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 3 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that Table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

(3)The misconduct referred to in paragraph (1), item (viii) means that officers and employees (where the officer or employee is a corporation, including a person that is to perform its duties; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 63, paragraph (3)) of the trust company, the person entrusted with trust business, or the trust agreement agency which has the relevant trust company as its entrusting trust company or the officers and employees thereof have engaged in conduct falling under any of the following items in carrying out the business related to the relevant trust company:

Article 49(1)A person giving a notification pursuant to Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 4 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc. (if a trust company incorporates a stock company upon merger, implements merger with a stock company other than a trust company (including entities deemed to be a trust company pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (3) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) or has a stock company other than a trust company succeed to its position by having the stock company other than a trust company succeed to the all of its trust business upon a company split, including the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the head office of that stock company).

(2)The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has received the submission of the documents concerning a management-type trust company pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 50(1)The public notice under Article 41, paragraph (3) or (5) of the Act must be given, in addition to the publication in an official gazette, by publishing in a daily newspaper that publishes particulars on current affairs or by means of electronic public notice (meaning the electronic public notice as prescribed in Article 2, item (xxxiv) of the Companies Act; the same applies hereinafter).

(2)The public notice under Article 41, paragraph (3) of the Act must be given in regard to the following particulars:

(3)The notification under Article 41, paragraph (4) of the Act is to be given by the document including the following particulars:

(4)The public notice under Article 41, paragraph (5) of the Act must be given in regard to the following particulars:

(5)If a trust company gives a public notice under Article 41, paragraph (3) or (5) of the Act as an electronic public notice, it must continuously give the public notice as an electronic public notice until the day specified in the following items according to the category of public notice set forth in the respective items:

Article 51The public notice of supervisory disposition under Article 48 of the Act is to be given by the publication in an official gazette.

Article 51-2(1)A person seeking the registration under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a written application as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article prepared based on Appended Form No. 15, the accompanying documents under paragraph (4) of that Article, and one copy thereof to the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of the principal business office at which the person conducts the affairs associated with trusts created by any of the methods set forth in Article 3, item (iii) of the Trust Act.

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the person seeking the renewal of registration under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50-2, paragraph (2) of the Act.

Article 51-3The securities specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 15-2, paragraph (2), item (ii), (b), 5. of the Order are the following securities:

Article 51-4The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 50-2, paragraph (4), item (v) of the Act are the following documents:

Article 51-5(1)The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the entry of the type of trust property under Article 50-2, paragraph (5), item (i) of the Act.

(2)The particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 50-2, paragraph (5), item (vii) of the Act are the following particulars:

Article 51-6The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has granted registration currently in effect to a person registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act is to keep and offer for public inspection the register of self-settled trusts related to the registered person at the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the principal business office at which the person conducts affairs associated with trusts created by any of the methods set forth in Article 3, item (iii) of the Trust Act or at the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau.

Article 51-7(1)The investigation specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 50-2, paragraph (10) of the Act must, when a trust has been created by any of the method set forth in Article 3, item (iii) of the Trust Act, be carried out promptly by the method found proper and reasonable in accordance to the type of property belonging to the trust property, with regard to the following particulars:

(2)In the case referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the investigation must be carried out based on the particulars set forth in the following items according to the type of property set forth in the respective item:

(3)A person that has carried out the investigation under paragraph (1) must make a report to the person registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act by providing a document giving or recording the results of investigation under paragraph (1) or electronic or magnetic record. In this case, if the person that has carried out the investigation has discovered any illegal conduct or significant facts in violations of laws and regulations or provisions of the act of trust in carrying out the investigation, the person is to state to that effect in the document or record in the electronic or magnetic record.

Article 51-8(1)Instances in which, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order as prescribed in Article 50-2, paragraph (11) of the Act, carrying on other business (hereinafter referred to as the "subsidiary business" in this Article) is found likely to interfere with the proper and reliable administration involved in trusts under paragraph (1) of that Article are instances specified in each of the following items, according to the cases set forth in those items:

(2)Even if a case falls under item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a) of the preceding paragraph, if it also falls under the relevant of the following items for a case as set forth in those items, it does not constitute a case in which it is found that the person's engagement in subsidiary business is likely to interfere with the proper and reliable performance of the administration involved in a trust as referred to in Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act:

(3)The amount of net assets as referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount specified in the following items according to the cases set forth in those items:

(4)The provisions of Article 8, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation the amount of net assets under the preceding paragraph.

Article 51-9(1)The provisions of Article 8, Articles 17 through 23, Article 25, Article 29, Articles 37 through 41-8, Article 48 (excluding paragraph (1), items (iii), (vii) and (x) through (xii) and paragraph (2)), Article 50 (excluding paragraph (4)) and Article 51 apply by deeming the person registered under Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as a trust company (in cases set forth in Article 23, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 25, a management-type trust company). In this case, the terms "trust business", and "trust business" in those provisions are deemed to be replaced with "affairs associated with trusts created by any of the methods set forth in Article 3, item (iii) of the Trust Act", and the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table provided in the provisions set forth in the left column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right column of that table:

(2)A person that is registered as referred to in Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and that is giving a notification under Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 50-2, paragraph (12) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 4-2 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

(3)A person that is registered as referred to in Article 50-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and that seeks to give a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 50-2, paragraph (12) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 4-3 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

Article 51-10The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 15-3, item (ix) of the Order are those in which the lessor creates a trust by any of the method set forth in Article 3, item (iii) of the Act by having money, etc. managed incidental to the lease contract as the trust property in the lease contract.

Article 52(1)The requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 51, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are the following requirements:

(2)The notification under Article 51, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be given by using a document including the following particulars:

(3)When there were any changes to the particulars set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, the trustee of the trust under Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Act must notify to that effect to, if the trustee is a resident, the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the principal business office or office of the trustee (if the relevant trustee is a foreign company, the business office in Japan), and if the trustee is a non-resident, the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau.

(4)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 51, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following documents:

(5)The notification prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (5) of the Act is to be given by using a document including the following particulars:

(6)The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 51, paragraph (8), item (iv) of the Act is the following conduct:

Article 53(1)A person seeking the registration referred to in Article 52, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a written application as referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act prepared based on Appended Form No. 2, the accompanying documents under Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act, and one copy thereof to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of the person's principal business office or office.

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 8, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act are the following documents:

(3)The provisions of Article 15 apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection of the register of approved firms for specified university technology transfer projects as provided in Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Act.

(4)The provisions of Article 8, Articles 17 through 23, Article 25, Articles 28 through 30, Articles 31 through 41-8, Article 48 (excluding paragraph (1), items (iii), (iv), (vii) and (x) through (xii) and paragraph (2)), Article 50 (excluding paragraph (4)) and Article 51 apply by deeming the approved firm as a trust company (in cases set forth in Article 23, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 25, a management-type trust company). In this case, the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table provided in the provisions set forth in the left column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right column of that table:

(5)An approved firm giving a notification under Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (3) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 5 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

(6)An approved firm giving a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 52, paragraph (3) of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 6 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, etc.

Article 69A person seeking the registration under Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a written application as referred to in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Act prepared based on Appended Form No. 19, the accompanying documents referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article, and one copy thereof to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of the person's principal business office or office.

Article 70The information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 68, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act is the following information:

Article 71The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 68, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Act are the following documents:

Article 72(1)The particulars referred to in Article 68, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following particulars:

(2)The system for implementing services as a trust agreement agent as referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph is to include the system set forth in the following items according to the category of case set forth in the respective items:

Article 72-2(1)The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 70, item (i), (a) of the Act is a person who is unable to adequately carry out the cognition, decision making, and communication necessary for properly performing the trust agreement agency services due to mental impairment.

(2)The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 70, item (ii), (b), 1. of the Act is a person who is unable to adequately carry out the cognition, decision making, and communication necessary for properly performing their duties pertaining to the trust agreement agency services due to mental impairment.

Article 73The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau, etc. that has granted the registration currently in effect to the trust agreement agency is to keep and offer for public inspection the register of trust agreement agencies related to the registered trust agreement agency at the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the principal business office or office of the trust agreement agency or at the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau.

Article 74(1)A trust agreement agency giving a notification under Article 71, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act is to submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 10 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of its principal business office or office; provided, however, that, if there are compelling reasons, it is sufficient for the trust agreement agency to submit the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table and one copy thereof without delay after submitting the written notification.

(2)Upon receipt of a notification from any trust agreement agency on the relocation of the head office filed beyond the jurisdictional district of the Director General of the Local Finance Bureau, the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau is to send the written notification, the part of the register of trust agreement agencies that pertains to the relevant trust agreement agency, any other such document, and one copy of these to the Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the relocated address of the head office.

(3)The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau that has received the documents sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to register the particulars related to the relevant trust agreement agency in the register of trust agreement agencies.

Article 75The format specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 72, paragraph (1) of the Act is that which is established by Appended Form No. 20.

Article 76The information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 74, item (iii) of the Act is the following information:

Article 77(1)The conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 76 of the Act is the following conduct:

(2)The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Act and Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Order, and the provisions of Articles 34 and 35 apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery of the document prescribed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph conducted pursuant to the provisions of that item.

Article 78The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in the proviso to Article 25 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 76 of the Act are the following cases:

Article 79(1)The report to be submitted by the trust agreement agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 77, paragraph (1) of the Act must be prepared using, if the trust agreement agency is a corporation, Appended Form No. 21, and in cases of an individual, Appended Form No. 22.

(2)The Director-General of a Local Finance Bureau is to keep and offer for public inspection the report submitted by a trust agreement agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 77, paragraph (1) of the Act at the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the principal business office or office of the trust agreement agency or at the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau.

Article 79-2The measures specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 78, paragraph (2) of the Act are a means of showing the information that has been recorded in an electronic or magnetic record or the address (or a two-dimensional barcode or any other means used in lieu of this) of the website on which the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record has been posted, on a sheet of paper or displayed on a screen.

Article 80A person giving a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 79 of the Act must submit a written notification giving the particulars specified in the middle column of Appended Table No. 11 and the accompanying documents specified in the right column of that table for the category set forth in the left column of that table, as well as one copy thereof, to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau that has jurisdiction over the locality of the person's principal business office or office.

Article 80-2The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as provided in Article 85-2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a) of the Act is a person who is unable to adequately carry out the cognition, decision making, and communication necessary for properly performing their duties pertaining to the dispute resolution services due to mental impairment.

Article 80-2-2The calculation of the ratio referred to in Article 85-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Act is to be made by dividing the number of the trust company, etc. (meaning the trust company, etc. as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) that raised objections (limited to those with reasonable grounds attached thereto) to the particulars related to the cancellation of the basic contact for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures, other contents of the basic contact for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures (excluding the particulars set forth in the items of Article 85-7, paragraph (2) of the Act) and any other contents of the operational rules (meaning the operational rules as prescribed in Article 85-2, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article, paragraph (1) of the following Article, and Article 80-14, paragraph (2)) (excluding the particulars which are to be included in the operational rules pursuant to Article 85-7, paragraph (3) of the Act and the particulars necessary to satisfy the requirements set forth in the items of paragraph (4) and paragraph (5), item (i) of that Article) by submitting a document giving whether the relevant trust company, etc. has any objections to the contents of the operational rules and, if the trust company, etc. has objections, the contents and the reasons therefor (referred to as the "written opinion" in the following Article) to the person seeking to file the application under Article 85-2, paragraph (1) of the Act, by the number of the trust companies, etc. publicized by the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency as of the day when the person seeking to file the application has delivered or sent the operational rules, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article (if the relevant person has delivered or sent the operational rules, etc. over two or more days, the latest day; the same applies in Article 80-4) (those trust companies, etc. are referred to as "all trust companies, etc." in the following Article and Article 80-5, paragraph (2)).

Article 80-3(1)A person seeking to file the application under Article 85-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must, pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article, explain to the trust companies, etc. the contents of the operational rules, and if hearing opinions as to whether the trust companies, etc. have any objections to it (if the trust company, etc. has objections, including the reasons therefor), hold an explanatory meeting as provided as follows:

(2)All of the following particulars must be included in the document that gives the results prescribed in Article 85-2, paragraph (2) of the Act:

(3)The document prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be attached to all written opinions submitted by the trust companies, etc.

(4)Operational rules, etc. may be delivered or sent or written opinions may be submitted by means of using an electronic data processing system or a means using other information and communications technology as set forth in the following, if the operational rules, etc. or written opinions are prepared in the form of an electronic or magnetic record:

(5)The term "electronic data processing system" as used in the preceding paragraph means an electronic data processing system that links the computer used by the sender and the computer used by the recipient.

Article 80-4The written application for designation under Article 85-3, paragraph (1) of the Act must be submitted within three months from the day on which the operational rules, etc. were delivered or sent.

Article 80-5(1)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Act are the following documents:

(2)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Act are the following documents:

(3)The documents specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (vii) of the Act are the following documents:

Article 80-6That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-7, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Act is the following information:

Article 80-7The information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 85-7, paragraph (2), item (xi) of the Act are that, if the client of the member trust company, etc. (meaning the member trust company, etc. as prescribed in Article 85-5, paragraph (2) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) that is the party has made a request, the designated dispute resolution organization may investigate the status of performance of the obligations specified in the settlement through the dispute resolution procedures, and recommend the member trust company, etc. to perform its obligations.

Article 80-8The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as one that is related to the designated dispute resolution organization in the way that substantially controls its business or exerts a material influence on its business due to the person's shareholdings in the designated dispute resolution organization, financing of the designated dispute resolution organization or any other circumstances is the following persons or entities in respect of whom it is found that it is not clear, in light of the business relationship, that they cannot control the decisions regarding the business policy of the designated dispute resolution organization and cannot exert a material influence on its business:

Article 80-9The person specified by Cabinet Office Order as one that is related to the designated dispute resolution organization in a way that allows it to substantially control its business due to its shareholdings in the designated dispute resolution organization or any other circumstance is the following persons or entities in respect of whom it is found that it is not clear, in light of the business relationship, that decisions regarding the business policy of the persons set forth in each respective item cannot be controlled by a designated dispute resolution organization:

Article 80-10(1)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 85-11 of the Act, a designated dispute resolution organization must, in relation to the complaint processing procedures implemented thereby, prepare a record including the following particulars:

(2)The designated dispute resolution organization must preserve the record including the particulars set forth in the preceding paragraph for at least five years from the day on which the complaint processing procedures implemented thereby have been terminated.

Article 80-11(1)The person that has an interest with the party provided in Article 85-5, paragraph (2) of the Act related to the request under Article 85-13, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "party" in this paragraph), as prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article is those that fall under any of the following persons:

(2)The persons specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-13, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the Act are persons that have any of the following qualifications and that have engaged in the business of responding to consumer affairs consultation (meaning the consumer affairs consultation as prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (3), item (v), (a) of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000)) for five years or more in total:

(3)The persons specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-13, paragraph (3), item (v) of the Act are the following persons:

Article 80-12(1)When a designated dispute resolution organization has received a request for the delivery of the documents from the client of the member trust company, etc. that is the party to the dispute involving trust business subject to dispute resolution procedures upon making the explanation prescribed in Article 85-13, paragraph (8) of the Act, the designated dispute resolution organization must make the explanation by delivering the documents.

(2)The information specified by Cabinet Office Order that is provided for in Article 85-13, paragraph (8), item (iii) of the Act is the following information:

Article 80-13(1)A designated dispute resolution organization must preserve the dispute resolution procedures record for at least 10 years from the day on which the dispute resolution procedures implemented thereby has terminated.

(2)That which is specified by Cabinet Office Order which is provided for in Article 85-13, paragraph (9), item (vi) of the Act is the following information:

Article 80-14(1)If a designated dispute resolution organization seeks to give a notification under Article 85-19 of the Act, it must submit the written notification accompanied by a written reason and other documents including the particulars that will serve as a reference (in the cases set forth in the following items, including the particulars specified in the respective items) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency:

(2)The cases specified by Cabinet Office Order that are provided for in Article 85-19, item (ii) of the Act are the following cases:

(3)The notification if the relevant case falls under item (viii) or (ix) of the preceding paragraph must be given within one month from the day on which the designated dispute resolution organization has come to know the facts prescribed in these provisions.

Article 80-15(1)The reports on dispute resolution services to be prepared by a designated dispute resolution organization under Article 85-20, paragraph (1) of the Act must be prepared based on Appended Form No. 23 and submitted to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency within three months after the end of the business year.

(2)The inventory of assets, balance sheet, and income and expenditure statements or profit and loss statements, or documents equivalent thereto for the most recent business year must be attached to the report set forth in the preceding paragraph:

(3)If the designated dispute resolution organization cannot submit the report prescribed in paragraph (1) within the period set forth in that paragraph for any compelling reason, it may postpone the submission by obtaining the approval from the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency in advance.

(4)When seeking the approval under the preceding paragraph, a designated dispute resolution organization must submit a written application for approval accompanied by a written reason to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.

(5)When the application for approval under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency is to examine whether a compelling reason for the designated dispute resolution organization that filed the application to postpone the submission under paragraph (3) may be found.