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Japan. 2020 ‘Export/Import: Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.’ Outline of National Laws, Regulations and Decrees. New York NY: Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations. 1 January

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Article 1
The purpose of this Act is, on the basis of the freedom of foreign exchange, foreign trade and other foreign transactions, to enable proper expansion of foreign transactions and the maintenance of peace and security in Japan and in the international community through the minimum necessary control or coordination of foreign transactions, and thereby to ensure equilibrium of the international balance of trade and stability of currency as well as to contribute to the sound development of the Japanese economy.


Article 48(1)
Any person who intends to conduct the export of specific kinds of goods to specified regions, which is specified by Cabinet Order as being considered to obstruct the maintenance of international peace and security, shall obtain, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, permission from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Article 52
For the purpose of achieving the sound development of foreign trade and the national economy, sincerely fulfilling obligations under the treaties and other international agreements Japan has signed, making Japan's contribution to international efforts for achieving international peace, or implementing a cabinet decision set forth in Article 10, paragraph 1, any person who intends to import goods may be obliged to obtain import approval pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

Article 69-6-2
Any person who falls under any of the following items shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than thirty million yen, or both; provided, however, that five times the price of the subject matter of the violation exceeds thirty million yen, a fine shall be not more than five times the price.

* The penalty for cases where the offender is a judicial person, not an individual person, will be a fine not more than one billion yen, however, that five times the price of the subject matter of the violation exceeds one billion yen, a fine shall be not more than five times the price.

Article 69-7
Any person who falls under any of the following items shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than five years or a fine of not more than ten million yen, or both; provided, however, that five times the price of the subject matter of the violation exceeds ten million yen, a fine shall be not more than five times the price.

Article 69-7-5
Any person who has imported goods without obtaining permission pursuant to the provision of the paragraph of the Article 52.

* The penalty for cases where the offender is a judicial person, not an individual person, will be a fine not more than five hundred million yen, however, that five times the price of the subject matter of the violation exceeds five hundred million yen, a fine shall be not more than five times the price.

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