ACT CONCERNING THE MEASURES FOR
PROTECTION OF THE CITIZENSIN ARMED ATTACK SITUATIONS, ETC.
(ACT NO. 112, JUNE 18, 2004)
LATEST REVISIONS : BY ACT NO. 118, DECEMBER 22, 2006

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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of
the Citizens in Armed Attack Situations, etc.

(Act No. 112 of 2004, enacted on June 18)
Latest Revision Act No. 118 of 2006, enacted on December 22
Table of Contents
Chapter I
General Provisions ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙3
Section 1 General Provisions (Article 1 ‐ Article 9) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙3
Section 2 Implementation of Measures to Protect Citizens (Article 10 ‐ Article 23) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙5
Section 3 System to Implement Civil Protection Measures (Article 24 ‐ Article 31) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙9
Section 4 Basic Guidelines for Civil Protection (Article 32 ‐ Article 36) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙13
Section 5 Prefectural Civil Protection Council and Municipal Civil Protection Council(Article 37 ‐ Article 40) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙16
Section 6 Establishment of Organizations, Drills, etc. (Article 41 ‐ Article 43) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙18
Chapter II
Measures Related to Evacuation of Residents∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙20
Section 1 Issuance of Warnings, etc. (Article 44 ‐ Article 51) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙20
Section 2 Instruction to Evacuate, etc. (Article 52 ‐ Article 60)∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙21
Section 3 Leading of Evacuated Residents (Article 61 ‐ Article 73) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙25
Chapter III Measures Related to Relief of Evacuated Residents, etc. ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙31
Section 1 Relief (Article 74 ‐ Article 93) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙31
Section 2 Collection of Safety Information, etc. (Article 94 ‐ Article 96) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙36
Chapter IV Measures Related to Response to Armed Attack Disaster ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙38
Section 1 General Provisions (Article 97 ‐ Article 101) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙38
Section 2 Emergency Measures, etc. (Article 102 ‐ Article 125) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙39
Section 3 Collection of Disaster Information, etc. (Article 126 ‐ Article 128) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙54
Chapter V
Measures for Stabilizing Citizens’ Livelihood, etc. ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙55
Section 1 Measures for Stabilizing Citizens’ Livelihood (Article 129 ‐ Article 133) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙55
Section 2 Measures for Securing Infrastructure, etc. (Article 134 ‐ Article 138) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙56
Section 3 Emergency Restoration (Article 139 ‐ Article 140) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙57
Chapter VI

Restoration, Stockpiling and Other Measures (Article 141 ‐ Article 158) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙58

Chapter VII Financial Measures, etc. (Article 159 ‐ Article 171) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙63
Chapter VIII Measures to Respond to Emergency Response Situations (Article 172 ‐ Article 183) ∙∙∙∙67
Chapter IX

Miscellaneous Provisions (Article 184 ‐ Article 187) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙77

Chapter X

Penal Provisions (Article 188 ‐ Article 194) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙79

Chapter XI

Partial Revision of the Situation Response Act (Article 195)∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙81

Supplementary Provisions (Extract) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙81

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 1~3)

Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1
General Provisions(Purpose)
Article 1
This Act, based upon the sig‐
nificance of protecting the lives, bodies,and property of the citizens in armed at‐tack situations, etc. and of minimizing theadverse effects inflicted upon the citizens’
livelihood and the national economy, in‐tends to make the whole nation fully
prepared for these situations and tothereby implement appropriately andsmoothly measures to protect the citizens
in such situations, along with the Act for
Ensuring Peace and Independence of Ja‐
pan and Security of the State and the Cit‐izens in Armed Attack Situations, etc.
(Act No. 79 of 2003, hereinafter referred
to as “Situation Response Act”), by spec‐
ifying the responsibilities of the national
and local governments, cooperation of
the citizens, measures for evacuation ofresidents, measures for relief of evacuat‐
ed residents, etc., measures related to re‐sponse to armed attack disaster, and oth‐er necessary measures.
(Definition)
Article 2
The meanings of the terms
ʺarmed attack situations, etc.” “armed at‐tack”, “armed attack situation”, “desig‐
nated administrative agencies,” “desig‐
nated local administrative agencies”,“designated public institutions”, “Basic
Response Plan”, “Task Force” and “Task
Force Chief” as used in this Act shall bethose of the same terms provided for in
Article 1, Article 2 Item 1 through Item 6(excluding Item 3), Article 9 Paragraph 1,
Article 10 Paragraph 1, and Article 11
Paragraph 1 of the Situation Response Act.
2. The term “designated local public institu‐
tions” as used in this Act shall be publicbenefit corporations providing electricity,gas, transportation, telecommunications,medical or other public services, suchcorporations administering public facili‐ties as local public road corporations (lo‐cal public road corporations under Article
1 of the Local Public Road Corporation
Act (Act No. 82 of 1970)), and independ‐ent local administrative corporations (in‐dependent administrative corporations
under Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the Inde‐pendent Local Administrative Corpora‐tion Act (Act No. 118 of 2003)) withineach prefecture where the governor of thesaid prefecture has designated them assuch after having heard opinions fromthe said corporations.
3. The term “civil protection measures” asused in this Act shall be measures which
are stipulated in Article 22 Item 1 of theSituation Response Act and implemented
by designated administrative agencies,
local governments, designated public in‐stitutions or designated local public in‐stitutions pursuant to the statutory pro‐visions during the period from the estab‐lishment of the Basic Response Plan tothe abolition of the plan (in the case ofmeasures stipulated in Item 1(f), includ‐ing those implemented by the above in‐stitutions pursuant to statutory provi‐sions after the abolition of the Basic Re‐
sponse Plan).
4. The term “armed attack disaster” as usedin this Act shall mean human death or
injuries, fires, explosions, discharge ofradioactive substances, and other humanor material disasters caused directly or
indirectly by an armed attack.
(Responsibilities of National Governmentand Local Governments, etc.)
Article 3
The national government has
the responsibility to make the whole na‐tion fully prepared to ensure the safety of
the citizens. Consequently, in preparation
for an armed attack situation, etc., the na‐
tional government shall set a basic policy
related to implementation of civil protec‐
tion measures, and in armed attack situa‐
tions, etc., the national government shallappropriately and smoothly implement
measures to protect its citizens by using
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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 3~7)
all its organizations and functions, ap‐
propriately and smoothly support
measures implemented by local govern‐ments and designated public institutions
to protect the citizens, and take appropri‐ate measures at the national expense forthe protection of the citizens.
2. In armed attack situations, etc., local
governments have the responsibility for
appropriately and smoothly implement‐
ing their civil protection measures, andcomprehensively promoting civil protec‐
tion measures to be implemented by rel‐evant organizations in the areas of thelocal governments, based on the basic
policy related to implementation of civil
protection measures laid down in ad‐vance by the national government.
3. In armed attack situations, etc., desig‐
nated public institutions and designatedlocal public institutions, as stipulated bythis Act, have the responsibility to im‐
plement civil protection measures in theirrespective businesses.
4. When implementing civil protection
measures, the national and local govern‐ments, designated public institutions, anddesignated local public institutions shallcooperate with each other and take all
possible measures for appropriate andprompt implementation.
(Cooperation of the Citizens, etc.)
Article 4
The citizens shall, if requested,
strive to provide necessary cooperation for
implementation of civil protection measures
pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
2. The cooperation in the preceding para‐graph shall be based on citizens’s volun‐tary will and should not be compulsory.
3. The national and local governments shallstrive to provide necessary support forvoluntary activities to facilitate civil pro‐tection measures performed by voluntarydisaster management organizations (vol‐untary disaster management organiza‐
tions under Article 5 Paragraph 2 of the
Basic Act for Disaster Countermeasures(Act No. 223 of 1961); the same shall ap‐
ply hereinafter) and volunteers.
4(Respect for Fundamental Human Rights)
Article 5
When implementing civil pro‐tection measures, the citizens’ freedom
and rights guaranteed by the Constitu‐
tion shall be respected.
2. When implementing civil protection
measures prescribed in the preceding
paragraph, if citizens’ freedom and rights
are to be restricted, the restriction shall belimited to the minimum necessary for im‐
plementing the civil protection measuresand properly executed by due process oflaw. It shall not be discriminatory andshall not violate freedom of thought andconscience and freedom of expression.
(Prompt Redemption of Citizens’s Rights
and Interest)
Article 6Concerning procedures forcompensation for loss resulting from theimplementation of civil protection
measures, filing of complaints or lawsuits
related to civil protection measures, andother remedies related to citizens’ rights
and interest, the national and local gov‐
ernments shall strive to deal with them assoon as possible.
(Respect of Autonomy of Japanese Red
Cross Society, etc.)
Article 7
With regard to civil protection
measures implemented by the Japanese
Red Cross Society, the national and local
governments shall respect the autonomyof the Red Cross in view of its special
characteristics.
2. With regard to civil protection measures
implemented by broadcasters (broad‐casters under Article 2 Item 3‐2 of the
Broadcast Act (Act No. 132 of 1950) andothers engaged in broadcasting (tele‐communication transmission to be re‐ceived directly by the public; the same
shall apply in Paragraph 2 of the next ar‐
ticle); the same shall apply hereinafter) of
the designated public institutions or thedesignated local public institutions, thenational and local governments shall give
special consideration to their freedom ofspeech and expression.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 8~11)(Provision of Information to the Citizens)
Article 8
In armed attack situations, etc.,
the national and local governments shallprovide accurate information related tocivil protection measures appropriately
and smoothly.
2. The national and local governments,
designated public institutions and desig‐
nated local public institutions shall strive
to promptly provide information related
to measures to protect the citizens using
appropriate media such as newspapers,
broadcasting and the Internet.
(Matters to be Considered)
Article 9
When implementing civil pro‐tection measures, consideration shall begiven to protect the elderly, the disabled,and other citizens requiring special con‐sideration.
2. The International Humanitarian Law ap‐
plicable in international armed conflicts
shall be appropriately implemented
when civil protection measures are car‐ried out.

Section 2
Implementation of Measures to Protect Citizens(Civil Protection Measures to be Implemented by National Government)
Article 10
The national government shall
implement the following measures withrespect to protection of the citizens basedon the Basic Response Plan and the Basic
Guidelines for Civil Protection prescribedin Article 32 Paragraph 1.
(1)
Issuance of warnings, instructions on
evacuation measures and other measuresrelated to evacuation of residents(2)
Instructions on relief, instructions on
backup, collection and provision ofsafetyinformation,
and
other
measures related to relief of evacuat‐
ed residents, etc.
(3)
Instruction on measures related toresponse to armed attack disaster,measures related to ensuring safety oflife‐related facilities, measures toprevent the occurrence of disaster in‐volving hazardous materials as a re‐sult of armed attack, measures tocontain the spread of contamination
by radioactive substances, etc., publicannouncement of disaster informationand other measures related to re‐sponse to armed attack disaster(4)
Measures for stabilizing prices ofeveryday goods and other measures
for stabilizing citizens’ livelihood(5)
Measures related to restoration ofdamage caused by armed attack dis‐
aster
2. When the Basic Response Plan is formu‐
lated, heads of the designated adminis‐
trative agencies (in the case of the said
designated administrative agency having
adopted the council system, the said
designated administrative agency; thesame shall apply hereinafter) and thedesignated local administrative agencies
shall implement the civil protection
measures under their own jurisdictions asprovided for in their Civil Protection
Plans under Article 33 Paragraph 1 pur‐suant to the provisions of this Act andother laws and regulations.
(Civil Protection Measures to be Implemented by Prefectural Governments)
Article 11
When the Basic Response Plan
is formulated, prefectural governors shall
implement the following civil protection
measures related to the areas of theirprefectures pursuant to the provisions of
this Act and other laws and regulations inaccordance with their Civil Protection
Plans which are formulated pursuant to
the provision of Article 34 Paragraph 1.
(1)
Instructions on evacuation of resi‐
dents, measures for leading of evacu‐
ated residents, measures related tocross‐prefecture evacuation of resi‐
dents and other measures related toevacuation of residents(2)
Implementation of relief, collection
and provision of safety informationand other measures related to relief of
evacuated residents, etc.
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 11~14)(3)

Prevention, elimination and allevia‐
tion of damage caused by armed at‐tack disaster, issuance of urgent mes‐
sages, instructions on escape, estab‐lishment of hazard areas, ensuring
health care, collection of disaster in‐formation and other measures related
to response to armed attack disaster(4)
Measures for stabilizing prices ofeveryday goods and other measures
for stabilizing citizens’ livelihood(5)
Measures related to restoration ofdamage caused by armed attack dis‐
aster
2. When the Basic Response Plan is formu‐
lated, prefectural committees and com‐mittee members shall pursuant to the pro‐visions of this Act and other laws and reg‐ulations implement civil protection
measures related to their affairs under thejurisdiction of prefectural governors asprovided for in their Civil Protection Plans
referred to in the preceding paragraph.
3. When the Basic Response Plan is formu‐
lated, public bodies within a prefecture
shall strive to cooperate for the civil pro‐tection measures implemented by thegovernor and other enforcement organsof the prefecture (hereinafter referred toas “prefectural governor, etc.”).
4. In cases mentioned in Paragraph 1 andParagraph 2 above, if prefectural gover‐nor, etc. deem that it is necessary to im‐
plement measures to protect the citizens
related to areas of their prefectures ap‐
propriately and smoothly, prefectural
governor, etc. may make necessary re‐quests to the heads of designated admin‐
istrative agencies or the heads of desig‐
nated local administrative agencies withrespect to implementation of civil protec‐
tion measures related to affairs under
his/her jurisdiction.
(Requests for Backup to Other Prefectural
Governors, etc.)
Article 12
If it is found to be necessary
for the implementation of civil protection
measures related to the area of the pre‐fecture in question, prefectural governor,6etc. may request other prefectural gover‐nor, etc. to back up. In such case, prefec‐
tural governor, etc. whose backup is re‐quired for shall not refuse backup with‐out a justifiable reason.
2. Citizens engaging in the backup men‐tioned in the preceding paragraph shallact under the direction of the prefectural
governo, etc. who has requested the said
backup when implementing civil protec‐
tion measures. In such cases, police offi‐
cials shall exercise their authority under
the coordination of the public safetycommission of the prefecture that hasrequested the backup.
(Special Provision for Procedures for
Delegating Functions)
Article 13
If a prefectural government
finds it necessary for the implementationof civil protection measures related to thearea of its prefecture, it may entrust af‐
fairs or part of affairs belonged to theauthorities of prefectural governor, etc. toother prefectural governments and makes
the prefectural governors of the said pre‐fectures administer and execute the saidaffairs as set forth by a cabinet order,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article
252‐14 and Article 252‐15 of the Local
Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).
(Procuration by Prefectural Governors)
Article 14
When a municipality becomesunable to execute the all or most of its af‐
fairs due to the occurrence of armed at‐tack disaster, the prefectural governor
shall implement all or part of the civil
protection measures related to the area ofthe said municipality on behalf of themayor of the said municipality.
2. When the prefectural governor has begun
to perform affairs on behalf of the mu‐
nicipal mayor pursuant to the preceding
paragraph or has ended the execution,
he/she shall publicly notify such fact.
3. Necessary matters related to procurationby the prefectural governor under Para‐graph 1 above shall be stipulated by acabinet order.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 15~17)(Request for Dispatch of SDF Units)
Article 15
If a prefectural governor finds
it necessary for the efficient implementa‐tion of civil protection measures related
to the area of his/her prefecture (except
measures for public order; the same shallapply in the next paragraph and Article20), he/she may request the Minister ofState for Defense to dispatch SDF units,
etc. as set forth in Article 8 of theSelf‐Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of
1954) (hereinafter referred to as “SDF
units”).
2. In the case where no request is madepursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph, if the Task Force Chieffinds it urgently necessary for the smooth
implementation of civil protection
measures related to the areas of the said
prefectures, he/she may request the Min‐
ister of State for Defense to dispatch SDF
units.
3. When the Task Force Chief issues a re‐quest under the preceding paragraph,he/she shall promptly notify the prefec‐
tural governors concerned to that effect.
(Civil Protection Measures to be Implemented by Municipal Governments)
Article 16
When the Basic Response Plan
is formulated, municipal mayors shallpursuant to the provisions of this Act andother laws and regulations implement thefollowing civil protection measures re‐lated to the areas of their municipalities
as provided for in their Civil Protection
Plans stipulated in Article 35 Paragraph 1.
(1)Communication of warnings, estab‐lishment of evacuation guidelines,
coordination with relevant organiza‐
tions and other measures for evacua‐tion of residents(2)
Implementation of relief, collection
and provision of safety informationand other measures related to relief of
evacuated residents(3)
Instructions on escape, establishmentof hazard areas, fire fighting, disposalof waste, collection of disaster infor‐
mation and other measures related toresponse to armed attack disaster(4)
Stable supply of water and othermeasures for stabilizing the citizens’
livelihood(5)
Measures for restoration of damage
caused by armed attack disaster2. When the Basic Response Plan is formu‐
lated, municipal committees and com‐mittee members shall pursuant to theprovisions of this Act and other laws andregulations implement civil protection
measures related to their affairs under thejurisdiction of municipal mayors as pro‐vided for in their Civil Protection Plans
referred to in the preceding paragraph.
3. When the Basic Response Plan is formu‐
lated, public bodies within a municipality
shall strive to cooperate on the civil pro‐tection measures to be implemented by
the municipal mayor and other enforce‐
ment organs of the municipality (herein‐
after referred to as “municipal mayor,etc.”)
4. In the cases mentioned in Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2, if municipal mayor, etc.
find it necessary to implement civil pro‐tection measures related to the areas of
their municipalites appropriately andsmoothly, municipal mayor, etc. may
make the necessary requests to prefectur‐
al governor, etc. regarding the imple‐
mentation of civil protection measuresrelated to affairs under their jurisdiction .
5. In the cases mentioned in Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2, if municipal mayor, etc.
find it necessary to implement civil pro‐tection measures related to the areas of
their municipalities appropriately andsmoothly, municipal mayor, etc. may re‐quest prefectural governor, etc. to makerequests pursuant to the provision of Ar‐
ticle 11 Paragraph 4.
(Request for Backup to Other Municipal
Mayors, etc.)
Article 17
If the municipal mayors, etc.
find it necessary for the implementationof civil protection measures related to theareas of their municipalities, they may
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vide back up. In such cases, the munici‐
pal mayors whose backup is requested
shall not refuse backup without a justifi‐
able reason.
2. Persons engaged in the backup men‐tioned above shall act under the directionof the requesting municipal mayor, etc.
when implementing civil protection
measures.
(Request for Backup to Prefectural Governor, etc.)
Article 18
If municipal mayor, etc. find it
necessary for the implementation of civil
protection measures in their municipali‐ties, they may request prefectural gover‐nor, etc. to provide backup.
2. The second sentence of Article 12 Para‐graph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis tothe preceding paragraph.
(Special Provision for Procedures for
Delegating Affairs)
Article 19
If a municipal government
finds it necessary for the implementationof civil protection measures related to thearea of its municipality, it may entrust af‐
fairs or part of affairs belonged to theauthorities of municipal mayor, etc. toother local governments and makes theheads of the said local governments(heads of local governments and otherenforcement organs; the same shall apply
hereinafter) to administer and execute thesaid affairs as provided for by a cabinet
order, notwithstanding the provisions ofArticle 252‐14 and Article 252‐15 of the
Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).
(Request for Dispatch of SDF Units)
Article 20
If a municipal mayor finds it
necessary for the efficient implementa‐tion of civil protection measures related
to the area of his/her municipality, he/she
may request the prefectural governor to
make a request pursuant to the provisionof Article 15 Paragraph 1.
2. If a municipal mayor cannot issue a re‐quest provided for in the provision of thepreceding paragraph, he/she may inform8

the Minister of State for Defense to that
effect along with matters that he/she
finds necessary for the efficient imple‐
mentation of civil protection measuresrelated to the area of his/her municipality.
In such case, the Minister of State for De‐
fense shall promptly report such mattersto the Task Force Chief.
(Civil Protection Measures to be Implemented by Designated Public Institutions
and Designated Local Public Institutions)
Article 21
When the Basic Response Plan
is formulated, designated public institu‐
tions and designated local public institu‐
tions shall pursuant to the provisions of
this Act and other laws and regulations
implement civil protection measures re‐lated to their businesses as provided forin Civil Protection Business Plans of des‐ignated public institutions pursuant to
the provision of Article 36 Paragraph 1 orCivil Protection Business Plans of desig‐
nated local public institutions pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 2 of the said
article.
2. If designated public institutions or des‐ignated local public institutions find it
especially necessary for the implementa‐tion of civil protection measures, they
may request the heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, designated local
administrative agencies or the heads of
local governments to provide backup re‐garding the securing of labour, facilities,
equipment, and supplies. In such cases,
the heads of designated administrative
agencies, designated local administrative
agencies or local governments whose
backup is requested shall not refuse
backup without a justifiable reason.
3. If the heads of designated administrative
agencies, designated local administrative
agencies or local governments find it
necessary to appropriately and smoothly
implement civil protection measures re‐lated to the affairs under the jurisdictionof the said designated administrative
agencies or designated local administra‐
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governments, they may make the neces‐sary requests concerning the implemen‐tation of civil protection measures related
to their businesses to designated public
institutions or designated local public in‐stitutions.
(Ensuring Safety)
Article 22
The national government shallgive due consideration to ensuring safety
under the civil protection measures im‐
plemented by designated administrative
agencies, local governments and desig‐
nated public institutions according to theactual contents of the measures. In thesame way, prefectural governments shallgive due consideration to ensuring safety
under the civil protection measures im‐
plemented by prefectural governments,
municipal governments, designated pub‐lic institutions and designated local pub‐lic institutions in the areas of their pre‐fectures, and municipal governments
shall give due consideration to ensuringsafety under the civil protection measures
implemented by municipal governmentsin the areas of their municipalities.
(Public Announcement of Circumstancesof Armed Attacks, etc.)
Article 23
The Task Force Chief shall
publicize information on the circum‐
stances of armed attacks and armed at‐tack disaster and measures related toevacuation of residents, measures for re‐lief of evacuated residents, etc., and othercivil protection measures appropriately
and smoothly.

Section 3
System to Implement Civil Protection
Measures(Affairs under the Jurisdiction of the Task
Force, etc.)
Article 24
The Task Force shall have ju‐
risdiction over the following affairs in
addition to those stipulated in Article 12
Item 1 of the Situation Response Act.
(1)
Comprehensive promotion of civil

protection measures implemented bydesignated administrative agencies,
local governments, and designatedpublic institutions.
(2)
Other affairs within the scope of au‐
thority of the Task Force as provided
for in this Act.
2. A Field Task Force may be established in
the Task Force as designated by the Task
Force Chief to perform part of the affairsof the Task Force (limited to the opera‐
tions related to civil protection measures).
In such case, Article 156 Paragraph 4 of
the Local Autonomy Act shall not apply.
3. When a Field Task Force is establishedpursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph, the Prime Minister shallreport this to the Diet.
4. When a Field Task Force is establishedpursuant to the provision of Paragraph 2,
the Prime Minister shall immediately no‐tify publicly the name, area of jurisdiction,
location and duration of the said Field
Task Force. When the said Field Task
Force is abolished, the Prime Ministershall immediately notify the abolition
publicly.
5. A Field Task Force Chief and Field Task
Force members and other staff shall beassigned in the Field Task Force.
6. The Field Task Force Chief shall take con‐trol of the affairs of the Field Task Forceunder the command of the Task Force
Chief.
7. The Field Task Force Chief, Field Task
Force members and other staff shall be
appointed by the Task Force Chief fromamong the Task Force Deputy Chief (Task
Force Deputy Chief under Article 11
Paragraph 3 of the Situation Response
Act), members of the Task Force (mem‐bers of the Task Force under the same
paragraph), and other staff.
(Designation of Local Governments That
Should Establish Prefectural Task Forceand Municipal Task Force)
Article 25
When the Prime Minister re‐quires the Cabinet to make a decision ona draft Basic Response Plan or draft revi‐
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sion of the Basic Response Plan pursuant
to the provision of Article 9 Paragraph 6of the Situation Response Act (including
its application mutatis mutandis in Para‐graph 13 of the said article), the Prime
Minister shall at the same time require
the Cabinet to make a decision on thedesignation of prefectures and munici‐
palities that should establish a Prefectural
Civil Protection Task Force or Municipal
Civil Protection Task Force pursuant to
the provision of Article 27 Paragraph 1.
2. When the Cabinet makes a decision pur‐suant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph, the Prime Minister shall im‐
mediately notify through the Minister forInternal Affairs and Communications thedecision to the governors of the desig‐
nated prefectures and mayors of the des‐ignated municipalities and publicly noti‐
fy the decision.
3. When the Prime Minister finds it neces‐sary to cancel the designation under Par‐
agraph 1, he/she shall require the Cabinet
to make a decision on the cancellation of
the said designation.
4. The provision of Paragraph 2 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cancellation of des‐ignation in the preceding paragraph.
(Request for Designation)
Article 26
Prefectural governors may re‐quest the Prime Minister to designate
their prefectures under Paragraph 1 ofthe preceding article.
2. Municipal mayors, through the governorsof the prefectures to which the said mu‐
nicipalities belong, may request thePrime Minister to designate their munic‐
ipalities under Paragraph 1 of the pre‐ceding article.
(Establishment of Prefectural and Municipal Task Forces and Affairs under Their
Jurisdiction)
Article 27
Governors of prefectures andmayors of municipalities that receive a
notification of designation pursuant to
the provision of Article 25 Paragraph 2
shall immediately establish a Prefectural
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Civil Protection Task Force (hereinafterreferred to as “Prefectural Task Force”) as
provided for in the Prefectural Civil Pro‐
tection Plan pursuant to the provision of
Article 34 Paragraph 1 or a Municipal
Civil Protection Task Force (hereinafterreferred to as “Municipal Task Force”)
provided for in the Municipal Civil Pro‐
tection Plan pursuant to the provision of
Article 35 Paragraph 1.
2. A Prefectural Task Force shall performaffairs for comprehensive promotion ofcivil protection measures related to thearea of the said prefecture and imple‐
mented by the government of the said
prefecture, municipalities in the area ofthe said prefecture, designated public in‐stitutions, and designated local public in‐stitutions.
3. A Municipal Task Force shall performaffairs for comprehensive promotion ofcivil protection measures related to thearea of the said municipality and imple‐
mented by the government of the said
municipality.
(Organization of Prefectural Task Forces
and Municipal Task Forces)
Article 28
The head of a Prefectural Task
Force or the head of a Municipal Task
Force shall be Prefectural Civil Protec‐
tion Task Force Chief (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “Prefectural Task Force
Chief”) or Municipal Civil Protection
Task Force Chief (hereinafter referred toas “Municipal Task Force Chief”), and theposts shall be filled by the prefectural
governor or municipal mayor.
2. Staff members of a Prefectural Task Forceshall consist of the following persons (ex‐cluding the persons stipulated in Item 4
in the case of Task Forces established by
prefectural governors).
(1)
Deputy governor(2)
Head of the prefectural board of edu‐
cation(3)
Commissioner of the Tokyo Metro‐
politan Police or prefectural police
chief
(4)
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in a special ward(5)
In addition to those stipulated above,
those appointed by prefectural gov‐
ernors from among officials of thesaid prefectural governments.
3. The post of Prefectural Task Force Depu‐ty Chief shall be established and the post
shall be filled by a person appointed by
the prefectural governor from the task
force staff members referred to in thepreceding paragraphs.
4. Staff members of a Municipal Task Forceshall consist of the following persons.
(1)
Deputy mayor(2)
Head of the municipal board of edu‐
cation(3)
Chief of the fire defense headquarters
having jurisdiction over municipality
in question or a staff member of thefire defense headquarters appointed
by the chief (or head of the volunteer
fire company in the case of a munici‐
pality with no fire headquarters)(4)
In addition to those stipulated above,
those appointed by the municipal
mayor from among officials of thesaid municipal government
5. The post of Municipal Task Force Deputy
Chief shall be established and the post
shall be filled by a person appointed by
the municipal mayor from among thetask force staff members referred to in thepreceding paragraph.
6. If a Prefectural Task Force Chief or Mu‐
nicipal Task Force Chief finds it necessary,he/she may permit persons other than of‐
ficials of prefectural governments or mu‐
nicipal governments, such as officials of
the national government, to attend meet‐ings of the Prefectural Task Force or theMunicipal Task Force.
7. In the case of a request being made by thePrefectural Task Force Chief, if the Min‐
ister of State for Defense finds it neces‐sary to promote liaison and communica‐
tions with respect to the implementationof civil protection measures, the Ministershall send Defense Agency officials des‐ignated by the Minister to attend meet‐ings of the Prefectural Task Force.

8. As provided for in Article 34 Paragraph 1
on Civil Protection Plans of prefectural
governments and in Article 35 Paragraph
1 on Civil Protection Plans of municipal
governments, prefectural governors andmunicipal mayors may establish a Field
Task Force in the Prefectural Task Forceor the Municipal Task Force as an organ‐
ization to do part of the affairs of thePrefectural Task Force or Municipal Task
Force for the areas requiring civil protec‐
tion measures.
(Authority of Prefectural Task Force Chiefand Municipal Task Force Chief)
Article 29
A Prefectural Task Force Chief,
if he/she finds it necessary for the appro‐
priate and prompt implementation ofcivil protection measures related to thearea of his/her prefectures, may perform
comprehensive coordination with respect
to civil protection measures implemented
in his/her prefecture by the prefectural
government, relevant municipal govern‐ments, relevant designated public institu‐
tions and designated local public institu‐
tions.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the mayors of relevant mu‐
nicipalities, relevant designated public
institutions or designated local public in‐stitutions may offer their opinions to thePrefectural Task Force Chief on the com‐prehensive coordination performed by
the Prefectural Task Force Chief with re‐spect to civil protection measures related
to the area of the said prefecture imple‐
mented by the said relevant municipali‐ties, relevant designated public institu‐
tions or designated local public institu‐
tions.
3. A Prefectural Task Force Chief, if he/she
finds it necessary to keep close contact
with designated administrative agencies
or designated public institutions with re‐spect to the implementation of civil pro‐tection measures, may require the heads ofdesignated local administrative agencies(or heads of the said designated adminis‐
trative agencies, when there is no desig‐
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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

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nated local administrative agency) or thedesignated public institutions having ju‐
risdiction over matters requiring commu‐
nications to dispatch officials or employ‐
ees nominated by the said heads.
A Prefectural Task Force Chief, if he/she
finds it especially necessary, may request
the Task Force Chief to perform compre‐
hensive coordination with respect to civil
protection measures implemented bydesignated administrative agencies anddesignated public institutions. In suchcase, the Task Force Chief shall perform
necessary comprehensive coordination, if
he/she finds it necessary.
A Municipal Task Force Chief, if he/she
finds it necessary for the appropriate andprompt implementation of civil protec‐
tion measures related to the area of
his/her municipality, may perform com‐prehensive coordination with respect tothe civil protection measures imple‐
mented by the municipal government.
A Municipal Task Force Chief, if he/she
finds it especially necessary, may request
the Prefectural Task Force Chief to per‐form comprehensive coordination withrespect to the civil protection measures
implemented by the prefectural govern‐ment, designated public institutions anddesignated local public institutions. In
such case, the Prefectural Task Force
Chief shall perform the necessary com‐prehensive coordination, if he/she finds it
necessary.
A Municipal Task Force Chief, if he/she
finds it especially necessary, may request
the Prefectural Task Force Chief to makea request pursuant to Paragraph 4 withrespect to the civil protection measures
implemented by designated administra‐
tive agencies and designated public in‐stitutions.
A Prefectural Task Force Chief or Munic‐
ipal Task Force Chief, if he/she finds it
necessary to perform the comprehensive
coordination stipulated in Paragraph 1 orParagraph 5, may require the Task Force
Chief or Prefectural Task Force Chief toprovide necessary information on the civ‐

il protection measures related to the areaof his/her prefecture or municipality.
9. A Prefectural Task Force Chief or Munic‐
ipal Task Force Chief, if he/she finds it
necessary to perform the comprehensive
coordination stipulated in Paragraph 1 orParagraph 5, may require relevant organ‐
izations to provide reports or documentson the implementation of the civil protec‐
tion measures related to the area of thehis/her prefecture or municipality.
10. A Prefectural Task Force Chief or Munic‐
ipal Task Force Chief may request theprefectural police and prefectural boardof education (in the case of the Prefectur‐
al Task Force) or the municipal board ofeducation (in the case of the Municipal
Task Force) to take necessary measures
within the extent that is judged to benecessary to carry out civil protection
measures related to the area of his/her
prefecture or municipality.
11. Prefectural governors, etc. and municipal
mayors, etc. may, pursuant to the provi‐sions of this Act, implement civil protec‐
tion measures regardless of whether Pre‐
fectural Task Forces and Municipal Task
Forces are established or not.
(Abolition of the Prefectural Task Forces
and Municipal Task Forces)
Article 30
Prefectural governors and mu‐
nicipal mayors who have received notifi‐
cation of the cancellation of designation inaccordance with the provision of Article 25
Paragraph 2 which is applied mutatis mu‐tandis to such notification under the pro‐vision of Article 25 Paragraph 4 shall abol‐
ish the Prefectural Task Force and Munic‐
ipal Task Force without delay.
(Delegation to Local Government Ordinances)
Article 31
Necessary matters regarding
Prefectural Task Forces or Municipal Task
Forces, other than those stipulated in Ar‐
ticle 27 through the preceding article,
shall be stipulated in ordinances of theprefectural governments or municipal
governments.

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Section 4
Basic Guidelines for Civil Protection(Basic Guidelines)
Article 32
The Government of Japan shallformulate the Basic Guidelines for Civil
Protection (hereinafter referred to as “theBasic Guidelines”) for implementation ofcivil protection measures in preparation
for armed attack situations, etc. in ad‐vance.
2. The following matters shall be provided
for in the Basic Guidelines(1)
Basic policies related to the imple‐
mentationof
civil
protection
measures(2)
Matters related to the formulation ofdesignated administrative agencies’
Civil Protection Plans as provided forin Paragraph 1 of the next article, pre‐fectural governments’ Civil Protection
Plans as provided for in Article 34
Paragraph 1, and designated public
institutions’ Civil Protection Business
Plans as provided for in Article 36
Paragraph 1 and anticipation ofarmed attack situations, etc. that haveto be taken into account when imple‐
menting civil protection measures.
(3)
Matters related to measures of the na‐
tional government stipulated in Arti‐cle 10 Paragraph 1 with respect to civ‐
il protection measures(4)
Matters related to the policy of des‐ignating local governments thatshould establish a Prefectural Task
Force or a Municipal Task Force(5)
Standards for the formulation of Civil
Protection Plans and Civil Protection
Business Plans stipulated in Item 2(6)
Matters to ensure broad‐based mutual
cooperation and collaboration among
local governments and mutual coop‐eration and collaboration among re‐lated organizations when imple‐
menting civil protection measures(7)
In addition to matters stipulated in thepreceding items, other necessary mat‐ters with respect to the implementa‐tion of civil protection measures

3. The Prime Minister shall prepare a draftof the Basic Guidelines and request the
Cabinet to make a decision on such draft.
4. When a Cabinet Decision is made pur‐suant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph, the Prime Minister shall re‐port the Basic Guidelines to the Diet andpublicly notify the decision without de‐lay.
5. The Government of Japan, if it finds it
necessary for the formulation of the Basic
Guidelines, may seek provision of docu‐
ments or information, opinions, and othernecessary cooperation from heads of local
government, designated public institu‐
tions, and other parties concerned.
6. The provisions of the preceding threeparagraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis
to changes of the Basic Guidelines.
(Civil Protection Plans of Designated Administrative Agencies)
Article 33
The head of a designated ad‐
ministrative agency shall prepare a Civil
Protection Plan based on the Basic Guide‐lines with respect to measures which are
stipulated in Article 10 Paragraph 1 andfall under his/her jurisdiction.
2. The Civil Protection Plan of the preceding
paragraph shall determine the following
matters:(1)
Matters related to contents and theimplementation method of civil pro‐tection measures to be implemented
by the said designated administrative
agency(2)Matters related to the system to im‐
plement civil protection measures(3)
Matters related to collaboration with
relevant organizations with respect tothe implementation of civil protection
measures(4)
Other matters necessary for the im‐
plementation of civil protection
measures
3. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,
the head of the designated administrative
agency shall listen to the opinions of theheads of designated administrative agen‐cies concerned, so that the Civil Protec‐
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tion Plan of each designated administra‐
tive agency is formulated in an integrated
and organized manner.
4. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,
the head of the designated administrative
agency shall consult with the Prime Min‐
ister in advance.
5. When the head of a designated adminis‐
trative agency formulates a Civil Protec‐
tion Plan, he/she shall promptly notify
the plan to the prefectural governor andpublic institutions under his/her jurisdic‐
tion and publicly notify the said plan.
6. The head of a designated administrative
agency, if he/she finds it necessary for theformulation of a Civil Protection Plan,
may require the provision of materials
and information, opinions, and othernecessary cooperation from the heads ofdesignated administrative agencies con‐cerned and designated local administra‐
tive agencies, heads of local governments,
designated public institutions, designatedlocal public institutions and other parties
concerned.
7. The provisions of Paragraph 3 throughthe preceding paragraph shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis to changes of Civil Protec‐
tion Plans in Paragraph 1. However, theprovisions of Paragraph 3 and Paragraph4 shall not apply mutatis mutandis tominor changes set forth by a Cabinet Or‐
der.
(Civil Protection Plans of Prefectural Governments)
Article 34
A prefectural governor shallformulate a Civil Protection Plan basedon the Basic Guidelines.
2. The Civil Protection Plan of the preceding
paragraph shall determine the following
matters:(1)
Matters related to the comprehensive
promotionof
civil
protection
measures related to the areas of theprefecture in question(2)
Matters related to civil protection
measures provided for in Article 12
Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 and im‐
plemented by the prefectural gov‐
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ernment(3)
Matters related to drills and stockpil‐
ing of supplies and materials for the
implementation of civil protection
measures(4)
Matters which act as standards for theformulation of Civil Protection Plans
by municipal governments as pro‐vided for in Paragraph 1 of the next
article and Civil Protection Business
Plans by designated local public in‐stitutions as provided for in Article 36
Paragraph 2(5)Matters related to the system to im‐
plement civil protection measures(6)
Matters related to collaboration withother local governments and otherrelevant organizations with respect tothe implementation of civil protection
measures(7)
In addition to the matters stipulated
in the preceding items, matters thatthe prefectural governor finds neces‐sary for the implementation of civil
protection measures in the area of theprefecture in question
3. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a prefectural governor shall strive to en‐sure consistency with Civil Protection
Plans of designated administrative agen‐cies and other prefectural governments.
4. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a prefectural governor shall listen to theopinions of other prefectural governors
when stipulating matters related to thesaid other prefectures.
5. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a prefectural governor shall consult with
the Prime Minister in advance throughthe Minister for Internal Affairs andCommunications.
6. When a Civil Protection Plan is formu‐
lated, a prefectural governor shallpromptly report it to the prefectural as‐
sembly, notify heads of municipal gov‐
ernments in the said prefecture and rele‐vant designated local public institutions
and publicly announce the plan.
7. The provision of Paragraph 6 of the pre‐ceding article shall apply mutatis mutan‐

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dis to the case where a prefectural gov‐
ernor formulates a Civil Protection Plan.
8. The provisions of Paragraph 3 throughParagraph 7 shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis to changes of a Civil Protection Planin Paragraph 1. However, the provision of
Paragraph 5 shall not apply mutatis mu‐tandis to minor changes set forth by acabinet order.
(Civil Protection Plans of Municipal Governments)
Article 35
A municipal mayor shall for‐mulate a Civil Protection Plan based on
the Civil Protection Plan of the relevant
prefectural government.
2. The Civil Protection Plan of the preceding
paragraph shall determine the following
matters:(1)
Matters related to the comprehensive
promotionof
civil
protection
measures related to the area of themunicipality in question(2)
Matters related to the civil protection
measures provided for in Article 16
Paragraph 1 and 2 and implemented
by the municipal government(3)
Matters related to drills and stockpil‐
ing of supplies and materials for the
implementation of civil protection
measures(4)
Matters related to the system to im‐
plement civil protection measures(5)
Matters related to collaboration withother local governments and otherrelevant organizations with respect tothe implementation of civil protection
measures(6)
In addition to matters stipulated in
the preceding items, matters whichmunicipal mayor finds necessary forthe implementation of civil protection
measures in the area of the munici‐
pality in question.
3. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a municipal mayor shall strive to ensure
consistency with the Civil Protection
Plans of designated administrative agen‐cies, prefectural governments, and othermunicipal governments.

4. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a municipal mayor shall listen to theopinions of other municipal mayors
when stipulating matters related to thesaid other municipalities.
5. When formulating a Civil Protection Plan,a municipal mayor shall consult with theprefectural governor in advance.
6. When a Civil Protection Plan is formu‐
lated, a municipal mayor shall promptly
report it to the municipal assembly andpublicly announce the said plan.
7. The provision of Article 33 Paragraph 6
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the casewhere a municipal mayor formulates a
Civil Protection Plan.
8. The provisions of Paragraph 3 throughthe preceding paragraph shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis to changes of the Civil
Protection Plan in Paragraph 1. However,the provision of Paragraph 5 shall not
apply mutatis mutandis to minor changes
set forth by a cabinet order.
(Civil Protection Business Plans of Designated Public Institutions and DesignatedLocal Public Institutions)
Article 36
A designated public institution
shall formulate a Civil Protection Busi‐
ness Plan in relation to its businesses
based on the Basic Guidelines.
2. A designated local public institution shallformulate a Civil Protection Business
Plan in relation to its businesses based on
the Civil Protection Plan of the relevant
prefectural government.
3. The Civil Protection Business Plans of thepreceding two paragraphs shall deter‐mine the following matters:(1)
Matters related to the contents of thecivil protection measures to be im‐
plemented by the said designatedpublic institution or designated local
public institution and its implementa‐tion method(2)
Matters related to the system to im‐
plement civil protection measures(3)
Matters related to collaboration with
relevant organizations with respect tothe implementation of civil protection
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measures(4)
In addition to matters stipulated in thepreceding items, other necessary mat‐ters with respect to the implementa‐tion of civil protection measures
4. When a Civil Protection Business Plan isformulated, a designated public institu‐
tion or designated local public institution
shall promptly report the plan to thePrime Minister through the head of thedesignated administrative agency having
jurisdiction over the said designated pub‐lic institution, and a designated local
public institution shall promptly report
the plan to the prefectural governor who
has designated the said designated local
public institution. In such case, the Prime
Minister or the prefectural governor may
give necessary advice to the said desig‐
nated public institution or designated lo‐
cal public institution.
5. When a Civil Protection Business Plan isformulated, a designated public institution
or designated local public institution shallpromptly notify the plan to the prefectural
governor or the municipal mayor con‐cerned and publicly announce the plan.
6. The provision of Article 33 Paragraph 6
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the for‐mulation of a Civil Protection Business
Plan by a designated public institution ordesignated local public institution.
7. The provisions of the preceding threeparagraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis
to changes of a Civil Protection Business
Plan in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2.
However, the provisions of Paragraph 4
shall not apply mutatis mutandis to mi‐
nor changes set forth by a cabinet order.

Section 5
Prefectural Civil Protection Council
and Municipal Civil Protection Council(Establishment and Affairs under the Jurisdiction of Prefectural Council)
Article 37
With the aim of collecting theopinions of a wide range of residents on
civil protection measures related to thearea of a prefecture and promoting com‐16

prehensive measures for the civil protec‐
tion of the said prefecture, a civil protec‐
tion council shall be established in thesaid prefecture (referred to as “the Pre‐
fectural Council” in this article and thenext article).
2. The Prefectural Council shall have juris‐
diction over the following affairs.
(1)Deliberation of important matters re‐lated to civil protection measures in
the area of the said prefecture in re‐sponse to consultations made by theprefectural governor(2)
Expression of opinions to the prefec‐
tural governor with respect to im‐
portant matters referred to in the pre‐ceding paragraph
3. When a prefectural governor intends toformulate or modify a Civil Protection
Plan pursuant to the provision of Article
34 Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 8, he/sheshall consult with the Prefectural Council
in advance. This shall not apply to minorchanges set forth by a cabinet order re‐ferred to in the said paragraphs.
4. The provision of Article 33 Paragraph 6
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where a Prefectural Council performs af‐
fairs under its jurisdiction.
(Organization of Prefectural Council)
Article 38
A Prefectural Council shallconsist of a chairperson and council
members.
2. The post of the chairperson shall be filledby the prefectural governor.
3. The chairperson shall preside over coun‐cil affairs.
4. The council members shall be appointed
by the prefectural governor from among
those stipulated below.
(1)
Heads of designated local administra‐
tive agencies having jurisdiction overpart or whole of the said prefecture, or
agency officials appointed by the heads(2)
Military personnel who belong to the
Ground Self‐Defense Force, Maritime
Self‐Defense
Force
and
Air
Self‐Defense Force respectively andare appointed by the Minister of State

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 38~40)
for Defense(3)
Deputy governor of the said prefec‐
ture(4)
Head of the prefectural board of edu‐
cation, Commissioner of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Police or prefectural po‐
lice chief and chiefs of fire defense
headquarters in special wards(5)
Officials of the said prefectural gov‐
ernment (excluding those stipulated
in the preceding two items)(6)
Municipal mayors in the said prefec‐
ture and chiefs of fire defense head‐quarters in the said prefecture(7)
Board members or employees of thedesignated public institutions or des‐ignated local public institutions oper‐
ating in the said prefecture(8)
Persons having knowledge or experi‐ence with respect to civil protection
measures
5. The term of office of council members
shall be two years and members may bereappointed. The term of office of substi‐
tute members shall be the remaining
terms of their predecessors.
6. Expert members may be appointed to thePrefectural Council in order to makethem to investigate technical matters.
7. Expert members shall be appointed by
the prefectural governor from among of‐
ficials of the relevant designated local
administrative agencies, officials of thesaid prefecture, officials of municipalities
in the said prefecture, employees of rele‐vant designated public institutions ordesignated local public institutions, andpersons having expert knowledge or ex‐perience with respect to civil protection
measures.
8. Other necessary matters with respect tothe organization and operations of thePrefectural Council shall be stipulated bya prefectural ordinance.
(Establishment and Affairs under the Jurisdiction of Municipal Council)
Article 39
With the aim of collecting theopinions of a wide range of residents
about civil protection measures related tothe area of the municipality and promot‐
ing comprehensive measures for civil
protection of the said municipality, a civil
protection council shall be established ina municipality (referred to as “the Mu‐
nicipal Council” in this article and thenext article).
2. The Municipal Council shall have juris‐
diction over the following affairs.
(1)Deliberation of important matters re‐lated to civil protection measures in
the area of the said municipality inresponse to consultations made by themunicipal mayor(2)
Expression of opinions to the munic‐
ipal mayor with respect to importantmatters referred to in the preceding
paragraph
3. When a municipal mayor intends to for‐mulate or modify the Civil Protection
Plan pursuant to the provision of Article
35 Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 8, he/sheshall consult with the Municipal Council
in advance. This shall not apply to minorchanges set forth by a cabinet order re‐ferred to in the said paragraph.
4. The provision of Article 33 Paragraph 6
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where a Municipal Council performs af‐
fairs under its jurisdiction.
(Organization of Municipal Council)
Article 40
A Municipal Council shallconsist of a chairperson and council
members.
2. The post of the chairperson shall be filledby the municipal mayor.
3. The chairperson shall preside over thecouncil affairs.
4. Council members shall be appointed by
the municipal mayor from among those
stipulated below.
(1)
Officials of the designated local ad‐
ministrative agency having jurisdic‐
tion over the said municipality.
(2)
Members of the Self‐Defense Forces(limited to those who have obtained
the consent of the Minister of State for
Defense for such appointment)(3)
Officials of the prefecture to which the17Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 40~42)
said municipality belongs(4)
Deputy mayor of the said municipal‐
ity(5)
Head of the municipal board of edu‐
cation and the chief of the fire defense
headquarters having jurisdiction overthe said municipality or a firefighter
appointed by the chief (or heads ofthe volunteer fire companies in thecase of a municipality with no fire
defense headquarters)(6)
Officials of the said municipal gov‐
ernment (excluding those stipulated
in the preceding two items)(7)
Board members or employees of thedesignated public institutions or des‐ignated local public institutions oper‐
ating in the said municipality(8)
Persons having knowledge or experi‐ence with respect to civil protection
measures
5. The provisions of Article 38 Paragraph 5
shall apply mutatis mutandis to thecouncil members in the preceding para‐graph.
6. Expert members may be appointed to theMunicipal Council in order to make themto investigate technical matters.
7. The provision of Article 38 Paragraph 7
shall apply mutatis mutandis to expert
members in the preceding paragraph. In
such case, “officials of the said prefec‐ture” in Article 38 Paragraph 7 shall bedeemed to be replaced with “officials of
the prefecture to which the said munici‐
pality belongs”, “officials of municipali‐ties in the said prefecture” shall bedeemed to be replaced with “officials of
the said municipality” and “the prefec‐
tural governor” shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “the municipal mayor”.
8. Other necessary matters with respect tothe organization and operations of theMunicipal Council shall be stipulated bya municipal ordinance.

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Section 6
Establishment of Organizations, Drills,
etc.
(Establishment of Organization)
Article 41
Heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies, heads of designated local
administrative agencies, heads of local
governments, and designated public in‐stitutions and designated local public in‐stitutions (hereinafter referred to as“heads of designated administrative
agencies, etc.”) shall establish organiza‐
tions necessary for appropriate andprompt implementation of civil protec‐
tion measures as provided for in theirrespective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
Protection Business Plans and set stand‐ards for assignment and duties of officials
or employees engaged in affairs or busi‐
nesses pertaining to civil protection
measures.
(Drills)
Article 42
Heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies, etc. shall strive to con‐duct drills in connection with civil pro‐tection measures individually or in coop‐eration with heads of other designatedadministrative agencies, etc. as provided
for in their respective Civil Protection
Plans or Civil Protection Business Plans.
In such cases, organic cooperation withdisaster prevention drills pursuant to Ar‐
ticle 48 Paragraph 1 of the Basic Act for
Disaster Countermeasures shall besought.
2. If the prefectural public safety commis‐
sion finds it especially necessary for theeffective execution of a drill referred to in
the preceding paragraph, the commission
may prohibit or restrict the movement ofpedestrians and vehicles as provided forin a cabinet order by designating the are‐as or road sections to an extent that is
considered reasonably necessary for the
execution of the said drill.
3. The head of a local government, when
conducting a drill to evacuate residents,
may ask residents in the area of the said

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 42~43)
local government to cooperate and takepart in the said drill.
(Awareness-Raising)
Article 43
The Government of Japan shallstrive to raise public awareness in orderto deepen citizens’ understanding of theimportance of the measures to protect the
lives, bodies, and property of the citizens
from armed attacks.

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 44~47)

Chapter II
Measures Related to Evacuation of
Residents
Section 1
Issuance of Warnings, etc.
(Issuance of Warnings)
Article 44
If the Task Force Chief finds it
urgently necessary to protect the lives,bodies, and property of the citizens fromarmed attacks, he/she shall issue warn‐
ings in accordance with the Basic Re‐
sponse Plan and the Basic Guidelines.
2. Warnings in the preceding paragraphshall determine the following matters:(1)
Present state and prediction of armed
attack situations, etc.
(2)
Areas under threat of armed attacks
or where the occurrence of armed at‐tacks has been recognized(3)
In addition to those prescribed in thepreceding two items, matters thatshould be informed to residents andprivate and public bodies
3. Where warnings are to be issued pursu‐
ant to the provision of Paragraph 1, if it isdifficult to specify the areas referred to in
Item 2 of the preceding paragraph, thematter under the said item may not need
to be prescribed, notwithstanding theprovision of the preceding paragraph.
(Notification of Warnings by Task Force
Chief, etc.)
Article 45
When the Task Force Chiefissues warnings pursuant to the provi‐sion of Paragraph 1 of the preceding arti‐cle, he/she shall immediately notify thecontents of the warnings to the heads ofdesignated administrative agencies.
2. The heads of designated administrative
agencies, when they have received a noti‐
fication under the preceding paragraph,shall immediately notify the contents of
the notification to the heads of competentdesignated local administrative agencies
and designated public institutions andother relevant organizations under theirjurisdiction, as provided for in their Civil
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Protection Plans.
3. In addition to the matters prescribed in
the preceding paragraph, the Minister forInternal Affairs and Communications,when he/she has received a notification
pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1,
shall immediately notify the contents of
the notification to prefectural governors
as provided for in the Civil Protection
Plan of the Ministry.
(Notification of Warnings by Prefectural
Governor)
Article 46
Prefectural governors, when
they have received a notification pursuant
to the provision of Paragraph 3 of the pre‐ceding article, shall immediately notify thecontents of the notification to the mayorsof municipalities in the said prefectures,
other enforcement organs in the said pre‐fectures, designated local public institu‐
tions designated by the said governors of
the prefectures and other relevant organi‐zations designated by the governors of theprefectures as provided for in their respec‐tive Civil Protection Plans.
(Communication of Warnings by Municipal
Mayor)
Article 47
Municipal mayors, when they
have received a notification pursuant to
the provision of the preceding article,
shall immediately communicate the con‐tents of the notification to residents andrelevant private and public bodies andnotify the contents to other enforcement
organs of the said municipalities andother relevant organizations as provided
for in their Civil Protection Plans.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, municipal mayors shall strive
to immediately communicate the notifi‐
cation to residents and relevant private
and public bodies as soon as possible byutilizing sirens, community wireless sys‐tems, and other means.
3. Prefectural police, in cooperation withmunicipalities, shall strive to appropri‐
ately and smoothly communicate thecontents of the notification as provided

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 47~52)
for in Paragraph 1.
(Communication of Warnings by Heads of
Designated Administrative Agencies andOther Persons)
Article 48
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designat‐
ed local administrative agencies and pre‐fectural governors, etc., when they havereceived a notification pursuant to theprovisions of Article 45 or Article 46, shallstrive to promptly communicate the con‐tents of the notification to schools, hospi‐
tals, stations and other facilities used bymany citizens as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Plans.
Article 49
In addition to the matters pre‐scribed in the preceding article, the Min‐
ister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister ofLand, Infrastructure and Transportations,the Commandant of the Japan Coast
Guard, when they have received a notifi‐
cation pursuant to the provision of Arti‐cle 45 Paragraph 1, shall strive to imme‐
diately communicate the contents of thenotification to Japanese nationals residing
abroad in the case of the Minister of For‐eign Affairs, citizens aboard aircraft in
the case of the Minister of Land, Infra‐
structure and Transportations, and citi‐
zens aboard ships in the case of the
Commandant of the Japan Coast Guard
as provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Plans.
(Broadcasting of Warnings)
Article 50
Designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
whose service is broadcasting, when they
have received a notification pursuant to
the provision of Article 45 Paragraph 2 or
Article 46, shall promptly broadcast thecontents of the notification as provided
for in their respective Civil Protection
Business Plans.
(Cancellation of Warnings)
Article 51
If the Task Force Chief findsthat warnings are no longer necessary,he/she shall cancel the said warnings.
2. The provisions of Article 45 through thepreceding article shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis to the case where the Task Force
Chief cancels warnings pursuant to theprovision of the preceding paragraph.

Section 2
Instruction to Evacuate, etc.
(Instruction of Evacuation Measures)
Article 52
In the case where the Task
Force Chief has issued warnings pursu‐
ant to Article 44 Paragraph 1, if he/she
finds it necessary to evacuate residents(including evacuation to indoors; thesame shall apply hereinafter), the Task
Force Chief shall, through the Minister
for Internal Affairs and Communications,
immediately give instructions to the rel‐evant prefectural governors (prefectural
governors having jurisdiction over theareas of Item 1 and Item 2 of the next
paragraph; the same shall apply in therest of this section) to take the necessary
measures for evacuation of residents asprovided for in the Basic Guidelines.
2. The Task Force Chief, when giving instruc‐tions pursuant to the provision of the pre‐ceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as“instructions on evacuation measures”),
shall indicate the following matters:(1)
Areas from which residents need tobe evacuated (hereinafter referred toas “evacuation areas”)(2)
Areas to which residents are evacu‐
ated (including areas providing
evacuation routes; hereinafter referred
to as “evacuation destinations”)(3)
Outline of measures that should betaken by relevant organizations withrespect to evacuation of residents
3. The Task Force Chief, when giving in‐structions on evacuation measures anddesignating evacuation areas, including
remote islands, shall give special consid‐
eration with respect to the transportationof evacuated residents (residents who
have received an instruction of evacua‐tion pursuant to the provision of Article
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 52~54)

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

54 Paragraph 1, including those tempo‐
rarily staying in the areas subject to thesaid instruction; the same shall apply
hereinafter) of the said remote islands.
The Task Force Chief, when having is‐sued instructions on evacuation measures,shall immediately notify the contents of
the instructions to heads of designatedadministrative agencies.
The heads of designated administrative
agencies, when they have received a noti‐
fication pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph, shall immediately
notify the contents of the notification toheads of competent designated local ad‐
ministrative agencies and designatedpublic institutions under their jurisdic‐
tion, as provided for in their respective
Civil Protection Plans.
In addition to the matters prescribed in
the preceding paragraphs, the Minister
for Internal Affairs and Communications,when he/she has received a notification
pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 4,
shall immediately notify the contents of
the notification to prefectural governors
other than the relevant prefectural gov‐
ernors, as provided for in the Civil Pro‐
tection Plan of the Ministry.
The provision of Article 46 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cases where prefec‐
tural governors have received instruc‐tions on evacuation measures or a notifi‐
cation pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph.
The provision of Article 49 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cases where the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ministerof Land, Infrastructure and Transporta‐tion and the Commandant of the Japan
Coast Guard have received a notification
pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 4.

(Cancellation of Instructions on Evacuation Measures)
Article 53
If the Task Force Chief findsthat evacuation is no longer necessary for
all or part of the evacuation areas, he/sheshall cancel the instructions on evacua‐tion measures for all or part of the said
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evacuation areas.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the Task Force Chief via the
Minister for Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications shall immediately notify therelevant prefectural governors of thecancellation of the instructions on evacu‐
ation measures.
3. The provisions of Paragraph 4 throughParagraph 8 of the preceding article shallapply mutatis mutandis to the case where
the Task Force Chief cancels instructions
on evacuation measures pursuant to theprovision of Paragraph 1.
(Instructions to Evacuate)
Article 54
When instructions on evacua‐tion measures have been received, theprefectural governors having jurisdiction
over the evacuation areas shall, via themunicipal mayors having jurisdiction
over the evacuation areas, immediately
instruct residents in the said evacuation
areas to evacuate as provided for in theirrespective Civil Protection Plans. In suchcase, prefectural governors, when theyfind it also necessary to evacuate resi‐
dents in the areas close to the said evacu‐
ation areas in light of their geographical,
transportation and other conditions, may,
via the municipal mayors having juris‐
diction over the said areas, instruct thesaid residents of the said areas to evacu‐
ate.
2. Prefectural governors, when giving in‐structions pursuant to the provision of
the preceding paragraph (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “instructions to evacuate”),
shall indicate the main evacuation routes,
transportation means for evacuation andother evacuation methods in addition to
the matters stipulated in each item of Ar‐
ticle 52 Paragraph 2.
3. In the case of giving instructions to evacu‐
ate, if designated cities (designated cities
pursuant to the provision of Article 252‐19
Paragraph 1 of the Local Autonomy Act;the same shall apply hereinafter) in thesaid prefectures are included in the evacu‐
ation destinations, prefectural governors

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 54~56)

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

shall hear the opinions of the heads of thesaid designated cities in advance.
The provisions of Article 47 Paragraph 2
and Paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis to cases where municipal mayors
communicate instructions to evacuate toresidents.
Prefectural governors, after giving in‐structions to evacuate, shall immediately
notify the contents of the said instructions
to the municipal mayors (limited to themayors of municipalities within the said
prefectures) having jurisdiction over theevacuation destinations.
Municipal mayors, when they have re‐ceived a notification pursuant to the pro‐vision of the preceding paragraph, shallaccept evacuated residents except in
those cases where there is a justifiablereason for not accepting them.
Prefectural governors, after giving in‐structions to evacuate, shall immediately
notify the contents of the instructions, as
provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Plans, to the municipal
mayors (excluding the municipal mayors
referred to in Paragraph 1 and Para‐graph 5) within the said prefectures,
other enforcement organs in the said
prefectures, relevant designated public
institutions and designated local public
institutions, and managers of evacuation
facilities (evacuation facilities provided
for in Article 148 Paragraph 1; the same
shall apply hereinafter except in Article150) in the evacuation destinations in thesaid prefectures.
Prefectural governors, after giving in‐structions to evacuate, shall promptly
report the contents of the instructions to
the Task Force Chief.

(Cancellation of Evacuation Instructions)
Article 55
When instructions on evacua‐tion measures for all or part of evacuation
areas are cancelled pursuant to the provi‐sion of Article 53 Paragraph 1, prefectural
governors shall cancel the instructions toevacuate for all or part of the said evacu‐
ation areas.

2. Where prefectural governors have given
instructions to evacuate under the second
sentence of Paragraph 1 of the precedingarticle and if they find that evacuation is
no longer necessary with regard to all orpart of the areas covered by the instruc‐tions to evacuate which are close to theevacuation areas, the prefectural gover‐nors shall cancel the instructions to evac‐uate for all or part of the said areas.
3. The provisions of Paragraph 7 and Para‐graph 8 of the preceding article shall ap‐
ply mutatis mutandis to cases where pre‐fectural governors have cancelled in‐structions to evacuate pursuant to theprovisions of the two preceding para‐graphs. In such case, “municipal mayors(excluding the municipal mayors referred
to in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 5)” in
Paragraph 7 of the said article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “municipal
mayors”(Corrective Measures by the Prime Ministerwith Respect to Instructions to Evacuate)
Article 56
If the necessary instructions toevacuate based on the comprehensive
coordination taken by the Task Force
Chief stipulated in Article 14 Paragraph 1of the Situation Response Act are notgiven by the prefectural governors hav‐
ing jurisdiction over the evacuation areas
and the Prime Minister finds it especiallynecessary to protect the lives, bodies, andproperty of the citizens, the Prime Minis‐
ter may instruct the said prefectural gov‐
ernors to give the said necessary instruc‐tions to evacuate in response to a request
by the Task Force Chief.
2. If the prefectural governors having juris‐
diction over the said evacuation areas do
not give the necessary instructions toevacuate even after the instruction pur‐suant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph is given or if the Prime Minis‐
ter finds it especially necessary to havethe said instructions to be given urgently
to protect the lives, bodies, and propertyof the citizens in light of the situation, thePrime Minister may give the necessary
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 56~59)
instructions to evacuate by him‐
self/herself in response to a request by the
Task Force Chief after notifying the said
prefectural governors of his/her intention
to do so.
3. The provisions of the preceding two par‐agraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis tocases where prefectural governors cancel
instructions to evacuate pursuant to theprovisions of Paragraph 1 and Paragraph
2 of the preceding article.
(Broadcasting of Instructions to Evacuate,etc.)
Article 57
The provision of Article 50
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where designated public institutions ordesignated local public institutions
whose business is broadcasting have re‐ceived a notification stipulated in Article
54 Paragraph 7 (including its application
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55
Paragraph 3).
(Cross-Prefecture Evacuation of Residents)
Article 58
If instructions on evacuation
measures
are
given
and
the
cross‐prefecture evacuation of residents isnecessary, the relevant prefectural gov‐
ernors shall discuss the matter of accept‐
ing evacuated residents in advance.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the prefectural governors
having jurisdiction over the evacuation
destinations, shall accept evacuated resi‐
dents except in those cases where there isa justifiable reason for not acceptingthem.
3. In the case mentioned in Paragraph 1, theprefectural governors having jurisdiction
over the evacuation destinations shalldesignate areas in the said prefectures to
accept evacuated residents (referred to as“accepting areas” in this paragraph andthe next paragraph) and immediately no‐tify the decision to the mayors having ju‐
risdiction over the said accepting areas.
4. The provision of Article 54 Paragraph 3
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where designated cities (limited to des‐
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5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

ignated cities within the areas of the said
prefectures) are included in the accepting
areas.
The prefectural governors having juris‐
diction over evacuation destinations,when they make a decision pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 3, shallpromptly notify the contents of the deci‐sion to prefectural governors having ju‐
risdiction over the evacuation areas.
The provision of Article 54 Paragraph 6
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where municipal mayors receive a notifi‐
cation pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 3.
The provision of Article 54 Paragraph 7
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where prefectural governors make a de‐cision pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 3. In such cases, “municipal
mayors (excluding the municipal mayors
referred to in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph5)” in Paragraph 7 of the same article
shall be deemed to be replaced with“municipal mayors.”
In the cases mentioned in Paragraph 1,
the prefectural governors having jurisdic‐
tion over evacuation areas, when they
cancel instructions to evacuate pursuant
to the provision of Article 55 Paragraph 1
or Paragraph 2, shall promptly notify thecancellation to the prefectural governors
having jurisdiction over the evacuation
destinations.
The provision of Article 54 Paragraph 7
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where prefectural governors have re‐ceived a notification pursuant to the pro‐vision of the preceding paragraph. In
such cases, “the municipal mayors (ex‐cluding the municipal mayors referred toin Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 5)” in Par‐
agraph 7 of the same article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “municipal
mayors.”(Liaison and Cooperation, etc. of Relevant
Prefectural Governors)
Article 59
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 59~61)
if the cross‐prefecture evacuation of resi‐
dents is judged necessary, the relevant
prefectural governors shall closely liaise
and mutually cooperate with respect tothe evacuation of residents.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the Minister for Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications may makenecessary recommendations to the rele‐vant prefectural governors to ensure thatthe cross‐prefecture evacuation of resi‐
dents is conducted smoothly if he/she
finds it necessary to do so.
(Rectification Measures by the Prime Minister with Respect to Measures for Accepting Cross-Prefecture Evacuation of
Residents)
Article 60
In the case where the necessary
measuresfor
acceptingthecross‐prefecture evacuation of residents
based on the comprehensive coordination
taken by the Task Force Chief stipulated in
Article 14 Paragraph 1 of the Situation
Response Act with respect to measures for
accepting the cross‐prefecture evacuationof residents are not implemented by theprefectural governors having jurisdiction
over the evacuation destinations, if thePrime Minister finds it especially neces‐sary to protect the lives, bodies, and prop‐
erty of the citizens, he/she may instruct thesaid prefectural governors to implement
measures to accept the cross‐prefecture
evacuation of residents in response to arequest by the Task Force Chief.
2. If the prefectural governors having juris‐
diction over the said evacuation destina‐
tions do not implement the necessary
measures to accept the cross‐prefecture
evacuation of residents despite an in‐struction given pursuant to the provisionof the preceding paragraph or if urgent
implementation is found to be especiallynecessary to protect the lives, bodies, andproperty of the citizens in light of the sit‐uation, the Prime Minister may imple‐
ment the necessary measures to accept
the cross‐prefecture evacuation of resi‐
dents by himself/herself or direct the

Minister for Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications to take the said measures in
response to a request by the Task Force
Chief after notifying the prefectural gov‐
ernors of his/her intention..

Section 3
Leading of Evacuated Residents(Evacuation Guidelines)
Article 61
Municipal mayors, when in‐structions to evacuate have been given toresidents of the said municipalities, shall,
after hearing the opinions of the relevantorganizations, immediately formulate
evacuation guidelines as provided for in
their respective Civil Protection Plans.
2. The evacuation guidelines referred to in
the preceding paragraph shall determine
the following matters:(1)
Evacuation routes, means of evacua‐tion and other matters related to themethod of evacuation(2)
Implementation method for the lead‐ing of evacuated residents, assign‐
ment of relevant officials engaged in
the leading of evacuated residents
and other matters related to the lead‐ing of evacuated residents(3)
In addition to those stipulated above,other important matters related to
implementation of evacuation
3. Municipal mayors, when they have for‐mulated evacuation guidelines, shall, as
provided for in their Civil Protection
Plans, immediately communicate thecontents of the guidelines to residents
and relevant private and public bodies
and notify the contents to other enforce‐
ment organs of the said municipalities,
chiefs of the fire defense headquarters
having jurisdiction over the areas of themunicipalities (or heads of volunteer firecompanies in the case of municipalities
with no fire defense headquarters), chiefsof the police departments, chiefs of coast
guard offices, etc. (heads of the offices of
the Regional Coast Guard Headquarters
prescribed by a cabinet order; the same
shall apply hereinafter), chiefs of SDF
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 61~63)
units prescribed by a cabinet order andother relevant organizations as provided
for in their Civil Protection Plans.
4. The provision of Article 47 Paragraph 2
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where municipal mayors communicate
the contents of evacuation guidelines toresidents and relevant public and privatebodies pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph.
(Leading of Evacuated Residents by municipal mayor, etc.)
Article 62
Municipal mayors shall direct
officials of municipal governments, chiefsof the fire defense headquarters andheads of volunteer fire companies to leadevacuated residents as provided for in
their evacuation guidelines.
2. Administrators (or directors in the case ofsome unions having set up a board of di‐rectors in lieu of an administrator pursu‐
ant to the provision of Article 287‐2 Para‐graph 2 of the Local Autonomy Act; thesame shall apply hereinafter) or chiefs oflocal governments’ unions performing allor part of affairs related to fire fighting(hereinafter referred to as “fire fighting
unions”), when the mayors of municipal‐
ities which have set up fire fighting un‐ions lead evacuated residents pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph,shall direct the chiefs of the said firefighting unions and the heads of volun‐teer fire companies to lead evacuatedresidents in cooperation with the said
municipalities in accordance with theevacuation guidelines of the said munic‐
ipalities.
3. In the cases mentioned in the preceding
two paragraphs, volunteer fire companies
shall act under the command of chiefs ofthe fire defense headquarters or fire sta‐tions.
4. In the case mentioned in Paragraph 2, if
the mayors of municipalities which have
set up fire fighting unions find it espe‐
cially necessary for the leading of evacu‐
ated residents of the said municipalities,
they may require the administrators or26

chiefs of the said fire fighting unions togive instructions to the chiefs of the said
fire fighting unions or the heads of vol‐unteer fire companies to take the neces‐sary measures.
5. The provisions of the preceding threeparagraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis
to cases where municipal mayors who
have entrusted all or part of the affairs
related to fire fighting to other local gov‐
ernments lead evacuated residents. In
such cases, “administrators (or directors
in the case of some unions having set up
a board of directors in lieu of an adminis‐
trator pursuant to the provision of Article
287‐2 Paragraph 2 of the Local Autonomy
Act; the same shall apply hereinafter) or
chiefs of local governments’ unions per‐forming all or part of the affairs related tofire fighting (hereinafter referred to as“fire fighting unions”)” in Paragraph 2
and “the administrators or chiefs of thesaid fire fighting unions” in the preced‐
ing paragraph shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “heads of entrusted local
governments”, and “municipalities whichhave set up fire fighting unions”, “thesaid municipalities” and “chiefs of thesaid fire fighting unions” in Paragraph 2
and in the preceding paragraph shall bedeemed to be replaced with “entrusting
municipalities”, “the said entrusting mu‐
nicipalities ” and “fire chiefs of local gov‐
ernments receiving the said entrustment”
respectively.
6. When leading evacuated residents, mu‐
nicipal mayors shall strive to provide
food, supply drinking water, offer medi‐
cal care and take other necessary
measures when necessary.
(Leading of Evacuated Residents by Police, etc.)
Article 63
In the cases referred to in Par‐
agraph 1 of the preceding article, if mu‐
nicipal mayors find it necessary for theleading of evacuated residents, they may
request chiefs of the police departments,
chiefs of coast guard offices, etc. or chiefs(limited to chiefs of SDF units stipulated

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 63~66)
by a cabinet order) of SDF units orderedto implement civil protection measuresamong the SDF units ordered to go into
action pursuant to the provision of Arti‐cle 76 Paragraph 1, Article 78 Paragraph 1
or Article 81 Paragraph 2 of theSelf‐Defense Forces Act or SDF units or‐dered to go into action, etc. pursuant to
the provision of Article 77‐4 Paragraph 1of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as“SDF units ordered to go into action, etc.)
to have police officers, coast guard offic‐
ers or SDF personnel (hereinafter referred
to as “police officers, etc.”) lead evacuat‐
ed residents. In such cases, municipal
mayors shall notify the said request to
governors of the prefectures to which themunicipalities belong.
2. Prefectural governors, when requested bymunicipal mayors who lead evacuatedresidents pursuant to the provision of
Paragraph 1 of the preceding article orwhen they find that there is no time towait for a request from the said munici‐
pal mayors, may request the Superinten‐
dent General of Tokyo Metropolitan Po‐
lice, prefectural police chiefs, heads ofRegional Coast Guard Headquarters, orheads of the SDF units referred to in thepreceding paragraph to have police offic‐
ers, etc. lead evacuated residents.
3. Prefectural governors may make neces‐sary coordination with respect to requests
made pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 1.
(Consultation with Municipal Mayor, etc.)
Article 64
In the case mentioned in Article
62 Paragraph 1, and when police officers,etc. are instructed to lead evacuated resi‐
dents, chiefs of the police departments,
chiefs of coast guard offices, etc. or chiefsof SDF units ordered to go into action, etc.
(hereinafter referred to as “chiefs of thepolice departments, etc.” in the next para‐graph and Paragraph 3) shall consult inadvance with relevant municipal mayors
to take the necessary measures to facilitate
the leading of evacuated residents in linewith the evacuation guidelines.

2. Municipal mayors, when police officers,etc. are leading evacuated residents of thesaid municipalities, may request chiefs ofpolice departments, etc. to provide nec‐
essary information related to the situationof the leading of evacuated residents.
3. Municipal mayors, when police officers,etc. are leading evacuated residents of thesaid municipalities, and they find it ur‐
gently necessary for the protection of
lives or bodies of evacuated residents,
may request chiefs of police departments,
etc. to take necessary measures relating to
the leading of evacuated residents within
the extent that is judged to be necessary.
(Responsibilities of Managers of Hospitals,
etc.)
Article 65
Managers of facilities where
citizens incapable of evacuating them‐selves are hospitalized or staying, such as
hospitals, social welfare facilities for theaged and nurseries, shall strive to takethe necessary measures to facilitate theevacuation of these persons when theyneed to evacuate.
(Warnings and Instructions, etc. by Persons Leading Evacuated Residents)
Article 66
If police officers, etc. leading
evacuated residents or persons leading
evacuated residents pursuant to the pro‐vision of Article 62 Paragraph 1 or Para‐graph 2 (including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Paragraph 5 of thesame article) find that dangerous situa‐
tions are likely to occur in the form ofcongestion, etc. caused by evacuation,
they may issue the necessary warnings or
instructions to persons likely to cause
danger, persons likely to suffer harm orother related persons in order to preventthe occurrence of the said dangerous sit‐uations.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, police officers or coast guard
officers, if they find it especially necessary,
may prohibit access to dangerous places,order withdrawals from these places or
the order removal of vehicles or other ob‐
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 66~70)
stacles on roads that are likely to cause
the said danger and take other necessary
measures.
3. The provision of the preceding paragraphshall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where firefighters or SDF personnel
leading evacuated residents exercise theirduties, only in cases where police officers
and coast guard officers are not on thescene.
(Measures by Prefectural Governor for
Leading of Evacuated Residents)
Article 67
In order to facilitate the lead‐ing of evacuated residents, prefectural
governors shall strive to appropriately
and smoothly give necessary support tomunicipal mayors.
2. When the relevant municipal mayors do
not lead evacuated residents as required
pursuant to the provision of Article 62
Paragraph 1, prefectural governors, if
they find it especially necessary to protect
the lives, bodies, and property of the res‐idents, may instruct the said municipal
mayors to lead the evacuated residents.
3. If the said relevant municipal mayors do
not lead evacuated residents despite an
instruction being given based on the pro‐vision of the preceding paragraph, pre‐fectural governors may direct their offi‐
cials to lead the evacuated residents after
notifying the municipal mayors of his/her
intention.
4. Prefectural governors, when municipal
mayors lead the cross‐prefecture evacua‐tion of residents or when requested by
the said municipal mayors, may direct
their officials to assist leading of evacu‐
ated residents.
5. The provision of Paragraph 1 of the pre‐ceding article shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis to prefectural officials leading evacu‐
ated residents or assisting the leading of
evacuated residents pursuant to the pro‐vision of the preceding two paragraphs.

28(Corrective Measures by Prime Minister
Related to Measures for Leading of Evacuated Residents)
Article 68
If the measures for the leadingof evacuated residents based on the com‐prehensive coordination taken by the
Task Force Chief under Article 14 Para‐graph 1 of the Situation Response Act are
not implemented by the relevant prefec‐
tural governors and if the Prime Minister
finds it especially necessary to protect the
lives, bodies, and property of the citizens,the Prime Minister may instruct the said
prefectural governors to implement
measures for the leading of evacuatedresidents in response to a request by the
Task Force Chief.
(Measures for Return of Evacuated Residents)
Article 69
When instructions of evacua‐tion from all or part of the evacuation ar‐eas or areas close to the evacuation areas
are cancelled pursuant to the provision of
Article 55 Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2,
municipal mayors shall take the neces‐sary measures to lead evacuated residents
back to the said areas.
2. The provisions of Article 62 and Article
67 (excluding Paragraph 5) shall apply
mutatis mutandis to measures for re‐turning evacuated residents pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph.
In such cases, “their evacuation guide‐lines” in Article 62 Paragraph 1 shall bedeemed to be replaced with “separately
formulated guidelines for returning
evacuated residents” and “the evacuation
guidelines” in Paragraph 2 of the same
article shall be deemed to be replacedwith “separately formulated guidelines
by chiefs for returning evacuated resi‐
dents”.
(Cooperation for Leading of EvacuatedResidents)
Article 70
Police officers, etc. leading
evacuated residents, persons leading
evacuated residents pursuant to the pro‐vision of Article 62 Paragraph 1 or Para‐

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 70~73)
graph 2 (including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Paragraph 5 of thesame article) or pursuant to the provisionof Article 67 Paragraph 3 or persons as‐
sisting the leading of evacuated residents
pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 4of the same article may request evacuatedresidents and other persons to cooperate
for the necessary assistance for the lead‐ing of evacuated residents.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, police officers, etc. leading
evacuated residents, persons leading
evacuated residents referred to in thesame paragraph and persons assisting theleading of evacuated residents referred toin the same paragraph shall give due
consideration to ensure the safety of thepersons offering cooperation for neces‐sary assistance to lead evacuated resi‐
dents in response to the request.
3. The provisions of the preceding two par‐agraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis tomeasures for returning evacuated resi‐
dents pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 1 of the preceding article.
(Request for Transportation of EvacuatedResidents)
Article 71
Prefectural governors or mu‐
nicipal mayors may require designatedpublic institutions or designated local
public institutions (in the case of prefec‐
tural governors: limited to the designatedlocal public institutions designated by thesaid prefectural governors; and in thecase of municipal mayors: limited to des‐ignated local public institutions desig‐
nated by the governor of the prefecture towhich the municipalities belong; thesame shall apply in Article 73 Paragraph2 through Paragraph 4 and Article 79
Paragraph 1) whose service is transporta‐tion to transport evacuated residents.
2. When a request is made pursuant to theprovision of the preceding paragraph, thedesignated public institutions and desig‐
nated local public institutions referred toin the same paragraph shall comply withthe request unless there is a justifiablereason for not doing so.
(Notification for Comprehensive Coordination Related to Transportation of Evacuated Residents)
Article 72
Prefectural governors or mu‐
nicipal mayors, when they find that des‐ignated public institutions or designatedlocal public institutions do not comply
with a request which has been madepursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1of the preceding article without a justifia‐
ble reason, may notify the fact to the Task
Force Chief in the case of designatedpublic institutions and to Prefectural Task
Force Chiefs in the case of designated lo‐
cal public institutions.
(Rectification Measures by the Prime Minister, etc. Related to Transportation of
Evacuated Residents)
Article 73
If the relevant designated pub‐lic institutions do not transport evacuatedresidents based on the comprehensive
coordination taken by the Task Force
Chief as set forth in Article 14 Paragraph
1 of the Situation Response Act and thePrime Minister finds it especially neces‐sary to protect the lives, bodies, andproperty of the citizens, the Prime Minis‐
ter may instruct the said designated pub‐lic institutions to transport the evacuatedresidents in response to a request by the
Task Force Chief.
2. If the relevant designated local public
institutions do not transport evacuatedresidents appropriately and smoothly
and prefectural governors find it espe‐
cially necessary to protect the lives,bodies, and property of the residents,
the prefectural governors may instruct
the said designated local public institu‐
tions to transport the evacuated resi‐
dents.
3. Excluding cases where the security ofdesignated public institutions and desig‐
nated local public institutions is found tohave been ensured in light of the warn‐
ings issued by the Task Force Chief pur‐suant to the provision of Article 44 Para‐
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 73)
graph 1, the Prime Minister and prefec‐
tural governors shall not give instructions
pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing two paragraphs.
4. When designated public institutions anddesignated local public institutionstransport evacuated residents based on
instructions which have been issued
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2, the Prime Minister andprefectural governors shall provide in‐formation on armed attacks and otherinformation to the designated public in‐stitutions and designated local public in‐stitutions in order to ensure their security.

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 74~77)

Chapter III
Measures Related to Relief of Evacuated Residents, etc.
Section 1
Relief(Relief Instructions)
Article 74
The Task Force Chief, when
he/she has given instructions to evacuate
pursuant to the provision of Article 52
Paragraph 1, shall immediately instruct
the prefectural governors having jurisdic‐
tion over the evacuation destinations totake the necessary relief measures basedon the Basic Guidelines.
2. The Task Force Chief, when he/she findsthat the relief of victims of an armed at‐tack disaster is necessary, may instruct
the prefectural governors having jurisdic‐
tion over the areas that have produced
the victims to take the necessary relief
measures.
(Implementation of Relief)
Article 75
When having received instruc‐tions pursuant to the provision of thepreceding article (referred to as “relief in‐structions” in this paragraph), prefectural
governors shall, in accordance with theirrespective Civil Protection Plans, imple‐
ment any of the following relief measures(hereinafter simply referred to as “relief”)
at evacuation facilities and other places
for evacuated residents, etc. (evacuatedresidents and victims of an armed attack
disaster; the same shall apply hereinafter)
residing in the areas of the prefecturesand requiring relief. If prefectural gover‐nors find that there is no time to wait for
relief instructions in the light of the ur‐gency of the situation, they may imple‐
ment relief without waiting for relief in‐structions.
(1)
Provision of accommodation (includ‐ing emergency temporary housing;
the same shall apply in Article 82)(2)
Supply of food by preparing meals
outdoors or other methods and provi‐sion of drinking water(3)

Provision or loan of clothing, bedding
and other daily supplies(4)
Provision of medical treatment andmidwife services(5)
Search and rescue of victims(6)
Burial and cremation(7)
Provision of telephones and other tel‐ecommunication facilities(8)
Other matters designated by a cabinetorder
2. If prefectural governors find it necessary,relief can be made in the form of thepayment of money, notwithstanding theprovision of the preceding paragraph.
3. The necessary matters with respect to theextent, method and duration of relief
shall be stipulated by a cabinet order.
(Implementation of Relief, etc. by Municipal Mayor)
Article 76
If prefectural governors find it
necessary for the prompt implementationof relief, municipal mayors may perform
part of the affairs related to the imple‐
mentation of relief within the scope of
authority of the said prefectural gover‐nors under a cabinet order. In such case,
if prefectural governors find it necessary
to perform the said affairs, they may in‐struct municipal mayors to take themeasures for required relief.
2. Excluding the performance of functions
pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph, municipal mayors shallsupport the relief implemented by pre‐fectural governors.
(Measures by Japanese Red Cross Society)
Article 77
The Japanese Red Cross Soci‐ety shall, as stipulated in its Civil Protec‐
tion Business Plan, cooperate with relief
implemented by prefectural governors.
2. The Government of Japan may assign theJapanese Red Cross Society to perform li‐
aison and coordination under the direc‐
tion and supervision of the government
with respect to relief cooperation provided
by organizations other than local govern‐ments or by individuals (except coopera‐tion under Article 80 Paragraph 1).
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 77~81)
3. Prefectural governors may entrust thenecessary matters related to the imple‐
mentation of relief or relief backup to theJapanese Red Cross Society.
(Cooperation Related to Installation of
Telecommunication Equipment)
Article 78
Designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
which are telecommunications carriers(telecommunications carrier under Article
2 Item 5 of the Telecommunications
Business Act (Act No. 86 of 1984); thesame shall apply in Article 135 Paragraph
2 and Article 156) shall, under their re‐spective Civil Protection Business Plans,
strive to provide the necessary coopera‐tion to prefectural governors with respect
to the installation of temporary tele‐phones and other telecommunication fa‐
cilities for evacuated residents, etc. atevacuation facilities.
(Transportation of Emergency Goods)
Article 79
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies or designated local
administrative agencies may request des‐ignated public institutions whose businessis transportation to transport goods andmaterials that are necessary for the reliefof evacuated residents, etc. as part of theimplementation of civil protection
measures (referred to as “emergency
goods” in the next paragraph and Article
155 Paragraph 1). Similarly, prefectural
governors or municipal mayors may re‐quire designated public institutions ordesignated local public institutions whosebusiness is transportation to transport
emergency goods.
2. The provisions of Article 71 Paragraph 2,
Article 72, and Article 73 shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis to the transportation of
emergency goods.
(Cooperation for Relief)
Article 80
Prefectural governors or offi‐
cials of prefectural governments, if theyfind it necessary for relief, may request
evacuated residents in need of the said
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relief and persons in neighboring areas tocooperate for the necessary assistance forrelief.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, prefectural governors or offi‐
cials of prefectural governments shallgive due consideration to ensure thesafety of the persons offering cooperation
for the necessary assistance for relief in
response to the request.
(Request, etc. for Sale of Goods)
Article 81
Prefectural governors, when
they find it necessary for the purpose ofcarrying out relief, may request owners ofgoods which are necessary to carry out
relief (limited to medical supplies, foods,
bedding and other goods stipulated by acabinet order; simply referred to as“goods” in Paragraph 1 of the next article
and Article 84 Paragraph 1) and handled
by persons engaged in such business as
production, collection, sale, distribution,
storage or transportation (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “specific goods”) to sell thesaid specific goods.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, if owners of specific goods do
not comply with a request made pursu‐
ant to the provision of the said paragraphwithout a justifiable reason, prefectural
governors may expropriate the specificgoods only when they find it necessary
for the purpose of carrying out relief.
3. Prefectural governors, when they find it
urgently necessary to secure specificgoods to implement relief, may orderpersons engaged in the production, col‐lection, sale, distribution, storage ortransportation of the specific goods tostore them.
4. Heads of designated administrative
agencies or heads of designated local
administrative agencies, when they find it
urgently necessary to support the relief
implemented by prefectural governors or
when requested by prefectural governors,
may implement measures stipulated in
the preceding three paragraphs by them‐selves.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 82~85)(Use of Land, etc.)
Article 82
When prefectural governors
find it necessary to use land, buildings or
goods (referred to as “land, etc.” in thisarticle and Article 84 Paragraph 1) toprovide accommodation for evacuatedresidents, etc. or open temporary facilities
aimed at providing medical treatment forevacuated residents, etc., prefectural
governors may use the land, etc. with theconsent of the owners and tenants of theland, etc.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, when owners or tenants of theland, etc. do not agree without a justifia‐
ble reason or when it is difficult to obtainconsent as the whereabouts of owners or
tenants of the land, etc. are unknown,
prefectural governors may use the land,
etc. without consent, notwithstanding theprovision of the said paragraph, only incase where it is especially necessary toprovide accommodation for evacuatedresidents, etc. or open temporary facilities
aimed at providing medical treatment forevacuated residents, etc.
(Issuance of Written Government Orders)
Article 83
Actions taken by prefectural
governors, heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies and heads of designatedlocal administrative agencies pursuant to
the provision of Article 81 Paragraph 2,
Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 (excluding
the part related to Paragraph 1 of the said
article) and the provision of the preced‐
ing article shall be accompanied by theissuance of written government orders as
stipulated by a cabinet order. However, if
the whereabouts of the persons to whomwritten government orders should be is‐sued are unknown or in those cases stip‐
ulated in a cabinet order, written gov‐
ernment orders can be issued ex post
facto.
2. The provisions of Article 81 Paragraph 2
and Paragraph 3 of the Basic Act for Dis‐
aster Countermeasures shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis to the cases referred to in thepreceding paragraph.

(On-Site Inspections, etc.)
Article 84
If prefectural governors, headsof designated administrative agencies orheads of local administrative agencies
find it necessary to expropriate specificmaterials pursuant to the provision of
Article 81 Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 4, toorder the storage of specific goods pur‐suant to the provision of Paragraph 3 orParagraph 4 of the said article or to use
land, etc. pursuant to the provision of Ar‐
ticle 82, they may have their officials en‐
ter land, buildings, places where the spe‐cific goods are to be stored or places
where the specific goods or goods are lo‐cated and inspect the conditions of theland, buildings, specific goods and/or
goods.
2. When prefectural governors, heads ofdesignated administrative agencies orheads of local administrative agencies
have had specific goods stored pursuant
to the provision of Article 81 Paragraph 3
or Paragraph 4, they may require neces‐sary reports from the persons who areordered to store the specific goods orhave their officials enter the places where
the specific goods are stored and inspect
the storage conditions of the specificgoods.
3. When officials of prefectural govern‐ments, designated administrative agen‐cies or designated local administrative
agencies intend to conduct on‐site in‐spections, the officials shall notify suchintention to the managers of the places.
4. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the officials shall carry identi‐
fication cards and present them if asked
to do so by the parties concerned.
(Request for Medical Treatment, etc.)
Article 85
In the case where a large‐scale
armed attack disaster has taken place, if
prefectural governors find it necessary toprovide medical treatment for evacuatedresidents, etc., they may request doctors,
nurses and other medical practitioners
and staff designated by a cabinet order to
conduct medical treatment by specifying
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 85~89)
the locations, duration and other neces‐sary matters.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, if the medical practitioners andstaff referred to in the said paragraph re‐fuse a request made pursuant to the pro‐vision of the said paragraph without a jus‐
tifiable reason, prefectural governors may
instruct the said medical practitioners andstaff to conduct medical treatment only
when such instruction is especially neces‐sary to provide medical treatment forevacuated residents, etc. In such case, thematters referred to in the said paragraphshall be presented in writing.
3. When requesting or instructing medical
practitioners and staff to conduct medical
treatment pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding two paragraphs, prefectur‐
al governors shall give due consideration
to the safety of the medical practitioners
and staff and take necessary measures toensure their safety.
(Instruction on Backup)
Article 86
In regard to the relief imple‐
mented by prefectural governors, theMinister of Health, Labour and Welfare
may instruct other prefectural governors
to provide back up for the said relief.
(Support of Relief Operations)
Article 87
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies and heads of des‐ignated local administrative agencies,
when asked by prefectural governors to
support the relief implemented by thesaid governors, shall supply relief goods
and provide other necessary support.
(Rectification Measures by the Prime Minister Related to Relief)
Article 88
In the case where the neces‐sary relief based on comprehensive coor‐dination by the Task Force Chief stipu‐
lated in Article 14 Paragraph 1 of the Sit‐uation Response Act is not implemented
by the relevant prefectural governors, if
the Prime Minister finds it especiallynecessary to protect the lives, bodies, and34

property of the citizens, he/she may in‐struct the relevant prefectural governors
to implement the said necessary relief in
response to a request by the Task Force
Chief.
2. If the relevant prefectural governors do
not implement the necessary relief de‐spite the instruction given pursuant to
the provision of preceding paragraph orif the Prime Minister finds it especiallynecessary to protect the lives, bodies andproperty of the citizens in light of the ur‐gency of the situation, the Prime Ministermay implement the necessary relief byhimself/herself or direct the relevant
ministers to implement the relief in re‐sponse to a request by Task Force Chief
after notifying his/her intention to theprefectural governors in question.
(Special Provision for Accommodation, etc.)
Article 89
The provision of Article 17 of
the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948)
shall not apply to facilities to accommo‐
date evacuated residents, etc. or to pro‐vide medical treatment for evacuatedresidents, etc. (referred to as “accommo‐
dation, etc.” in Paragraph 3) that are
temporarily opened by prefectural gov‐
ernors (referred to as “temporary ac‐commodation, etc.” in the next paragraphand Paragraph 3).
2. Notwithstanding the provision of the pre‐ceding paragraph, prefectural governors
shall formulate standards for the estab‐lishment and maintenance of fire fighting
equipment, water supply and other facili‐ties necessary for fire fighting at the tem‐porary accommodation, etc. in conformity
with the Fire Service Act, and shall also
take the necessary measures to prevent adisaster at temporary accommodation, etc.
and to ensure public safety.
3. The provisions of the main clause of Arti‐cle 85 Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3 and Par‐
agraph 4 of the Building Standards Act(Act No. 201 of 1950) and Article 77 Para‐graph 1, Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 of
the Landscape Act (Act No. 110 of 2004)
shall apply mutatis mutandis to theAct Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 89~92)
emergency repair of the accommodation,etc. and construction of temporary ac‐commodation, etc. by prefectural gover‐nors.
(Special Provision for Temporary Medical
Facilities)
Article 90
The provisions of Chapter 2 of
the Medical Service Act (Act No. 205 of
1948) shall not apply to temporary facili‐ties established by prefectural governors
to provide medical treatment for evacu‐
ated residents, etc.
(Permission for Provision of Medical
Treatment by Foreign Medical Practitioners and Staff)
Article 91
In the case where a large‐scale
armed attack disaster has taken place, if
the Minister of Health, Labour and Wel‐fare finds it extremely difficult to secure
persons with the qualifications stipulated
in the following items and to provide suf‐
ficient medical treatment for evacuatedresidents, etc. and if foreign governments
or international organizations offer toprovide medical treatment, the Ministerof Health, Labour and Welfare may, un‐der provisions of a cabinet orders, permit
persons with foreign qualifications
equivalent to those stipulated in the items
to engage in medical treatment (referred
to as “foreign medical practitioners andstaff” in Paragraph 3) by specifying theareas and contents of the medical treat‐ment, notwithstanding the provisions of
the act(s) stipulated in each item respec‐tively.
(1)Doctor: Article 17 of the Medical Prac‐titioners Act (Act No. 201 of 1948)(2)
Dentist: Article 17 of the Dental Prac‐titioners Act (Act No. 202 of 1948)(3)
Pharmacist: Article 19 of the Pharma‐cists Act (Act No. 146 of 1960)(4)
Nurse: Article 31 Paragraph 1 of the
Public Health Nurses, Maternity
Nurses and Nurses Act (Act No. 203
of 1948)(5)
Assistant nurse: Article 32 of the Pub‐
lic Health Nurses, Maternity Nurses

and Nurses Act(6)
Paramedic: Article 31 Paragraph 1 andArticle 32 of the Public Health Nurses,
Maternity Nurses and Nurses Act
2. When the Minister of Health, Labour andWelfare gives a permission pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph,he/she shall immediately notify the fact tothe prefectural governor having jurisdic‐
tion over the area designated in the per‐mission.
3. When the Minister of Health, Labour andWelfare finds that the medical treatment
provided by foreign medical practitioners
and staff permitted pursuant to the pro‐vision of Paragraph 1 (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “permitted foreign medical
practitioners and staff” in this article) is
no longer necessary, he/she shall with‐draw the permission.
4. If permitted foreign medical practitioners
and staff have committed a crime or
fraud with respect to their work or haveviolated the provisions stipulated bycabinet orders, the Minister of Health,Labour and Welfare may revoke the per‐mission.
5. The provisions of the Acts stipulated incabinet orders shall apply to the permit‐
ted foreign medical practitioners and staff,
assuming that the persons with foreign
qualifications equivalent to doctor, den‐tist, pharmacist, nurse, assistant nurse orparamedic are doctors, dentists, pharma‐cists, nurses, assistance nurses or para‐
medics.
6. The provisions of Article 18 of the Medi‐
cal Practitioners Act, Article 18 of the
Dental Practtioners Act, and Article 20 of
the Pharmacists Act or Article 48 of theParamedics Act (Act No. 36 of 1991) shallnot apply to persons with foreign quali‐
fications equivalent to doctor, dentist,
pharmacist or paramedic.
(Permission for Importation of Foreign
Medicines, etc.)
Article 92
The provisions of Article 14‐3of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Act No.
145 of 1960) shall apply mutatis mutandis
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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 92~94)
to the importation of medicines necessary
for the provision of medical treatment forevacuated residents, etc. (the medicines
provided for in Article 2 Paragraph 1 ofthe said Act; the same shall apply in thisparagraph and Paragraph 3) and of med‐
ical equipment (medical equipment pro‐vided for in Paragraph 4 of the said Act;the same shall apply in this paragraphand Paragraph 3). In this case, “goods
which approved applicants provided forin Article 14 intend to manufacture andmarket” in Article 14‐3 Paragraph 1 of thesaid Act shall be deemed to be replacedwith “the Minister of Health, Labour andWelfare”, “are those specified by a cabi‐
net order, the Minister of Health, Labourand Welfare shall … Paragraph 2 of thesaid article” in the said Paragraph 1 shallbe deemed to be replaced with “to thoseintending to import … Article 14 Para‐graph 2”, “the said items after consultingwith the Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food
Sanitation Council for its opinions” in thesaid Paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be
replaced with “the said items” and “stip‐
ulated by a cabinet order” in Item 2 of thesaid Paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be
replaced with “permitted by the Ministerof Health, Labour and Welfare”.
2. In the case where the permission referred
to in Article 14‐3 Paragraph 1 of thePharmaceutical Affairs Act, which is ap‐
plied mutatis mutandis pursuant to thepreceding paragraph, has been granted, if
the Minister of Health, Labour and Wel‐fare finds that the importation of theitems related to the said permission is nolonger necessary or that it is necessary to
prevent the occurrence or spread of ahealth hazard, the Minister may revoke
the said permission.
3. The provision of Article 80 Paragraph 4 of
the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act shall ap‐
ply mutatis mutandis to medicines andmedical equipment imported pursuant to
the provision of Article 14‐3 Paragraph 1of the said Act which is applied mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Paragraph 1 above.

36(Acceptance of Support from Abroad)
Article 93
In the case where an extremely
large‐scale armed attack disaster occurs
and foreign support for the relief of
evacuated residents, etc. cannot be ac‐
cepted urgently and smoothly understatutory provisions, if the Diet is closed
or the House of Representatives is dis‐solved and there is no time to wait for adecision on convening an extraordinary
Diet session or to call for an emergency
meeting of the House of Councilors, theCabinet may enact a cabinet order to im‐
plement the necessary measures to accept
the said support.
2. The provisions of Article 109 Paragraph 3
through Paragraph 7 of the Basic Act for
Disaster Countermeasures shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the case of the pre‐ceding paragraph.

Section 2
Collection of Safety Information, etc.
(Collection of Safety Information by Municipal Mayors and Prefectural Governors)
Article 94
Municipal mayors shall, undera cabinet order, strive to collect and or‐
ganize safety information on evacuatedresidents and those killed or injured in an
armed
attackdisaster(including
non‐residents of the municipalities but
staying in or deceased in the municipali‐ties) (hereinafter referred to as “safety
information”) and report the safety in‐formation to the prefectural governors ona timely basis.
2. Prefectural governors shall organize thesafety information reported pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraphand, as the need arises, strive to collectand organize safety information bythemselves and report the safety infor‐
mation to the Minister for Internal Affairs
and Communications without delay.
3. Relevant organizations possessing safety
information shall strive to cooperate forthe collection of safety information pur‐suant to the provisions of the preceding
two paragraphs.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 95~96)(Provision of Safety Information by Minister for Internal Affairs and Heads of Local
Governments)
Article 95
The Minister for Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications and heads of
local governments shall promptly reply
to inquiries on the safety of any unac‐
counted‐for persons as specified by acabinet order.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the Minister for Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications and heads of
local governments shall take the protec‐
tion of personal information fully into
account.
(Safety Information of Foreign Nationals)
Article 96
The Japanese Red Cross Soci‐ety shall, under its Civil Protection Busi‐
ness Plan, strive to collect and organize
safety information with regard to foreign
nationals from the safety information
possessed by the Minister for Internal
Affairs and Communications and headsof local governments and shall also reply
promptly to inquiries on the safety of for‐eign nationals.
2. The Minister for Internal Affairs andCommunications and heads of local gov‐
ernments shall cooperate for the collec‐
tion of safety information with regard toforeign nationals implemented by theJapanese Red Cross Society pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph.
3. The provision of Paragraph 2 of the pre‐ceding article shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis to cases where replies to inquiries on
the safety of foreign nationals are madein cooperation with the Japanese Red
Cross Society.

37Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 97~98)

Chapter IV
Measures Related to Response to
Armed Attack Disaster
Section 1
General Provisions(Response to Armed Attack Disaster)
Article 97
The national government shall,pursuant to the provisions of the Basic
Guidelines, take necessary measures byitself to prevent, eliminate and alleviate
damage caused by an armed attack dis‐
aster and cooperate with local govern‐ments to appropriately and smoothly im‐
plement measures related to response to
an armed attack disaster (measures toprevent, eliminate and alleviate damage
caused by an armed attack disaster andother measures to minimize the damage
caused by an armed attack disaster; thesame shall apply hereinafter).
2. Local governments shall implement
measures related to the necessary re‐sponse to an armed attack disaster toprevent, eliminate and alleviate damage
caused by an armed attack disaster in theareas of their jurisdiction pursuant to theprovisions of this Act and other laws andregulations.
3. If the Task Force Chief finds it especiallynecessary to prevent, eliminate and alle‐viate damage caused by an armed attack
disaster, he/she may instruct prefectural
governors to implement measures related
to the necessary response to an armed at‐tack disaster.
4. If prefectural governors find it difficult toprevent, eliminate and alleviate damage
caused by an armed attack disaster intheir prefectures due to the fact that said
armed attack disaster is of extremely
large scale and unique in its nature, or forother reasons, the prefectural governors
may request the Task Force Chief that thecentral government should implement
the necessary measures to prevent, elim‐
inate and alleviate damage caused by thesaid armed attack disaster.
5. The Prime Minister, when requested
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pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph and other provisions inthis Act, shall direct the relevant minis‐
ters pursuant to the Basic Response Plan
to take the necessary measures to prevent,eliminate and alleviate damage caused byan armed attack disaster referred to in thesaid paragraph in response to request by
the Task Force Chief.
6. Municipal mayors, if damage has oc‐
curred due to an armed attack disaster oris about to occur in their municipalities
and they find it urgently necessary toprotect the lives, bodies and property of
the residents, may ask prefectural gover‐nors to make a request stipulated in Par‐
agraph 4.
7. Fire services shall utilize their facilities
and personnel to protect the lives, bodies
and property of the citizens from firecaused by armed attacks and to prevent,eliminate and alleviate damage caused byan armed attack disaster.
(Reporting Duty of Discoverer)
Article 98
A person who has discovereda sign of an armed attack disaster shallreport it to a municipal mayor or fire‐fighter, police officer or coast guard of‐ficer (referred to as “firefighter, etc.” inthe next paragraph and Paragraph 4)
without delay.
2. Firefighter, etc., when they receive a re‐port pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph, shall promptly re‐port it to the municipal mayor.
3. If the municipal mayor receives a reportpursuant to the provisions of the preced‐
ing two paragraphs and finds it necessary
to respond to the threat of an occurrenceof an armed attack disaster, he/she shallpromptly notify the fact to the prefectural
governor.
4. Firefighter, etc., when they receive a re‐port pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 1 but are unable to report it to themunicipal mayor, shall report it promptly
to the prefectural governor.
5. If the prefectural governor receives a no‐tification or report pursuant to the provi‐

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 98~102)
sions of the preceding two paragraphs
and finds it necessary, he/she shallpromptly notify the fact to the relevantorganizations as provided for in the re‐spective Civil Protection Plan.
(Issuance of Urgent Message)
Article 99
If damage has occurred due toan armed attack disaster or is about tooccur and prefectural governors find it
urgently necessary to protect the lives,bodies and property of the residents fromarmed attack disaster, prefectural gover‐nors shall issue an urgent message of anarmed attack disaster (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “urgent message”) as pro‐vided for in their respective Civil Protec‐
tion Plans.
2. The urgent message shall contain the fol‐lowing matters.
(1)
Present situation and prediction of anarmed attack disaster.
(2)
Other matters that should be in‐formed to residents and private andpublic bodies.
(Notification of Urgent Message to Relevant Organizations, etc.)
Article 100
Prefectural governors who
have issued an urgent message pursuant
to the provision of Paragraph 1 of thepreceding article shall immediately notify
the contents of the urgent message to theheads of the municipalities in the prefec‐tures, other enforcement organs in theprefectures, relevant designated public
institutions and designated local public
institutions as provided for in their Civil
Protection Plans.
2. The provision of Article 47 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cases where munic‐
ipal mayors receive a notification pursu‐
ant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph.
3. Prefectural governors who have issued anurgent message pursuant to the provisionof Paragraph 1 of the preceding article
shall promptly report the contents of themessage to the Task Force Chief.

(Broadcasting of Urgent Message)
Article 101
The provision of Article 50
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where designated public institutions anddesignated local public institutions
whose business is broadcasting receive a
notification provided for in Paragraph 1of the preceding article.

Section 2
Emergency Measures, etc.
(Ensuring Safety of Life-Related Facilities)
Article 102
If prefectural governors find it
especially necessary to ensure the safety of
the facilities located in the said prefecture
falling under any of the following items
and designated by a cabinet orders (here‐
inafter referred to as “life‐related facilities”
in this article) in order to prevent or con‐tain damage caused by an armed attack
disaster during an armed attack situation,etc., they may request the managers oflife‐related facilities to take the necessary
measures to ensure the safety of thelife‐related facilities after hearing theopinions of the relevant organizations.
(1)
Facilities related to the citizens’ live‐
lihood and deemed to have significant
impacts on the citizens’ livelihood
unless their safety is secured(2)
Facilities that are deemed to causesignificant damage to their surround‐ing areas unless their safety is secured
2. If the heads of designated administrative
agencies and heads of designated local
administrative agencies find it urgently
necessary to ensure the safety oflife‐related facilities in order to prevent or
contain damage caused by an armed at‐tack disaster during an armed attack situ‐
ation, etc., they may make a request stipu‐
lated in the preceding paragraph bythemselves after hearing the opinions of
the relevant organizations. In such case,when they have made the request, theyshall immediately notify the fact to thegovernors of the prefectures in which thelife‐related facilities in question are locat‐
ed.
39Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 102~103)
3. In order to prevent or contain damage
caused by an armed attack disaster in anarmed attack situation, etc., the heads ofdesignatedadministrative
agencies,
heads of designated local administrative
agencies and heads of local governments
shall, as provided for in their respective
Civil Protection Plans, reinforce security
and take other necessary measures toensure the safety of life‐related facilitiesof which management they are responsi‐
ble for among life‐related facilities.
4. Managers of life‐related facilities who
intend to take the necessary measures in
response to a request made pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 1 or Para‐graph 2 or heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies, heads of designated local
administrative agencies or heads of local
governments who intend to take the nec‐
essary measures under the preceding
paragraph may request the prefectural
police, fire service organs (entities stipu‐
lated in each item of Article 9 of the Fire
Defense Organization Act (Act No. 226 of
1947); the same shall apply in Article 119
Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4) and otheradministrative organizations to provide
necessary support to ensure the safety oflife‐related facilities.
5. For the prevention or containment ofdamage caused by an armed attack disas‐
ter in an armed attack situation, etc., pre‐fectural public safety commissions or
chiefs of coast guard offices, etc., if they
are requested by prefectural governors or
it is found especially necessary in the lightof the situation, may designate limited ac‐cess areas on and around the premises oflife‐related facilities in order to ensure thesafety of life‐related facilities.
6. When prefectural public safety commis‐
sions and chiefs of coast guard offices, etc.
have designated limited access areas un‐
der the preceding paragraph, they shallpromptly notify the designation to the
managers of life‐related facilities andpublicly notify the scope of the limitedaccess areas, duration of limited accessand other necessary matters.
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7. When limited access areas have been
designated under Paragraph 5, police of‐ficers or coast guard officers may limit orprohibit access to the limited access areasor order withdrawal from the limited ac‐cess areas.
8. For the prevention or containment ofdamage caused by an armed attack disas‐
ter in an armed attack situation, etc., thePrime Minister, if he/she finds it especiallynecessary to ensure the safety oflife‐related facilities and their surrounding
areas, may direct the relevant ministers to
implement the necessary measures for theprevention and elimination of danger,evacuation of residents in the neighbor‐hood and other necessary measures toensure the safety of the life‐related facili‐ties on the basis of the Basic Response Plan.
In such case, the National Public Safety
Commission may give the necessary in‐structions to prefectural public safetycommissions with respect to the designa‐tion of limited access areas pursuant to theprovision of Paragraph 5.
(Prevention of Armed Attack Disaster Related to Hazardous Substances)
Article 103
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designat‐
ed local administrative agencies andheads of local governments shall, if theyfind it necessary to prevent damage
caused by an armed attack disaster re‐lated to substances (including living
things) that may expose the lives, bodies,and property of the persons to danger
through ignition, explosion, dispersion
into the atmosphere or effluence into
surrounding areas and are designated bya cabinet order (hereinafter referred to as“hazardous substances, etc.” in this arti‐
cle and Article 107), take the necessary
measures as provided for in their respec‐tive Civil Protection Plans to prevent
damage caused by an armed attack dis‐
aster related to the hazardous substances,
etc. pursuant to the provisions of this Act
and other laws and regulations.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 103~104)
paragraph, the heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designatedlocal administrative agencies or heads of
local governments may require the pos‐sessors, owners and keepers of hazardous
substances, etc. and others handling haz‐ardous substances, etc. (referred to as“handlers of hazardous substances, etc.”
in the next paragraph and Paragraph 4) toreinforce security of the facilities handlinghazardous substances, etc.
3. If it is found to be urgently necessary to
prevent damage caused by an armed at‐tack disaster related to hazardous sub‐stances, etc., the heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designat‐
ed local administrative agencies or headsof local governments may order handlersof hazardous substances, etc. to imple‐
ment the following measures designatedby a cabinet order.
(1)
Temporary suspension or restrictionof the use of all or part of the facilities
handling hazardous substances, etc.
(2)
Temporary prohibition or restrictionof the production, delivery, storage,transfer, transportation or consump‐tion of hazardous substances, etc.
(3)
Change of the location of hazardous
substances, etc. or their disposal
4. If it is found to be necessary for the pur‐pose of ordering measures under thepreceding paragraph, the heads of des‐ignated administrative agencies, heads ofdesignated local administrative agencies
or heads of local governments may re‐quire handlers of hazardous substances,
etc. to report the conditions of the controlof hazardous substances, etc.
5. The provisions of the preceding para‐graphs shall apply mutatis mutandis tocases where damage caused by an armed
attack disaster related to hazardous sub‐stances, etc. requires prevention, elimina‐tion or alleviation.
(Response to Armed Attack Disaster atPetroleum Refinery Complex, etc.)
Article 104
When applying the provisionsof the Act on the Prevention of Disasters

at Petroleum Industrial Complexes andOther Petroleum Facilities (Act No. 84 of
1975) regarding response to a disaster at
petroleum industrial complexes and oth‐er petroleum facilities and special disas‐
ter prevention areas (petroleum industri‐al complexes and other petroleum facili‐ties and other special disaster prevention
areas provided for in Article 2 Item 2 ofthe said Act) following an armed attack,“disaster prevention plans for petroleum
industrial complexes and other petrole‐um facilities” in Article 23 Paragraph 1
and Article 24 of the said Act shall bedeemed to be replaced with “disasterprevention plans for petroleum industrial
complexes and other petroleum facilities(or the Civil Protection Business Plan andthe disaster prevention plan for petrole‐um industrial complexes and other pe‐troleum facilities when the specified op‐
erator is a designated public institution ordesignated local public institution),”“disaster prevention plans for petroleum
industrial complexes and other petrole‐um facilities” and “the headquarters forthe prevention of disaster in petroleum
industrial complexes and other petrole‐um facilities” in Article 23 Paragraph 2 ofthe said Act shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “Civil Protection Plans of thesaid municipalities and disaster preven‐tion plans for petroleum industrial com‐
plexes and other petroleum facilities” and“prefectural governors, the headquarters
for the prevention of disaster in petro‐leum industrial complexes and other pe‐troleum facilities” respectively, and “dis‐aster prevention plans for petroleum in‐
dustrial complexes and other petroleum
facilities” and “the headquarters for theprevention of disaster in petroleum in‐
dustrial complexes and other petroleum
facilities” in Article 26 of the said Act
shall be deemed to be replaced with “re‐spective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
Protection Business Plans and disasterprevention plans for petroleum industrial
complexes and other petroleum facilities”
and “prefectural governors and the41

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 104~105)
headquarters for the prevention of disas‐
ter in petroleum industrial complexes
and other petroleum facilities” respec‐tively.
(Response to Armed Attack Nuclear Disaster)
Article 105
If a radioactive material or ra‐
diation at a nuclear site (nuclear site un‐der Article 2 Item 4 of the Act on Special
Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergen‐cy Preparedness (Act No. 156 of 1999);
the same shall apply in Paragraph 7) has
been or is likely to be released outside thesite as a result of an armed attack (or in
the case of transport outside the site(transport outside the site under Item 2 ofthe said Act; hereinafter the same shallapply in this paragraph and Paragraph 3),
outside the vessel used for the transport;
the same shall apply in Paragraph 7), nu‐
clear emergency preparedness managers(nuclear emergency preparedness man‐ager under Article 9 Paragraph 1 of thesaid Act; the same in Article 192 Subpar‐
agraph 2) shall, as prescribed by a cabinet
order, immediately report the fact to theheads of the designated administrative
agencies (limited to the competent minis‐
ters under Article 34 Paragraph 2 of thesaid Act; the same shall apply in thisparagraph through Paragraph 4 and thenext article), the governor of the prefec‐
ture where the site is located (the compe‐
tent governor under Article 7 Paragraph 2of the said Act; hereinafter the same shallapply in this article), the mayor of mu‐
nicipality in which the site is located (themayor of municipality in which the site is
located under the same paragraph; thesame shall apply in Paragraph 3 andParagraph 4), and related neighboring
prefectural governors (related neighbor‐ing prefectural governors under Para‐graph 2 of the same article; hereinafter
the same shall apply in this article) (or in
the case of occurrence of an incident re‐lated to transport outside the site, to thehead of designated administrative agency,
the prefectural governor and the munici‐
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2.

3.

4.

5.

pal mayor having jurisdiction over thearea where the incident occurred). In
such case, the competent prefectural
governor and related neighboring pre‐fectural governors shall report the fact tothe mayors of the related surrounding
municipalities (mayors of related sur‐rounding municipalities under the same
paragraph).
The heads of the designated administra‐
tive agencies, when they receive a reportpursuant to the provision of the first sen‐tence of the preceding paragraph, shallimmediately report the fact to the Task
Force Chief and notify the relevant des‐ignated public institutions as provided
for in their respective Civil Protection
Plans.
The competent prefectural governor, thecompetent municipal mayor and the re‐lated neighboring prefectural governors(in the case of the occurrence of an inci‐
dent related to transport outside the site,
the prefectural governor and the munici‐
pal mayor having jurisdiction over thearea where the incident occurred), if theyrecognize an incident provided for in
Paragraph 1, shall immediately report itto the heads of the designated adminis‐
trative agencies as provided for in their
Civil Protection Plans.
The provision of Paragraph 2 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cases where theheads of the designated administrative
agencies recognize an incident underParagraph 1 or when the heads of thedesignated administrative agencies re‐ceive a report under the preceding para‐graph. In such case, the heads of the des‐ignated administrative agencies shall also
notify it to the governor of the prefecturein which the site is located, the mayor of
the municipality in which the site is lo‐cated, related neighboring prefectural
governors and the nuclear operator (thenuclear operator under Article 2 Item 3 of
the Act on Special Measures Concerning
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness; thesame shall apply in Paragraph 13).
The provision of the second sentence ofAct Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 105)
Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis to cases where the governor of theprefecture in which the site is located andthe mayor of the municipality in which
the site is located receive a notification
pursuant to the provision of the second
sentence of the preceding paragraph. In
such case, “report” in the second sentenceof Paragraph 1 shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “notify”.
6. Prefectural governors, when they receivea notification pursuant to the provision of
the first sentence of Paragraph 1 or a no‐tification pursuant to the provision of thesecond sentence of Paragraph 4, shallimmediately notify the fact to the rele‐vant designated local public institutionsas provided for in their Civil Protection
Plans.
7. The Task Force Chief, if he/she receives areport pursuant to the provision of Para‐graph 2 (including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Paragraph 4) andfinds that the release of a radioactive ma‐
terial or radiation outside the site as aresult of an armed attack may expose thelives, bodies and property of the people
to danger, shall publicly notify the fol‐lowing matters immediately:(1)
Areas where emergency measures toprevent or contain damage caused by
the release of radioactive materials orradiation outside the nuclear sites asa result of an armed attack (hereinaf‐
ter referred to as “armed attack nu‐
clear disaster” in this article) (here‐
inafter referred to as “emergency
measures” in this article) should be
implemented (hereinafter referred toas “emergency measures implemen‐tation areas” in this article)(2)
Outline of the situation related to thesaid armed attack nuclear disaster(3)
Other matters that should be in‐formed to residents and private andpublic bodies in the emergency
measures implementation areas
8. The provisions of Article 45 and Article
46 shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where the Task Force Chief publicly noti‐

fies the matters under the preceding par‐agraph.
9. When a public notification is made underParagraph 7, the Prime Minister shall di‐rect the relevant ministers to implement
emergency measures in response to a re‐quest from the Task Force Chief in ac‐
cordance with the Basic Response Plan.
10. The Task Force Chief, when he/she pub‐
licly notifies the matters under Paragraph
7, shall immediately instruct the prefec‐
tural governors having jurisdiction overthe emergency measures implementation
areas to evacuate residents and take othernecessary emergency measures.
11. In the case where a public notification ismade under Paragraph 7, if prefectural
governors find it necessary to prevent or
contain an armed attack nuclear disaster,
they may instruct municipal mayors to
implement the necessary emergency
measures.
12. The Task Force Chief, if he/she finds thatthe emergency measures implemented
under Paragraph 7 are no longer required,shall promptly notify the rescission of the
public notification made under the said
paragraph after hearing the opinions of
the Nuclear Safety Commission.
13 The provision of Article 25 of the Act on
Special Measures Concerning Nuclear
Emergency Preparedness shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the case where thefact stipulated under Paragraph 1 has
occurred. The provision of Article 26 of
the same Act shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis to the case where matters are publicly
notified under Paragraph 7. The provi‐sion of Article 27 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the case where matters are
publicly notified under the preceding
paragraph. In these cases, “an event spec‐
ified by a cabinet order under Article 10
Paragraph 1” in Article 25 Paragraph 1 ofthe said Act shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “a fact stipulated in Para‐graph 1.” In the same manner, “pursuant
to the provisions of” in the same para‐graph and Paragraph 2 of the same article
shall be deemed to be replaced with “fol‐43Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 105)
lowing the examples of the provisions of”,
“nuclear disaster” in Paragraph 1 of thesame article and Article 26 Paragraph 1
Items 1, 2 and 5 shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “armed attack nuclear disas‐ter”, “the competent minister” and “anevent” in Article 25 Paragraph 2 of thesame Act shall be deemed to be replacedwith “heads of designated administrative
agencies (limited to the competent minis‐
ters stipulated under Article 34 Para‐graph 2 of the Act on Special Measures
Concerning Nuclear Emergency Prepar‐
edness)” and “a fact” respectively,“emergency response measures” in Arti‐cle 26 (including the heading) of the same
Act shall be deemed to be replaced with“emergency measures”, “declaration of a
nuclear emergency situation” and “rec‐ommendation for or instruction of evacu‐
ation” in Paragraph 1 Item 1 of the same
article shall be deemed to be replacedwith “contents of public notification
made under Paragraph 7” and “evacua‐tion of residents” respectively, “to pre‐vent the spread of a nuclear disaster (in‐cluding the probability of the occur‐
rence of a nuclear disaster)” in Item 8 of
the same paragraph shall be deemed tobe replaced with “prevention or con‐tainment of armed attack nuclear disas‐ter”, “declaration of a nuclear emergency
situation” and “declaration of the cancel‐
lation of a nuclear emergency situation”
in Paragraph 2 of the same article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “public noti‐
fication under Paragraph 7” and “public
notification pursuant to the provision of
the preceding paragraph” respectively,“the heads of the designated administra‐
tive organs and the heads of the desig‐
nated local administrative organs, theheads of local governments and other ex‐ecutive organs, designated public institu‐
tions and designated local public institu‐
tions” and “pursuant to the provisions oflaws and regulations, a disaster preven‐tion plan or a nuclear operator emergen‐cy action plan” in the same paragraphand Article 27 Paragraph 2 shall be44

deemed to be replaced with “the heads ofthe designated administrative agencies,etc.” and “pursuant to the provisions oflaws and regulations, their respective
Civil Protection Plans or Civil Protection
Business Plans (as for nuclear operators,
follow the examples specified by their
nuclear operator emergency actionplans)” respectively, “pursuant to theprovisions of laws and regulations, a dis‐
aster prevention plan or a nuclear opera‐
tor emergency action plan” and “theheads of local governments and other ex‐ecutive organs” in Article 26 Paragraph 3
and Article 27 Paragraph 3 of the same
Act shall be deemed to be replaced with“as stipulated by laws or regulations or
Civil Protection Plans of the designatedadministrative agencies and local gov‐
ernments or the examples specified bytheir nuclear operator emergency actionplans” and “the heads of local govern‐ments, etc.” respectively, “measures forrestoration from nuclear emergency” inthe heading and Paragraph 2 and 3 of thesame article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “post facto measures”,“measures for restoration from nuclear
emergency” in Paragraph 1 of the same
article shall be deemed to be replacedwith “post facto measures (measures thatshould be implemented to prevent or
contain armed attack nuclear disaster or
restore conditions before armed attack
nuclear disaster after matters are publicly
notified pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph: hereinafter thesame shall apply in this article)”, “theemergency response measures imple‐
mentation area and other areas” in Item 1of the same paragraph shall be deemed tobe replaced with “the emergency
measures implementation area and otherareas”,“theemergency
response
measures implementation area, etc.” inthe same Item and Item 3 of the same
paragraph shall be deemed to be replacedwith “the emergency measures imple‐
mentation area, etc.” and “for preventing
the spread of a nuclear disaster (includ‐

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 105~107)
ing the probability of the occurrence of a
nuclear disaster) or promoting nuclear
disaster recovery efforts” in Item 4 of thesame paragraph shall be deemed to be
replaced with “preventing or containing
an armed attack nuclear disaster or re‐
storing the conditions prior to an armed
attack nuclear disaster.”
14. When a report is made pursuant to theprovision of the first sentence of Para‐graph 1 or Paragraph 3, a senior specialist
for nuclear emergency preparedness(senior specialist for nuclear emergency
under Article 30 Paragraph 1 of the Act
on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear
Emergency Preparedness) shall collectthe information necessary to understandthe situation, give advice with respect tothe collection of information by local
public bodies and conduct other businessnecessary to facilitate the prevention orcontainment of an armed attack nuclear
disaster.
15. The national government and local gov‐
ernments shall give due consideration toensuring the safety of the persons im‐
plementing measures pursuant to theprovisions of the preceding two para‐graphs.
(Prevention of Armed Attack Disaster Related to Reactors, etc.)
Article 106
If an armed attack disaster re‐lated to nuclear fuel materials (nuclear
fuel material under Article 3 Item 2 of theAtomic Energy Basic Act (Act No. 186 of
1955); hereinafter the same shall apply inthis article), substances contaminated by
nuclear fuel materials or reactors (reac‐
tors under Item 4 of the said article;
hereinafter the same shall apply in thisarticle) has occurred or is likely to occur
in an armed attack situation, etc. and if
the heads of the designated administra‐
tive agencies find it urgently necessary to
prevent or contain the said armed attack
disaster, they may order the persons pro‐vided for in Article 64 Paragraph 1 of the
Act Concerning the Control of Raw Nu‐
clear Materials, Nuclear Fuel Materials

and Reactors (Act No. 166 of 1957) tosuspend the use of smelting facilities,
processing facilities, reactor facilities,
spent fuel storage facilities, reprocessing
facilities, radioactive‐waste burial facili‐ties, or radioactive‐waste management or
utilisation facilities, not to change the lo‐
cations of nuclear fuel materials or sub‐stances contaminated by nuclear fuelmaterials and take other measures neces‐sary to prevent or contain an armed at‐tack disaster involving nuclear fuel mate‐rials or substances contaminated by nu‐
clear fuel materials or reactors.
(Containment of Contamination by Radioactive Substances, etc.)
Article 107
If the Prime Minister finds that
contamination by radioactive materials,
radiation, sarin, etc. (sarin, etc. provided
for in Article 2 of the Act on the Preven‐tion of Personal Injury Caused by Sarin,
etc. (Act No. 78 of 1995)), chemical sub‐stances having the same or more toxicity
than sarin, etc., biological agents (biolog‐
ical agents under Article 2 Paragraph 1 of
the Act Concerning the Enforcement ofTreaties, etc. Related to the Prohibition of
Development, Production and Storage of
Bacteriological
Weapons(Biological
Weapons) and Toxic Weapons, and Their
Disposal (Act No. 61 of 1982)), toxins(toxins under Paragraph 2 of the said ar‐ticle), or hazardous substances, etc.
(hereinafter simply referred to as “con‐tamination”) may expose the lives, bodies
and property of the people to danger fol‐lowing an armed attack, the Prime Min‐
ister shall direct the relevant ministers to
implement the necessary measures forthe removal of contaminants and con‐tamination and other necessary measures
to prevent the spread of contamination
based on the Basic Response Plan. In thiscase, if the Prime Minister finds it ur‐
gently necessary to protect the lives,bodies and property of the citizens,
he/she shall also order the ministers totake the necessary measures for the
search and rescue of victims and other45Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 107~109)
necessary measures.
2. In the case of the first sentence of thepreceding paragraph, if the Prime Minis‐
ter finds it urgently necessary to protect
the lives, bodies and property of the citi‐
zens, he/she may request the relevant
prefectural governors to provide the nec‐
essary cooperation to contain the con‐tamination.
3. In the case of the preceding paragraph, if
prefectural governors find it necessary to
implement measures to contain contami‐
nation promptly, they may request therelevant municipal mayors, administra‐
tors or heads of the relevant fire fighting
unions, the Superintendent General of theTokyo Metropolitan Police or prefectural
police chiefs to provide the necessary
cooperation.
4. With respect to measures to prevent
damage from radioactive fallout, thePrime Minister may ask the Atomic Safe‐ty Commission for the necessary advice
on technical matters concerning the im‐
plementation of measures to containcontamination.
Article 108
In the case mentioned in Para‐graph 1 or Paragraph 2 of the precedingarticle, if the heads of the designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of the des‐ignated local administrative agencies orprefectural governors find it especiallynecessary to contain contamination, they
may implement the following measures
stipulated by a cabinet order:(1)
Order the possessors of food anddrink, clothing, bedding or other arti‐
cles contaminated or suspected tohave been contaminated to restrict or
prohibit the transfer of the articles ordispose of them
(2)
Order the administrators of water for
use in daily life that is contaminatedor suspected to have been contami‐
nated to restrict the use or supply of
the water in question(3)
Restrict or prohibit the removal ofdead bodies contaminated or sus‐
pected to have been contaminated46(4)

Dispose of food and drink, clothing,bedding or other articles contaminat‐ed or suspected to have been con‐taminated(5)
Restrict or prohibit the access tobuildings that are contaminated orsuspected to have been contaminatedor seal off the buildings(6)
Restrict or prohibit traffic in locations
that are contaminated or suspected tohave been contaminated
2. The provision of the preceding paragraphshall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where the relevant municipal mayors,administrators or heads of the relevant
fire fighting unions, the Superintendent
General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Policeor prefectural police chiefs implement
measures to contain contamination pur‐suant to the provision of Paragraph 3 ofthe preceding article.
(Entry to Land, etc.)
Article 109
If the heads of the designatedadministrative agencies, heads of local
administrative agencies or prefectural
governors find it necessary to implement
measures pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding two articles, they may
make their officials to enter other people’sland, buildings and other structures,ships or aircraft (referred to as “land,etc.” in the next paragraph) pursuant to acabinet order.
2. When entering other people’s land, etc.
pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph, the officials shall carry
identification cards and present them if
asked to do so by the parties concerned.
3. The provisions of the preceding two par‐agraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis tocases where the relevant municipal
mayors, administrators or heads of therelevant fire fighting unions, the Super‐intendent General of the Tokyo Metro‐
politan Police or prefectural police chiefs
implement measures to contain contami‐
nation pursuant to the provision of Arti‐cle 107 Paragraph 3.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 110~112)(Ensuring Safety in Connection with Request for Cooperation)
Article 110
When requesting the relevant
prefectural governors and relevant mu‐
nicipal mayors, administrators or headsof the relevant fire fighting unions, theSuperintendent General of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Police or prefectural police
chiefs to provide the necessary coopera‐tion pursuant to the provision of Article
107 Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3, thePrime Minister and prefectural governors
shall give due consideration to the safety
of officials of the prefectural governments,
municipalities and fire fighting unions(including police officers and firefighters)
and take the necessary measures to en‐sure their safety.
(Proactive Measures by Municipal Mayors)
Article 111
When an armed attack disasteris likely to occur, municipal mayors may
instruct the possessors, owners or keep‐
ers of facilities or objects that may spread
an armed attack disaster if it actuallytakes place to implement the necessary
measures for the removal and security of
the facilities or objects and take othernecessary measures to the extent which isfound necessary to prevent a spread ofarmed attack disaster.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, prefectural governors, if theyfind it urgently necessary to prevent a
spread of armed attack disaster, may give
instructions under the said paragraph bythemselves. In such case, when the pre‐fectural governors have given instruc‐tions, they shall immediately notify mu‐
nicipal mayors of the fact.
3. The chiefs of police departments or chiefsof coast guard offices, etc., if requested bymunicipal mayors or prefectural gover‐nors, may give an instruction pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 1. In such case,the provision of the second sentence ofthe preceding paragraph shall apply.

(Instruction on Escape by Municipal
Mayors)
Article 112
In the case where an armed
attack disaster occurs or is likely to occur,
if municipal mayors find it especiallynecessary to protect the lives, bodies andproperty of the residents from an armed
attack disaster or to prevent a spread ofarmed attack disaster, they may instruct
the residents of areas requiring escape toescape (including escape to indoors; thesame shall apply in Paragraph 4).
2. When giving an instruction pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph(hereinafter referred to as “an instruction
on escape” in this article), municipal
mayors, if necessary, may designate thelocations to which to escape.
3. Municipal mayors, after giving an in‐struction on escape, shall promptly notify
prefectural governors of the fact.
4. When an instruction on escape is nolonger necessary, municipal mayors shallimmediately publicly notify the fact. In
such case, the provision of the preceding
paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis.
5. In the case mentioned in Paragraph 1, if
prefectural governors find it urgently
necessary to protect the lives, bodies andproperty of the residents from an armed
attack disaster or to prevent a spread ofarmed attack disaster, they may, bythemselves, instruct the residents of theareas requiring escape to escape. In suchcase, the provisions of Paragraph 2 andthe first sentence of the preceding para‐graph shall apply mutatis mutandis.
6. Prefectural governors, after giving an in‐struction on escape, shall immediately
notify municipal mayors of the fact.
7. In the case mentioned in Paragraph 1, if
there is no time to wait for an instruction
on escape from municipal mayors or pre‐fectural governors or if requested bythem, police officers or coast guard offic‐
ers may instruct the residents of the areas
requiring escape to escape. In such case,the provisions of Paragraph 2 and thepreceding paragraph shall apply mutatis
mutandis.
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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 112~113)
8. The provisions of Paragraph 1 and Para‐graph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis tocases of the execution of duties by the
personnel of SDF units ordered to go into
action, etc. only in the case where munici‐
pal mayors or someone with the authorityof a mayor under Paragraph 1 is deemedunable to give an instruction on escape.
9. The provisions of Paragraph 3 and Para‐graph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis tocase where municipal mayors receive a
notification pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding two paragraphs.
(Public Contributions concerning Emergencies)
Article 113
In the case where an armed
attack disaster has occurred or is about tooccur in the areas of their municipalities, if
municipal mayors find it urgently neces‐sary to implement measures related to re‐sponse to the armed attack disaster, they
may temporarily use the land, buildings
and other structures, use stones, wood andother objects of other citizens in the areasof their municipalities or expropriate thempursuant to a cabinet order.
2. When an armed attack disaster has oc‐
curred or is about to occur in the areas of
their municipalities, municipal mayors, if
they find it urgently necessary to imple‐
ment measures related to response to thearmed attack disaster, may implement
the necessary measures, including theremoval of structures or objects in armed
attack disaster‐hit areas that may hamper
the implementation of measures related
to the response to an armed attack disas‐ter (hereinafter referred to as “structures,etc.” in this paragraph and the next para‐graph). In such case, if structures, etc.
have been removed, they must be stored.
3. In the case where an armed attack disas‐
ter has occurred or is about to occur inthe areas of their prefectures, if prefec‐
tural governors find it urgently necessary
to implement measures related to the re‐sponse to the armed attack disaster, they
may implement the measures provided
for in Paragraph 1 and the first sentence48of the preceding paragraph. In such case,if structures, etc. have been removed,
they must be stored.
4. The provisions of Article 64 Paragraph 3
through Paragraph 6 of the Basic Act for
Disaster Countermeasures shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis to the cases of the second
sentence of Paragraph 2 and the second
sentence of the preceding paragraph. In
such cases, “municipal mayors” in Para‐graph 3, Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 6 ofthe said article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “municipal mayors or prefec‐
tural governors” and “in municipalities” inParagraph 6 shall be deemed to be replacedwith “in municipalities or prefectures”.
5. The provisions of Article 64 Paragraph 7
through Paragraph 10 of the Basic Act for
Disaster Countermeasures shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the case of Para‐graph 1 and the first sentence of Para‐graph 2. In such case, “Paragraph 2 of thepreceding article” in Paragraph 7 andParagraph 9 of the said article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “Article 63
Paragraph 2 of the Basic Act for Disaster
Countermeasures”, “in the case where amunicipal official entrusted with Mayor’s
authority stipulated in the said paragraphis absent at the site” and “require” in Ar‐
ticle 63 Paragraph 2 of the said Act, whichshall apply mutatis mutandis pursuant toParagraph 7 of the said article, shall bedeemed to be replaced with “when it isdeemed that there is no time to wait formeasures to be implemented by prefec‐
tural governors pursuant to the provisionof the said paragraph” and “request” re‐spectively, “personnel of SDF units on
duty on a disaster relief dispatch” in Ar‐
ticle 64 Paragraph 8 and 9 of the said Act
shall be deemed to be replaced with“personnel of SDF units ordered to go
into action, etc.”, “chiefs of police de‐partments” in the same paragraph andParagraph 10 of the same article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “chiefs of po‐lice department or chiefs of coast guard
offices, etc.”, “stipulated by a Cabinet Of‐
fice ordinance” in Paragraph 9 of theAct Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 113~116)
same article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “stipulated by a cabinet or‐der,” and “heads of the offices of the Re‐
gional Coast Guard Headquarters stipu‐
lated by a cabinet order” in Paragraph 10of the same article shall be deemed to be
replaced with “chiefs of coast guard of‐fices, etc.”(Establishment of Hazard Areas)
Article 114
In the case where an armed
attack disaster has occurred or is about tooccur, if municipal mayors find it espe‐
cially necessary to prevent danger to theresidents’ lives or bodies, they may estab‐lish hazard areas, limit or prohibit accessto hazard areas by persons other thanthose implementing measures related toresponse to the armed attack disaster ororder withdrawal from hazard areas.
2. In the cases mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, if prefectural governors find it
especially necessary to prevent danger toresidents’ lives or bodies, they may takethe measures provided for in the said
paragraph. In such case, if the measures
have been implemented, prefectural gov‐
ernors shall notify municipal mayors of
the fact.
3. In the cases mentioned in Paragraph 1, if
there is no time to wait for measures to be
implemented by municipal mayors or
prefectural governors pursuant to theprovision of the said paragraph or if re‐quested by them, police officers or coast
guard officers may implement themeasures provided for in the same para‐graph. In such case, the provision of thesecond sentence of the preceding para‐graph shall apply mutatis mutandis.
4. The provision of Paragraph 1 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to cases of the execu‐
tion of duties by the personnel of SDF
units ordered to go into action, etc., onlyin the case where a municipal mayor orsomeone with the authority of a mayor
under the said paragraph is absent. In
such case, the provision of the second
sentence of Paragraph 2 shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis.

(Cooperation for Firefighting, Transfer of
Injured Persons and Rescue of Victims,
etc.)
Article 115
Municipal mayors or firefight‐
ers and other officials of municipal gov‐
ernments, prefectural governors or offi‐
cials of prefectural governments or police
officers, etc., when an armed attack dis‐
aster has occurred or is about to occur inthe areas of the municipalities or prefec‐tures and if they find it urgently neces‐sary for fire fighting, transfer of injured
citizens, rescue of victims and othermeasures related to response to thearmed attack disaster, may request resi‐
dents of the municipalities or prefectures
to cooperate for the necessary assistancefor the implementation of the measures.
2. In the case mentioned in preceding para‐graph, municipal mayors or other persons
under the said paragraph shall give due
consideration to ensuring the safety of
persons offering cooperation for the nec‐
essary assistance to implement themeasures related to the response to thearmed attack disaster in response to therequest.
(Special Provision for Treatment of Drifting Wreckage, etc.)
Article 116
In the case where an armed
attack disaster has occurred, if drifting
wreckage or submerged items pursuant
to the provision of Article 29 Paragraph 1of the Marine Relief Act (Act No. 95 of
1899) are cleared away, the chiefs of po‐lice departments or chiefs of coast guard
offices, etc. may store them, notwith‐standing the provision of the said para‐graph.
2. The provisions of Chapter II of the Ma‐
rine Relief Act shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis to cases where the chiefs of police
departments or chiefs of coast guard of‐fices, etc. store wreckage or submerged
items pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph.

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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 117~119)(Instructions by Prefectural Governors, etc.
on Occurrence of Armed Attack Disaster)
Article 117
In the case where an armed at‐tack disaster has occurred or is about to oc‐
cur, if prefectural governors find it urgently
necessary, they may instruct the mayors ofmunicipalities, chiefs of the fire defense
headquarters or flood prevention adminis‐
trators (flood prevention administrator un‐
der Article 2 Paragraph 2 of the Flood Pre‐vention Act (Act No. 193 of 1949)) in the ar‐eas of the said prefectures to implement thenecessary measures related to protection
against the armed attack disaster.
2. When the Commissioner of the Fire andDisaster Management Agency finds that it
is especially urgent for the rescue of hu‐
man lives and that there is no time to wait
for instructions to be given by prefectural
governors pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph, he/she may give in‐structions by himself/herself to the mayorsof municipalities in the areas of the pre‐fectures to implement measures related tofire fighting to protect against the armed
attack disaster. In such case, the Commis‐
sioner of the Fire and Disaster Manage‐
ment Agency shall promptly notify thesaid prefectural governors of the fact.
(Instructions by Commissioner of Fire andDisaster Management Agency on FireFighting to Protect against Armed Attack
Disaster)
Article 118
If the Commissioner of the Fireand Disaster Management Agency finds
it especially necessary to have measuresrelated to fire fighting to protect against
an armed attack disaster implemented
appropriately and smoothly, he/she may
give instructions to prefectural governors
with regard to the said measures.
(Instructions by Commissioner of Fire andDisaster Management Agency, etc. on FireFighting Backup)
Article 119
With regard to backup or
support for fire fighting (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “fire fighting backup,, etc.” inthis paragraph and next paragraph) in
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municipalities affected by an armed at‐tack disaster (including municipalities
where an armed attack disaster is aboutto occur; hereinafter referred to as “af‐fected municipalities” in this article),when a request is made by the governorsof the prefectures to which the affectedmunicipalities belong and the Commis‐
sioner of the Fire and Disaster Manage‐
ment Agency finds it necessary, theCommissioner may instruct the gover‐nors of prefectures other than the said
prefectures to implement measures nec‐
essary for fire fighting backup, etc.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, when the Commissioner of
the Fire and Disaster Management
Agency finds that it is a matter of urgen‐cy in light of the scale of an armed attack
disaster and that there is no time to wait
for a request under the said paragraph,
the Commissioner may instruct the gov‐
ernors of prefectures other than the pre‐fectures to which the affected municipali‐ties belong to implement measures nec‐
essary for fire fighting backup, etc. for theaffected municipalities. In such case, theCommissioner of the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency shall promptly no‐tify the governors of the prefectures towhich the affected municipalities belongof the fact.
3. When implementing the necessary
measures in response to instructions by theCommissioner of the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency pursuant to the pro‐vision of the preceding two paragraphs,
prefectural governors, if they find it neces‐sary, may instruct the mayors of municipal‐
ities in the areas of the prefectures to im‐
plement measures, including the dispatchof personnel of fire‐service organs to backup the fire fighting operations.
4. In the cases mentioned in Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2, when the Commission‐er of the Fire and Disaster Management
Agency finds that it is especially urgent
for the rescue of human lives and that it isnecessary for the accurate and prompt
implementation of measures, includingAct Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 119~121)
the dispatch of personnel of fire‐service
organs to back up the fire fighting opera‐
tions on a broad front, he/she may give
instructions by himself/herself to themayors of municipalities other than theaffected municipalities to take measures,
including the dispatch of personnel offire‐service organs to back up the firefighting operations. In such case, theCommissioner of the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency shall promptly no‐tify the fact to the governors of the pre‐fectures to which the municipalities in‐structed to back up belong in the case of
instructions given under Paragraph 1 orto the governors of the said prefecturesand governors of the prefectures to which
the affected municipalities belong in thecase of instructions given under Para‐graph 2.
(Ensuring Safety in Connection with FireFighting, etc.)
Article 120
Whengiving
instructions
pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing three articles, the Commissioner of
the Fire and Disaster Management
Agency and prefectural governors shallgive due consideration to the safety of thepersonnel dispatched to implement
measures pursuant to the provisions.
(Special Provision for Designation, etc. of
Infectious Diseases, etc.)
Article 121
In the case where an al‐
ready‐known infectious disease (except
Category I disease (Category I disease
under Article 6 Paragraph 2 of the Act
Concerning the Prevention of Infectious
Disease and Patients with Infectious Dis‐eases (Act No. 114 of 1998))) has occurred
or is likely to occur as a result of anarmed attack under an armed attack situ‐
ation, etc. and when the Minister of
Health, Labour and Welfare finds that thesaid disease may cause serious impacts
on citizens’s lives and health unless all orpart of the provisions under Chapter 3
through Chapter 6 of the said Act are ap‐
plied mutatis mutandis, the Minister may

designate the said disease as a specified
infectious disease pursuant to Paragraph
7 of the said Article, notwithstanding theprovision of the said paragraph of thesaid article. In such case, “the period
stipulated by a cabinet order” in Article 7
Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of the said
Act shall be deemed to be replaced with“the period specified by the Minister of
Health, Labour and Welfare”, “under acabinet order” in Paragraph 1 of the same
article shall be deemed to be replacedwith “specified by the Minister or Health,Labour and Welfare”, “the period stipu‐
lated by the cabinet order in the preced‐
ing paragraph”, “diseases designated by
the said cabinet order” and “under thesaid cabinet order in the same para‐graph” in Paragraph 2 of the same article
shall be deemed to be replaced with “theperiod specified by the Minister of Health,Labour and Welfare under the preceding
paragraph”, “diseases designated by the
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
under Article 121 Paragraph 1 of the Act
Concerning the Measures for Protectionof the Citizens in Armed Attack Situa‐
tions, etc.” and “specified by the Ministerof Health, Labour and Welfare under thepreceding paragraph” respectively.
2. In the case where an infectious disease
other than quarantinable infectious dis‐eases under Article 2 of the Quarantine
Act (Act No. 201 of 1951) (except new in‐
fectious diseases under Article 34‐2 Para‐graph 1 of the said Act) has occurred or is
likely to occur as a result of an armed at‐tack under an armed attack situation, etc.,
when the Minister of Health, Labour andWelfare finds that the said disease may
invade the country and cause serious im‐pacts on citizens’s lives and health unlessquarantined, he/she may designate thedisease as a kind of infectious disease andapply any of the provisions of Article 2‐2,
Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 (excluding Arti‐cle 34‐2 through Article 40) of the said Act,notwithstanding the provision of Article
34 of the said Act. In such case, the Minis‐
ter of Health, Labour and Welfare may
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Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 121~124)
specify a retention period referred to in
Article 16 Paragraph 1 by taking into con‐sideration the incubation period of thedisease, notwithstanding the provision of
Article 16 Paragraph 2 of the said Act.
3. In the case where an infectious disease(excluding Category I diseases under Arti‐cle 2 Paragraph 2 of the Immunization Act(Act No. 68 of 1948) (hereinafter referred
to as “Category I diseases” in this para‐graph) and Category II diseases underParagraph 3 of the said article) has oc‐
curred or is likely to occur as a result of anarmed attack under an armed attack situa‐tion, etc., when the Minister of Health,Labour and Welfare finds that inoculationis necessary to prevent the occurrence or
spread of the disease, he/she may desig‐
nate the said disease as a Category I dis‐ease, notwithstanding the provision of
Paragraph 2 Item 9 of the said article.
(Special Provisions for Burial and Cremation)
Article 122
In the case where burial or
cremation cannot be conducted smoothly
due to the occurrence of a large‐scale
armed attack disaster, if the Minister of
Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it
is urgently necessary to prevent harm topublic health, he/she may, under a cabi‐
net order, set forth exceptional cases tothe procedures provided for in Article 5
and Article 14 of the Act Concerning
Cemetery and Burial (Act No. 48 of 1948)
for a limited period specified by him/her.
(Cooperation for Ensuring Health andSanitation)
Article 123
When the heads or officials of
local governments find it urgently neces‐sary to implement measures to maintainthe health of residents and ensure a sani‐
tary environment in the areas of the local
governments because of the occurrence ofan armed attack disaster, they may re‐quest residents in the areas of the said
local governments to cooperate for thenecessary assistance to implement themeasures in question.
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2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the heads or officials of local
governments shall give due consideration
to ensuring the safety of the persons of‐fering cooperation for the necessary as‐
sistance to implement the measures de‐signed to maintain the health of residents
and to ensure a sanitary environment.
(Special Provisions for Waste Disposal)
Article 124
When the Minister of the En‐
vironment finds it especially necessary to
prevent the degradation of the living en‐
vironment caused by the occurrence of alarge‐scale armed attack disaster, he/she
may designate areas where waste (waste
under Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the Waste
Management and Public Cleaning Act(Act No. 137 of 1970; hereinafter referred
to as “Waste Management Act” in thenext paragraph and Paragraph 3); thesame shall apply hereinafter in this arti‐cle) should be disposed of swiftly as spe‐cial areas for a limited period only.
2. When the Minister of the Environment
has designated special areas under thepreceding paragraph (hereinafter simply
referred to as “special areas” in this arti‐cle), he/she shall specify standards for thecollection, transportation and disposal ofwaste and standards in the case of theentrustment of the collection, transporta‐tion and disposal of waste to persons
other than municipalities. In such case,the standards in question (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “special standards” in this ar‐
ticle) shall be deemed to be the standards
pursuant to the provisions of Article 6‐2
Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3, Article 12
Paragraph 1 and Article 12‐2 Paragraph 1of the Waste Management Act.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of themain clause of Article 7 Paragraph 1 or
the main clause of Paragraph 6, the mainclause of Article 14 Paragraph 1 or themain clause of Paragraph 6, or the mainclause of Article 14‐4 Paragraph 1 or themain clause of Paragraph 6 of the Waste
Management Act, the heads of local gov‐
ernments may commission persons not

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 124~125)permitted under these provisions to en‐
gage in the collection, transportation or
disposal of waste in the special areas as
stipulated in the special standards.
4. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, when persons engaged in thecollection, transportation or disposal ofwaste pursuant to the provision of thesaid paragraph have collected, trans‐
ported or disposed of waste not in con‐formity with the special standards, theheads of local governments may instruct
the persons to change the method of col‐lecting, transporting or disposing ofwaste and take other necessary measures
within a fixed period of time.
5. When the Minister of the Environment
has specified a special area pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 1 or has set
special standards pursuant to the provi‐sion of Paragraph 2, he/she shall publicly
notify the fact.
(Special Provisions for Protection of Cultural Properties)
Article 125
When the Commissioner for
Cultural Affairs finds it especially neces‐sary to protect important cultural proper‐
ties, etc. (important cultural properties(important cultural properties under Ar‐
ticle 27 Paragraph 1 of the Cultural Prop‐
erties Protection Act (Act No. 214 of
1950)), important tangible folk culturalproperties (important tangible folk cul‐tural properties under Article 78 Para‐graph 1 of the said Act) or historic sites,
places of scenic beauty and naturalmonuments (historic sites, places of sce‐
nic beauty and natural monuments under
Article 109 Paragraph 1 of the said Act);
hereinafter the same shall apply in thisparagraph and Paragraph 3) from de‐struction, damage or other harm causedby an armed attack disaster, he/she mayorder or recommend owners, managers(managers under Article 31 Paragraph 2(including its application mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 80 of the said Act)and Article 119 Paragraph 2 of the said
Act), management organs (management

2.

3.

4.

5.

organs under Article 32‐2 Paragraph 5(including its application mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 80 of the said Act)and Article 115 Paragraph 1 of the said
Act), or local governments or corpora‐tions managing important cultural prop‐
erties, etc. pursuant to the provision of
Article 172 Paragraph 1 of the said Act(hereinafter referred to as “owners, etc.”
in this article) to change the locations or
method of management of the said im‐
portant cultural properties, etc. and takeother necessary measures to protect them.
The provisions of Article 36 Paragraph 2
and Paragraph 3 and Article 188 Para‐graph 3 of the Cultural Properties Protec‐
tion Act shall apply mutatis mutandis tocases under the preceding paragraph.
Owners, etc. of important cultural prop‐
erties, etc. who intend to implement thenecessary measures in compliance withthe order or recommendation pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 1 may request
the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs toprovide the necessary support for theprotection of the said important culturalproperties, etc..
In the case mentioned in Paragraph 1,
when owners, etc. of national treasures(national treasures under Article 27 Para‐graph 2 of the Cultural Properties Protec‐
tion Act; hereinafter the same shall apply
in this article and Article 192 Item 3) or
special historic sites, places of scenic
beauty and natural monuments (special
historic sites, places of scenic beauty andnatural monuments under Article 109
Paragraph 2 of the said Act; hereinafter
the same shall apply in this article andArticle 192 Item 3) do not comply withthe order or the Commissioner for Cul‐
tural Affairs finds it inappropriate to
make the owners, etc. to implement
measures to protect national treasures or
special historic sites, places of scenic
beauty and natural monuments from de‐struction, damage or other harm, theCommissioner may implement the nec‐
essary measures by himself/herself.
The provisions of Article 38 Paragraph 2,
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 125~128)
Article 39 Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2
and Article 186 Paragraph 1 of the Cul‐
tural Properties Protection Act shall ap‐
ply mutatis mutandis to the case under
the preceding paragraph.
6. The provisions of Article 39 Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2 of the Cultural Proper‐
ties Protection Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to cases where prefecturalboards of education implement measures
under Paragraph 4 based on entrustment
pursuant to the provision of Article 186
Paragraph 1 of the said Act which is ap‐
plied mutatis mutandis pursuant to thepreceding paragraph.
7. Owners, etc. of national treasures or spe‐cial historic sites, places of scenic beautyand natural monuments shall not refuse,obstruct or avoid, without a justifiablereason, measures to be implemented by
the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 4
or measures to be implemented by pre‐fectural boards of education based en‐trustment pursuant to the provision of
Article 186 Paragraph 1 of the Cultural
Properties Protection Act which is ap‐
plied mutatis mutandis to Paragraph 5.

Section 3
Collection of Disaster Information, etc.
(Collection of Disaster Information)
Article 126
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, etc. shall strive tocollect information on the conditions ofdamage caused by an armed attack dis‐
aster (hereinafter referred to as “disaster
information) as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
Protection Business Plans.
2. The relevant organizations possessing
disaster information shall strive to coop‐erate for the collection of disaster infor‐
mation pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph.
(Reporting of Disaster Information)
Article 127
Municipal mayors and desig‐
nated local public institutions shall
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2.

3.

4.

5.

promptly report disaster informationcollected pursuant to the provision of
Paragraph 1 of the preceding article toprefectural governors.
Prefectural governors shall promptly re‐port disaster information collected pur‐suant to the provision of Paragraph 1 ofthe preceding article or reported pursu‐
ant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph to the Minister for Internal
Affairs and Communication.
The Minister for Internal Affairs andCommunications shall promptly reportdisaster information reported pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraphto the Task Force Chief.
The heads of designated local adminis‐
trative agencies or designated public in‐stitutions shall promptly report disaster
information collected pursuant to theprovision of Paragraph 1 of the precedingarticle to the heads of the designated ad‐
ministrative agencies which have juris‐
diction over the said designated local
administrative agencies or the said des‐ignated public institutions.
Other than the matters provided for in
Paragraph 3, the heads of the designatedadministrative agencies shall promptly
report disaster information collectedpursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1of the preceding article or reported pur‐suant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph to the Task Force Chief.

(Public Announcement, etc. of Disaster
Information)
Article 128
The Task Force Chief shall or‐
ganize the disaster information reported
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3
and Paragraph 5 of the preceding article,
report the said disaster information to thePrime Minister at an appropriate time andpublicly announce its contents to citizens.
2. The Prime Minister, when he/she has re‐ceived a report pursuant to the provisionof the preceding paragraph, he/she shallpromptly report its contents to the Diet.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 129~131)

Chapter V
Measures for Stabilizing
Livelihood, etc.

Citizens’

Section 1
Measures forLivelihood

Citizens’

Stabilizing(Stabilization, etc. of Prices of Everyday
Goods, etc.)
Article 129
When an increase of prices or a
supply shortage of goods or services
closely related to the citizens’ livelihood
or goods or services important for the na‐
tional economy has occurred or is likely
to occur in an armed attack situation, etc.,
the heads of designated administrative
agencies, heads of designated local ad‐
ministrative agencies and heads of local
governments shall, as provided for in
their respective Civil Protection Plans,take measures based on the provisions of
the Act Concerning Emergency Measures
Against Buying‐Up or Holding‐Back ofEveryday Goods (Act No. 48 of 1973), theEmergency Measures Act to Stabilize
Citizens’livelihood (Act No. 121 of 1973),
the Price Control Act（Imperial Ordinance
No. 118 of 1946）or other laws and regu‐
lations and other appropriate measures.
(Moratorium on Monetary Liabilities, etc.)
Article 130
In the case where there is anurgent need for the purpose of maintain‐
ing the country’s economic order andensuring public welfare following theoccurrence of a large‐scale armed attack
disaster, if the Diet is not in session or theHouse of Representatives is dissolved
and if there is no time to wait for a deci‐sion on convening of an extraordinary
Diet session or to call for an emergency
meeting of the House of Councilors, theCabinet may enact a cabinet order to im‐
plement the necessary measures to post‐
pone the payment of monetary liabilities(excluding the payment of wages andother monetary liabilities based on labour
relations and the paying‐in of deposits,
etc. to banks and other financial institu‐

tions for the said payment) and extending
the retention period of rights.
2. The provisions of Article 109 Paragraph 3
through Paragraph 7 of the Basic Act for
Disaster Countermeasures shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the case in the pre‐ceding paragraph.
(Preservation, etc. of Rights and Interestsof Victims of Specified Armed Attack Disaster)
Article 131
The provisions of Article 2
through Article 7 of the Act Concerning
Special Measures for Preserving Rights
and Interests of Victims of Specified Ex‐
traordinary Disaster (Act No. 85 of 1996)
shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases
where an extremely abnormal and seri‐
ous armed attack disaster has occurred.
In such cases, “the specified extraordi‐
nary disaster” in the heading of Article 2
and Article 7 of the said Act shall bedeemed to be replaced with “the speci‐
fied armed attack disaster”, “the said ex‐traordinary disaster”, “the specified ex‐traordinary disaster and” and “the speci‐
fied extraordinary disaster” in Article 2
Paragraph 1 of the said Act shall bedeemed to be replaced with “the said
armed attack disaster”, “the specified
armed attack disaster and” and “ thespecified armed attack disaster” respec‐tively, “the day when the specified ex‐traordinary disaster occurred” in thesame paragraph, Article 3 Paragraph 1,
Article 4 Paragraph 1, Article 5 Paragraph
1 and Paragraph 5 and Article 6 of thesaid Act shall be deemed to be replacedwith “the day when the specified armed
attack disaster occurred”, “as the speci‐
fied extraordinary disaster” in Article 2
Paragraph 2, Article 4 Paragraph 1 andParagraph 2, Article 5 Paragraph 1 andArticle 6 of the said Act shall be deemed
to be replaced with “as the specified
armed attack disaster”, and “of the speci‐
fied extraordinary disaster” in Article 3
Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 3 of the said
Act shall be deemed to be replaced with“of the specified armed attack disaster”.
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 132~136)(Armed Attack Disaster-Related Financing)
Article 132
When a large‐scale armed at‐tack disaster has occurred, government
financial institutions shall strive to im‐
plement special financing measures re‐lated to the said large‐scale armed attack
disaster, extending redemption periods
or grace periods, refunding existing debts
and, if necessary, lower interest rates andimplement other measures appropriate
for the actual conditions.
(Stability of Currency and Finance)
Article 133
In armed attack situations, etc.,
the Bank of Japan shall, as provided for in
its Civil Protection Business Plan, imple‐
ment the necessary measures to maintainorderly credit conditions by issuing banknotes, conducting currency and financial
adjustments and securing smooth fundsettlement among banks and other finan‐cial institutions.

Section 2
Measures for Securing Infrastructure,etc.
(Stable Supply of Electricity, Gas and Water)
Article 134
Designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
which are electric utilities (electric utili‐
ties under Article 2 Paragraph 2 Item 10of the Electricity Business Act (Act No.
170 of 1964)) or gas suppliers (gas sup‐pliers under Article 2 Paragraph 11 of theGas Business Act (Act No. 51 of 1954))
shall implement the measures necessary
to supply electricity or gas in a stable andappropriate manner in an armed attack
situation, etc. as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Business Plans.
2. Local governments and designated local
public institutions which are water suppli‐ers (water suppliers under Article 3 Para‐graph 5 of the Water Business Act (Act No.
177 of 1957)), city water suppliers (city wa‐
ter suppliers under the said paragraph) or
industrial water suppliers (industrial watersuppliers under Article 2 Paragraph 5 of the56

Industrial Water Business Act (Act No. 84
of 1958)) shall implement the measuresnecessary to supply water in a stable andappropriate manner in an armed attack
situation, etc. as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
Protection Business Plans.
(Securing of Transportation, Telecommunications and Mail, etc.)
Article 135
Designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
which are transport operators shall im‐
plement the measures necessary to en‐sure the transportation of passengers andfreight in an armed attack situation, etc.
as provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Business Plans.
2. Designated public institution and desig‐
nated local public institutions which aretelecommunications carriers shall imple‐
ment the necessary measures to ensure
telecommunications and to preferentiallyhandle the telecommunications necessary
for the implementation of civil protection
measures in an armed attack situation, etc.
as provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Business Plans.
3. Japan Post and designated public institu‐
tions as well as designated local public
institutions which are general mail deliv‐
ery companies (general mail delivery
companies under Article 2 Paragraph 6 of
the Act Concerning the Delivery of Mailby Private Companies (Act No. 99 of
2002)) shall implement the necessary
measures to ensure the delivery of mailand letters in an armed attack situation,etc. as provided for in their respective
Civil Protection Business Plans.
(Securing of Medical Care)
Article 136
Designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
which are hospitals or other medical in‐stitutions shall implement the necessary
measures to ensure medical care in anarmed attack situation, etc. as provided
for in their respective Civil Protection
Business Plans.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 137~140)(Appropriate Management of Public Facilities)
Article 137
Designated public institutions
or designated local public institutions
which are administrators of river man‐agement facilities (river management fa‐
cilities under Article 3 Paragraph 2 of theRiver Act (Act No. 167 of 1964); hereinaf‐
ter the same shall apply in this article),roads (road under Article 2 Paragraph 1of the Road Act (Act No. 180 of 1952) andmotor roads under Article 2 Paragraph 8of the Road Transport Act (Act No. 183 of
1951); hereinafter the same shall apply inthis article), harbors (harbors under theprovisions of the Harbor Act (Act No. 218
of 1950);hereinafter the same shall apply
in this article) or airports (airports under
Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the Airport De‐
velopment Act (Act No. 80 of 1956);
hereinafter the same shall apply in thisarticle) shall appropriately manage theriver management facilities, roads, har‐bors and airports in an armed attack situ‐
ation, etc. as provided for in their respec‐tive Civil Protection Business Plans.

Protection Business Plans when facilities
and installations under their manage‐
ment are damaged due to an armed at‐tack disaster.
(Request for Support Regarding Emergency Restoration)
Article 140
In the case mentioned in thepreceding article, prefectural governors,
etc. or designated public institutions may
request the heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies or heads of designatedlocal administrative agencies to provide
supportregardingthenecessarymeasures for emergency restoration, andmunicipal mayors, etc. or designated lo‐
cal public institutions may issue the same
request to prefectural governors, etc.

(Guidance and Advice, etc. Related toArmed Attack Disasters)
Article 138
Designated public institutionsof which the business is the study of dis‐
asters shall strive to provide guidance
and advice or other assistance for pre‐vention, elimination, alleviation and res‐toration regarding an armed attack dis‐
aster to the national government, local
governments and other designated public
institutions as provided for in their Civil
Protection Business Plans.

Section 3
Emergency Restoration(Emergency Restoration)
Article 139
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, etc. shall imple‐
ment the necessary measures for the
emergency restoration of facilities andinstallations as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 141~148)

Chapter VI
Restoration, Stockpiling and Other
Measures(Recovery from an Armed Attack Disaster)
Article 141
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, etc. shall strive torecover from an armed attack disaster as
provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Plans or Civil Protection Busi‐
ness Plans.
(Stockpiling, etc. of Goods and Materials
for Evacuation and Relief)
Article 142
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designat‐
ed local administrative agencies andheads of local governments shall, as pro‐vided for in their respective Civil Protec‐
tion Plans, stockpile, maintain or inspect
goods and materials necessary for theevacuation of residents and relief of
evacuated residents, etc. or maintain or
inspect facilities and installations neces‐sary for the evacuation of residents andrelief of evacuated residents, etc.
(Supply of Stockpiled Goods, etc. to
Evacuated Residents)
Article 143
Prefectural governors andmunicipal mayors, when they have ac‐
cepted evacuated residents from otherprefectures or municipalities, shall sup‐ply their stockpiled goods or materials
for the relief of the evacuated residents
when ever necessary.
(Request for Supply of Goods and Materials)
Article 144
Prefectural governors or mu‐
nicipal mayors, when they find it difficult
to appropriately and smoothly imple‐
ment civil protection measures for theevacuation of residents and relief of
evacuated residents, etc. due to a short‐age of their stockpiled goods or materials,
may request the heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies or heads of desig‐
nated local administrative agencies (inthe case of prefectural governors) or pre‐58

fectural governors (in the case of munici‐
pal mayors) to implement the necessary
measures for the supply of necessary
goods or materials.
(Stockpiling, etc. of Goods and Materials
Necessary for Civil Protection Measures)
Article 145
In addition to what is provid‐
ed for in Article 142, the heads of desig‐
nated administrative agencies, etc. shall,as provided for in their respective Civil
Protection Plans or Civil Protection Busi‐
ness Plans, stockpile, maintain, or inspect
goods and materials necessary for civil
protection measures related to affairs orbusinesses under their jurisdictions ormaintain or inspect facilities and installa‐
tions necessary for civil protection
measures.
(Relationship to Stockpiling under Provision of the Basic Act for Disaster Countermeasures)
Article 146
The stockpiling of goods andmaterials pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 142 and the preceding article andthe stockpiling of goods and materials
pursuant to the provision of Article 49 of
the Basic Act for Disaster Countermeas‐ures may be conducted in an inter‐changeable manner.
(Mutual Cooperation Regarding Supply of
Stockpiled Goods, etc.)
Article 147
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, etc. shall strive tocooperate with each other with regard to
the supply of their stockpiled goods andmaterials.
(Designation of Evacuation Facilities)
Article 148
Prefectural governors shalldesignate facilities meeting the standards
set by a cabinet order as evacuation facili‐ties in advance for the evacuation of resi‐
dents or relief of evacuated residents, etc.
2. When designating evacuation facilities,
prefectural governors shall obtain theconsent of the managers of the said facili‐ties.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 149~153)(Notification Concerning Evacuation Facilities)
Article 149
The managers of facilities des‐ignated as evacuation facilities underParagraph 1 of the preceding article,
when making important changes stipu‐
lated in a cabinet order to the present
conditions of the facilities for abolition,change of use, reconstruction or otherreasons, shall notify them to the prefec‐
tural governor who made the designation
pursuant to the provision of the said
paragraph.
(Research and Studies Concerning Evacuation Facilities)
Article 150
The Government of Japan shallstrive to conduct research and studies
concerning evacuation facilities equippedwith the necessary functions to protect
the lives and bodies of the people against
an armed attack disaster and promote
development of such facilities.
(Request for Dispatch of Personnel)
Article 151
When it is necessary for the
purpose of implementing civil protection
measures, heads of local governments
may, under a cabinet order, request theheads of designated administrative agen‐cies or heads of designated local admin‐
istrative agencies, or specified designatedpublic institutions (specified independentadministrative agencies (specified inde‐
pendent administrative agencies under
Article 2 Paragraph 2 of the Independent
Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 103
of 1998)) which are designated public in‐stitutions and the Japan Post; hereinafter
the same shall apply in this paragraphand Article 153) to dispatch personnel ofthe said designated administrative agen‐cies or the designated local administra‐
tive agencies, or the specified designatedpublic institutions.
2. Commissions and members of commis‐
sions of local governments, when re‐questing the dispatch of personnel pur‐suant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph, shall consult with the headsof local governments in advance.
3. Municipal mayors, when requesting the
dispatch of personnel pursuant to theprovision of Paragraph 1, shall do sothrough prefectural governors, etc. This
shall not apply in urgent cases of lifesav‐
ing, etc.
(Dispatch of Personnel through Good Offices)
Article 152
Prefectural governors, etc. ormunicipal mayors, etc. may, under a cab‐
inet order, request the Minister for Inter‐
nal Affairs and Communications or pre‐fectural governors to use their good of‐fices to dispatch personnel under Para‐graph 1 of the preceding article.
2. When it is necessary for the purpose of
implementing civil protection measures,
prefectural governors, etc. or municipal
mayors, etc. may, under a cabinet order,
request the Minister for Internal Affairs
and Communications or prefectural gov‐
ernors to use their good offices to dis‐
patch personnel under Article 252‐17
Paragraph 1 of the Local Autonomy Act(in the case of prefectural governors, etc.)
or personnel under the said paragraph or
personnel under Article 91 Paragraph 1 of
the Local Independent Administrative
Institution Act (limited to personnel ofdesignated local public institutions which
are specified local independent adminis‐
trative institutions under Article 2 Para‐graph 2 of the said Act (referred to as“specified designated local public institu‐
tions” in the next article)).
3. The provisions of Paragraph 2 of the pre‐ceding article and Paragraph 3 of thesame article shall apply mutatis mutandis
to cases where the service of good offices
is requested pursuant to the provision of
the preceding two paragraphs.
(Obligation to Dispatch Personnel)
Article 153
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designatedlocal administrative agencies, heads of lo‐
cal governments, etc., specified designatedpublic institutions and specified desig‐
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 153~157)
nated local public institutions, when re‐quested or required to use their good of‐fices to dispatch personnel pursuant to theprovisions of the preceding two articles,
shall dispatch appropriate personnel, un‐less doing so would seriously hamper the
implementation of affairs or businesses
under their jurisdiction.
(Status of Dispatched Personnel)
Article 154
The provision of Article 32 of
the Basic Act for Disaster Countermeas‐ures shall apply mutatis mutandis to thedetermination of the status of personnel
dispatched for the purpose of imple‐
menting civil protection measures pur‐suant to the provision of the precedingarticle or other laws and regulations. In
this case, “disaster relief operation al‐
lowance” in Article 32 Paragraph 1 of thesaid Act shall be deemed to be replacedwith “relief operation allowance for anarmed attack disaster, etc.”(Traffic Restrictions, etc.)
Article 155
When prefectural public safetycommissions find it urgently necessary toevacuate residents, transport emergency
goods and implement other civil protec‐
tionmeasuresappropriately
andsmoothly, they may prohibit or restrict
the movement of vehicles other thanemergency vehicles (emergency motor
vehicles under Article 39 Paragraph 1 of
the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 105 of 1960)
and other vehicles of which the move‐
ment is ensured by a cabinet order for theappropriate and prompt implementationof civil protection measures) by desig‐
nating areas or road sections in accord‐
ance with the relevant provisions of acabinet order.
2. The provision of Article 76 Paragraph 2
and Article 76‐2 through Article 76‐4 ofthe Basic Act for Disaster Countermeas‐ures shall apply mutatis mutandis to cas‐es where movement is prohibited or re‐stricted pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph. In this case, “Para‐graph 1 of the preceding article” in Arti‐60

cle 76‐2 Paragraph 5 and “Article 76 Par‐
agraph 1” in Article 76‐3 Paragraph 5 ofthe said article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “Article 155 Paragraph 1 of
the Act Concerning the Measures forProtection of the Citizens in Armed At‐
tack Situations, etc.,” “disaster emergency
measures” in Paragraph 1, Paragraph 3
and Paragraph 4 of the said Article 76‐3
and Article 76‐4 of the said Act shall bedeemed to be replaced with “civil protec‐
tion measures,” and “personnel of SDF
units on duty for disaster relief opera‐tion” in Article 76‐3 Paragraph 3 andParagraph 6 of the said Act shall bedeemed to be replaced with “personnel of
SDF units ordered to go into action, etc.”(Priority Use, etc. of Telecommunications
Facilities)
Article 156
The heads of designated ad‐
ministrative agencies, heads of designatedlocal administrative agencies or heads of
local governments may have the priority
use of telecommunications facilities usedby telecommunications carriers and use
cable telecommunications facilities orwireless communication facilities installedby the persons stipulated under Article 3
Paragraph 4 Item 3 of the Wire Telecom‐
munications Act (Act No. 96 of 1953) whensuch use is deemed urgent and especiallynecessary for communication to imple‐
ment civil protection measures.
(Issuance, etc. of Red Cross Emblems,
etc.)
Article 157
No person may abuse, in anarmed attack situation, etc., distinctive
signal (distinctive signal under Article 8(13) of the Additional Protocol I (Protocol
Additional to the Geneva Conventions of
12 August 1949, and relating to the Pro‐
tection of Victims of International Armed
Conflicts (Protocol 1)); the same shall ap‐
ply in the next paragraph and Paragraph3) or identity card (identity card under
Article 18 Paragraph 3 of the Additional
Protocol I; the same shall apply in thenext paragraph and Paragraph 3).

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 157~158)
2. Notwithstanding the provision of Article
1 of the Act Concerning the Restriction of
the Use of the Emblem and Title of the
Red Cross (Act No. 159 of 1947; hereinaf‐
ter referred to as “Red Cross Emblem
Act” in the next paragraph and Para‐graph 4) and the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph, the heads of designatedadministrative agencies or prefectural
governors may, in an armed attack situa‐tion, etc., issue or approve the use of Red
Cross emblems, etc. (the Red Cross, the
Red Crescent or the Red Lion and Sun, on
a white ground; the same shall apply inthe next paragraph and Paragraph 4),
distinctive signs or identity cards to
medical institutions under the jurisdic‐
tion of the heads of the designated ad‐
ministrative agencies supporting relief
for evacuated residents, etc., to medical
practitioners and staff (medical practi‐
tioners and staff designated by a cabinet
order provided for in Article 85 Para‐graph 1; hereinafter the same shall apply
in this and next paragraphs) who are
personnel of the said designated admin‐
istrative agencies (including personnel ofdesignated local administrative agencies
under their jurisdiction; the same shallapply in Paragraph 2 Item 1 of the next
article) in the case of the heads of thedesignated administrative agencies or to
medical institutions or medical practi‐
tioners and staff implementing relief forevacuated residents, etc. under the coor‐dination of the prefectural governor or
medical institutions, to medical practi‐
tioners and staff offering cooperation fornecessary assistance for relief for evacu‐
ated residents, etc. in the case of prefec‐
tural governors, in order to identify these
persons (including those providing med‐
ical services entrusted by these persons;the same shall apply in this paragraph) or
locations, vehicles, ships and aircraft, etc.
(referred to as “locations, etc.” in the next
paragraph and next article) used by these
persons for medical care.
3. Notwithstanding the provision of Article
1 of the Red Cross Emblem Act and theprovision of Paragraph 1, medical institu‐
tions and medical practitioners and staff
other than those pursuant to the provi‐sion of the preceding paragraph may use
Red Cross emblems, etc., distinctive signs
or identity cards in order to identify
themselves or locations, etc. used by themby obtaining the permission in advancefrom the heads of the designated admin‐
istrative agencies having jurisdiction overthem in the case of designated public in‐stitutions that are medical institutions,from the prefectural governors who havedesignated them in the case of the desig‐
nated local public institutions that are
medical institutions or from the prefec‐
tural governors having jurisdiction over
the areas where their medical care is pro‐vided for in the case of other medical in‐stitutions and medical practitioners andstaff.
4. The provision of Article 3 of the Red
Cross Emblem Act shall not apply in anarmed attack situation, etc. However,notwithstanding the provision of thepreceding paragraph, the persons who
were authorized under the said Act be‐fore the establishment of the Basic Re‐
sponse Plan may use Red Cross emblems,
etc. in an armed attack situation, etc., on‐
ly in cases where such persons continue
to take care of the wounded and sickpursuant to the provisions of the said Act
without charge.
(Issuance, etc. of Distinctive Sign, etc.)
Article 158
No person may abuse, in anarmed attack situation, etc., distinctive
sign (the international distinctive signunder Article 66 Paragraph 3 of Addi‐
tional Protocol I; the same shall apply inthe next paragraph and Paragraph 3) or
identity card (an identity card in the said
paragraph; the same shall apply in thenext paragraph and Paragraph 3).
2. Not withstanding the provision of thepreceding paragraph, the persons stipu‐
lated in each of the items below (referred
to as “designated administrative agency
chiefs, etc.” in this paragraph) may, in an
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 158)
armed attack situation, etc., issue or ap‐
prove the use of distinctive signs or iden‐tity cards to persons prescribed in therespective items and performing theirduties related to civil protection measures(including those engaged in businesses
related to civil protection measures as
entrusted by designated administrative
agency chiefs, etc.) or persons offering
cooperation for the necessary assistancefor the implementation of civil protection
measures by designated administrative
agency chiefs, etc., in order to identify
these persons and the locations, etc. usedby these persons to perform their as‐
signment, business or cooperation.
(1)
Heads of designated administrative
agencies: personnel of designatedadministrative agencies in question(2)
Prefectural governors: personnel ofprefectural governments in question(except personnel in the next item andItem 5)(3)
Superintendent General of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Police and prefectural
police chiefs: personnel of the prefec‐
tural police in question(4)
Municipal mayors: personnel of mu‐
nicipalities (except personnel in thenext item and Item 6)(5)
Chiefs of the fire defense headquar‐
ters: firefighters under their jurisdic‐tion(6)
Flood prevention administrators:
chiefs and members of flood preven‐tion brigades under their jurisdiction
3. Notwithstanding the provision of Para‐graph 1, designated public institutions ordesignated local public institutions, in anarmed attack situation, etc., may use dis‐tinctive signs or identity cards in order to
identify persons performing their busi‐
nesses related to civil protection
measures implemented by designatedpublic institutions or designated local
public institutions (including those en‐
gaged in businesses related to the civil
protection measures as entrusted by des‐ignated public institutions or designatedlocal public institutions), persons offering
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cooperation for the necessary assistancefor the implementation of civil protection
measures by designated public institu‐
tions or designated local public institu‐
tions or the locations, etc. used by these
persons to perform their assignment,
business or cooperation, by obtaining thepermission in advance from the heads ofthe designated administrative agencies
having jurisdiction over them in the caseof the designated public institutions orfrom the prefectural governors who havedesignated them in the case of the desig‐
nated local public institutions.

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 159~161)

Chapter VII
Financial Measures, etc.
(Compensation for Loss, etc.)
Article 159
When the national government
and local governments have made dispo‐
sitions pursuant to the provisions of Arti‐cle 81 Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3 or Para‐graph 4 (excluding the part related toParagraph 1 of the said article), Article 82,
Article 113 Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 3(limited to the part related to Paragraph 1of the said article), Article 64 Paragraph 7
or Paragraph 8 of the Basic Act for Disas‐
ter Countermeasures that is applied mu‐
tatis mutandis pursuant to Article 81
Paragraph 5 (limited to the part related toParagraph 1 of the said article), Article
125 Paragraph 4 or the second sentence ofArticle 76‐3 Paragraph 2 of the said act(including its application mutatis mutan‐
dis in Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 4 of thesaid article) that is applied mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to Article 155 Paragraph
2, they shall compensate for any loss
which could normally result from thesaid dispositions.
2. Prefectural governments shall pay medi‐
cal practitioners and staff providing
medical care in response to a request
pursuant to the provision of Article 85
Paragraph 1 or an instruction pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 2 of the said
article the actual expenses according to
the standards set by a cabinet order.
3. The necessary procedures related to theimplementation of the provisions of thepreceding two paragraphs shall be stipu‐
lated by a cabinet order.
(Compensation for Damage)
Article 160
When persons who offer co‐operation for the necessary assistance forthe implementation of civil protection
measures in response to a request pur‐suant to Article 70 Paragraph 1 (including
its application mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Paragraph 3 of the said article), Ar‐ticle 80 Paragraph 1, Article 115 Para‐graph 1 or Article 123 paragraph 1 are

killed, injured, become sick or become
disabled, the national government andlocal governments shall compensate these
persons, their bereaved families or
non‐working dependents for damage asprovided for by a cabinet order.
2. If medical practitioner and staff provid‐
ing medical care in response to a request
pursuant to Article 85 Paragraph 1 or in
response to an instruction pursuant toParagraph 2 of the said article are killed
or injured, become sick or become disa‐
bled because of their work, prefectural
governments shall compensate these
persons, their bereaved families or
non‐working dependents for damage asprovided for by a cabinet order.
3. The necessary procedures related to theimplementation of the provision of thepreceding two paragraphs shall be stipu‐
lated by a cabinet order.
(Compensation of Loss Related to Comprehensive Coordination and Instructions)
Article 161
With respect to the implemen‐tation of civil protection measures (ex‐cluding measures related to the restora‐tion of damage caused by an armed at‐tack disaster pursuant to the provision of
Article 141), in the case where the Task
Force Chief, pursuant to Article 14 Para‐graph 1 of the Situation Response Act,has performed comprehensive coordina‐tion for prefectural governments or des‐ignated public institutions or in the casewhere the Prime Minister has given in‐structions pursuant to the provision of
Article 56 Paragraph 1 (including its ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant toParagraph 3 of the said article), Article 60
Paragraph 1, Article 68, Article 73 Para‐graph 1 (including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 79 Para‐graph 2), or Article 88 Paragraph 1, if theprefectural governments or designatedpublic institutions have suffered losses asa result of the said comprehensive coor‐dination or instructions, the national
government shall compensate for any
losses of the said prefectural govern‐
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 161~165)
ments or designated public institutions
pursuant to a cabinet order. However,this compensation shall not be required if
the losses are due to reasons attributable
to the said prefectural governments ordesignated public institutions.
2. In the case where a Prefectural Task Force
Chief, pursuant to Article 29 Paragraph 1,
has performed comprehensive coordina‐tion with respect to civil protection
measures implemented by municipal
governments, designated public institu‐
tions or designated local public institu‐
tions or in the case where a prefectural
governor has given instructions pursuant
to Article 67 Paragraph 2 (including its
application mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 69 Paragraph 2) or Article 73 Par‐
agraph 2 (including its application muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article 79 Para‐graph 2), if municipal governments, des‐ignated public institutions or designatedlocal public institutions suffer losses as aresult of the said comprehensive coordi‐
nation or instructions, the prefectural
government shall compensate for thelosses pursuant to a cabinet order. This
compensation shall not be required if thelosses are due to reasons attributable tomunicipal governments, designated pub‐lic institutions or designated local public
institutions.
3. The necessary procedures related to theimplementation of the provisions of thepreceding two paragraphs shall be stipu‐
lated by a cabinet order.
(Reduction or Exemption, etc. of Public
Levies Payable by Victims)
Article 162
With regard to national tax
and other national government levies
payable by victims of an armed attack
disaster, the national government may
reduce, exempt or postpone the payment
or implement other necessary measures
as prescribed by another act.
2. With regard to local taxes and other local
government levies payable by victims ofan armed attack disaster, a local govern‐
ment may reduce, exempt or postpone
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the payment or implement other neces‐sary measures as prescribed by anotheract or ordinance of the said local gov‐
ernment.
(Special Provision for Lending, etc. of National Property, etc.)
Article 163
In the case where the national
government lends or permits use of na‐
tional property or state‐owned goods as it
finds such lending or permission neces‐sary for the purpose of implementing civil
protection measures, the national gov‐
ernment may lend or permit their use
without charge or at costs lower than theirmarket value as prescribed by another act.
2. In the case where local governments lendor permit the use of their property or
goods as they find such lending or per‐mission necessary for the purpose of im‐
plementing civil protection measures, lo‐
cal governments may lend or permit theuse of them without charge or at costs
lower than their market value as pre‐scribed by another act.
(Payment of Expenses for Civil Protection
Measures, etc.)
Article 164
Unless otherwise specificallyprescribed by laws and regulations, theexpenses for implementing civil protec‐
tion measures and other measures basedon this Act shall be paid by the persons
responsible for the implementation ofsuch the measures.
(Payment of Expenses for Backup Provided by Heads, etc. of Other Local Governments)
Article 165
Local governments to which
the heads, etc. of local governments who
have received back‐up from the heads, etc.
of other local governments pursuant to theprovisions of Article 12 Paragraph 1, Arti‐cle 17 Paragraph 1, Article 18 Paragraph 1,
Article 86 or Article 119 belong shall pay
the expenses for the said back‐up.
2. In the case mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, when local governments towhich the heads, etc. who have received

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 165~168)
the said back‐up belong do not have time
to pay expenses, the said local govern‐ments may request the local governments
to which heads, etc. who have provided
back‐up belong to pay the expenses tem‐porarily on their behalf.
(Payment of Expenses in Cases Where
Prefectural Governors Have Implemented
Measures on Behalf of Municipal Mayors)
Article 166
In the case where municipali‐ties provided for in Article 14 Paragraph
1 are deemed to be unable to pay thenormal expenses for civil protection
measures implemented by the heads ofthe said municipalities before the said
municipalities became unable to perform
all or most of their affairs or the normal
expenses for back‐up provided by theheads of other municipalities, the prefec‐
tural governments to which the munici‐
palities belong shall pay such expenses.
(Payment of Expenses in Cases When
Municipal Mayors Perform Affairs Related
to Relief)
Article 167
When municipal mayors per‐form part of the affairs related to relief
within the scope of authority of the prefec‐
tural governors as provided for in Article
76 Paragraph 1, the prefectural govern‐ments shall pay the expenses for relief im‐
plemented by the said municipal mayors.
2. When municipal mayors perform part of
the affairs related to relief within thescope of authority of the prefectural gov‐
ernors as provided for in Article 76 Para‐graph 1 or if the prefectural governments
do not have time to pay the expenses forthe implementation of the relief, the pre‐fectural governors may make the munic‐
ipalities in which evacuated residents, etc.
requiring relief are staying pay the ex‐penses temporarily on behalf of the pre‐fectural governors.
(Expenses Borne by National or Local
Governments)
Article 168
Of the following expenses,
those paid by local governments pursuant

to the provisions of Article 164 throughthe preceding article (excluding Article 165
Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 2 of the pre‐ceding article; the same shall apply inParagraph 3) and stipulated by a cabinet
order shall be borne by the national gov‐
ernment. However, the salary, dependant
allowance and other allowances of theemployees of local governments stipulated
by a cabinet order, expenses for managing
local governments and performing ad‐
ministrative matters stipulated by a cabi‐
net order and expenses for the affairs per‐formed by local governments as managers
of facilities and stipulated by a cabinet or‐
der shall be borne by local governments.
(1)
Expenses for measures related to theevacuation of residents prescribed in
Chapter II(2)
Expenses for measures related to re‐lief for evacuated residents, etc. pre‐scribed in Chapter III(3)
Expenses for measures related to re‐sponse to an armed attack disasterprescribed in Chapter IV(4)
Expenses for compensation for loss,
compensation for actual expenses,
compensation for damage and com‐pensation of loss provided for in Arti‐cle 159 through Article 161 (excluding
cases of intentional loss/damage orgross negligence on the part of local
governments)
2. Of the expenses for drills conducted by
the heads of designated administrative
agencies or heads of designated local
administrative agencies in cooperation
with the heads of local governments
pursuant to Article 42 Paragraph 1, those
paid by local governments pursuant to
the provision of Article 164 shall be borneby the national government, excluding
those stipulated by a cabinet order.
3. Excluding expenses borne by the national
government pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding two paragraphs, expenses
paid by local governments pursuant to
the provisions of Article 164 through thepreceding article shall be borne by local
governments.
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 169~171)(Government Subsidy)
Article 169
The national government may,within the limits of its budget, subsidise
part of the expenses for civil protection
measures and other measures imple‐
mented by local governments pursuant to
the provisions of this Act and borne by
the said local governments pursuant to
the provision of Paragraph 3 of the pre‐ceding article.
(Special Provision for Bond Issuance)
Article 170
In the following cases, local
governments designated by a cabinet or‐
der may issue local government bonds asrevenue sources during the year stipu‐
lated by a cabinet order notwithstanding
the provision of Article 5 of the Local Fi‐
nance Act (Act No. 109 of 1948).
(1)
In the case of making up for a revenue
shortfall due to a reduction or exemp‐tion of local tax, charges, commissions
and other fees stipulated by the rele‐vant ordinances of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications
necessitated by an armed attack dis‐
aster and of which the extent andscope are deemed reasonable in lightof the situation of the damage(2)
In the case of raising funds which are
ordinarily necessary and which haveto be borne by local governments tofinance the implementation of civil
protection measures and othermeasures by local governments pur‐suant to the provisions of this Act andstipulated by the relevant ordinancesof the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications
2. The local government bonds under thepreceding paragraph shall be underwrit‐ten by the national government or theJapan Post as far as their financial cir‐
cumstances permit by using fiscal in‐vestment and loan programme funds,
postal savings funds under Article 24
Paragraph 3 Item 4 of the Japan Post Act(Act No. 97 of 2002) or postal life insur‐
ance funds under Item 5 of the said para‐graph (referred to as “government funds”
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in the next paragraph).
3. The necessary matters related to the local
government bonds, such as the interest
rate and redemption method, in the caseof such bonds being underwritten by
government funds, shall be stipulated bya cabinet order.
(Financial Measures for Restoration of
Damage Caused by Armed Attack Disaster)
Article 171
Notwithstanding the provi‐sions of the preceding three articles, fi‐nancial measures for measures related to
the restoration of damage caused by anarmed attack disaster provided for in Ar‐
ticle 141 shall be prescribed by anotheract.
2. Under the act mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, the necessary financial
measures shall be implemented at na‐
tional expense so that measures to restore
the damage caused by an armed attack
disaster are appropriately and properly
implemented.
3. Until the act mentioned in Paragraph 1 isenforced, the national government shall
implement the necessary financial
measures so that measures to restore thedamage caused by an armed attack dis‐
aster can be appropriately and smoothly
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 172~174)

Chapter VIII
Measures to Respond to Emergency
Response Situations(Responsibilities of National and Local
Governments, etc.)
Article 172
The national government has
the responsibility to make the whole na‐tion fully prepared to ensure the safety of
the citizens in emergency response situa‐
tions (emergency response situations
under Article 25 Paragraph 1 of the Situa‐tion Response Act; hereinafter the same
shall apply) by means of appropriately
and smoothly implementing, using all its
organizations and functions, emergency
response protection measures (measuresprovided for in Article 25 Paragraph 3
Item 2 of the Situation Response Act andto be implemented based on the provi‐sions of this Act which are applied muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article 183 bydesignated administrative agencies, local
governments, designated public institu‐
tions or designated local public institu‐
tions (including measures for restorationof damage to be taken based on statutory
provisions by these organizations after
the abolition of the Emergency Response
Situation Response Plan) and othermeasures implemented by them pursuant
to statutory provisions as quasi civil pro‐tection measures regarding the saidmeasures during the period between theformulation and abolition of the Emer‐
gency Response Situation Response Plan
(Emergency Response Situation Response
Plan in the said Article 25 Paragraph 1;
hereinafter the same shall apply); herein‐
after the same shall apply), appropriately
and smoothly support emergency re‐sponse protection measures implemented
by local governments and designatedpublic institutions, take appropriate
measures at national expense for emer‐
gency response protection measures, etc.
2. In emergency response situations, local
governments have the responsibility toappropriately and smoothly implement
their emergency response protection

measures, and to comprehensively pro‐
mote their emergency response protec‐
tion measures to be implemented by therelevant organizations in the areas of thelocal governments based on the Emer‐
gency Response Situation Response Plan.
3. In emergency response situations, desig‐
nated public institutions and designatedlocal public institutions as stipulated bythis Act have the responsibility to imple‐
ment emergency response protection
measures in their respective businesses.
4. When implementing emergency response
protection measures, the national and lo‐
cal governments, designated public in‐stitutions and designated local public in‐stitutions shall mutually cooperate andexpend all possible means to ensure ap‐
propriate and prompt implementation.
(Cooperation of Citizens, etc.)
Article 173
Citizens shall, if requested,
strive to provide the necessary coopera‐tion for the implementation of emergency
response protection measures pursuant
to the provisions of this Act.
2. The cooperation in the preceding para‐graph shall be based on citizens’ volun‐tary will and should not be compulsory.
3. The national and local governments shallstrive to provide the necessary support
for voluntary activities to facilitate emer‐
gency response protection measures per‐formed by voluntary disaster manage‐
ment organizations and volunteers.
(Respect for Fundamental Human Rights)
Article 174
When implementing emer‐
gency response protection measures, thefreedom and rights of citizens guaranteedby the Constitution shall be respected.
2. In the case of implementing the emer‐
gency response protection measures pre‐scribed in the preceding paragraph, evenwhen the freedom and rights of citizens
are to be restricted, the restriction shall belimited to the minimum necessity for the
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 174~178)
and shall neither constitute the discrimi‐
natory treatment of citizens nor violate
the freedom of thought and conscienceand the freedom of expression.
(Prompt Remedy of Citizens’ Rights andInterests)
Article 175
Concerning the procedures forcompensation for loss resulting from theimplementation of emergency response
protection measures, filing of complaints
or lawsuits related to emergency re‐sponse protection measures and otherremedies related to citizens’ rights andinterests, the national and local govern‐ments shall strive to deal with them assoon as possible.
(Emergency
Response
Protection
Measures to be Implemented by Designated Administrative Agencies and Designated Local Administrative Agencies)
Article 176
When the Emergency Re‐
sponse Situation Response Plan is for‐mulated, the heads of designated admin‐
istrative agencies and the heads of desig‐
nated local administrative agencies shall
implement emergency response protec‐
tion measures related to operations under
their jurisdiction as provided for in their
Civil Protection Plans pursuant to theprovisions of this Act and other laws andregulations.
(Emergency
Response
Protection
Measures to be Implemented by Prefectural Governments)
Article 177
When the Emergency Re‐
sponse Situation Response Plan is for‐mulated, prefectural governors shall im‐
plement emergency response protection
measures related to the areas of theirprefectures as provided for in their Civil
Protection Plans pursuant to the provi‐sions of this Act and other laws and reg‐ulations.
2. When the Emergency Response Situation
Response Plan is formulated, prefecturalcommissions and commission members
shall implement emergency response
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protection measures related to affairs
under their jurisdiction under the coor‐dination of prefectural governors as pro‐vided for in their Civil Protection Plans
pursuant to the provisions of this Act andother laws and regulations.
3. The provisions of Article 11 Paragraph 3
and Paragraph 4 shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis to cases where prefectural gover‐nors, etc. implement emergency response
protection measures pursuant to the pro‐visions of the preceding two paragraphs.
In such cases, “Basic Response Plan” inParagraph 3 of the said article shall bedeemed to be replaced with “Emergency
Response Situation Response Plan.”(Emergency
Response
Protection
Measures to be Implemented by Municipalities)
Article 178
When the Emergency Re‐
sponse Situation Response Plan is for‐mulated, municipal mayors shall imple‐
ment emergency response protection
measures related to the areas of theirmunicipalities as provided for in their
Civil Protection Plans pursuant to theprovisions of this Act and other laws andregulations.
2. When the Emergency Response Situation
Response Plan is formulated, municipal
committees and committee members
shall implement emergency response
protection measures related to affairs
under their jurisdiction under the coor‐dination of municipal mayors as provid‐
ed for in their Civil Protection Plans
pursuant to the provisions of this Act andother laws and regulations.
3. The provisions of Article 16 Paragraph 3
through Paragraph 5 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to cases where municipal
mayors, etc. implement emergency re‐sponse protection measures pursuant to
the provisions of the preceding two par‐agraphs. In such cases, “Basic ResponsePlan” in Paragraph 3 of the said article
shall be deemed to be replaced with
“Emergency Response Situation Re‐
sponse Plan” and “Article 11 ParagraphAct Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 178~182)
4” in Paragraph 5 of the same article shallbe deemed to be replaced with “Article 11
Paragraph 4 that shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to Article 177 Paragraph
3.”(Emergency
Response
Protection
Measures to be Implemented by Designated Public Institutions and DesignatedLocal Public Institutions)
Article 179
When the Emergency Re‐
sponse Situation Response Plan is for‐mulated, designated public institutions
and designated local public institutions
shall implement emergency response
protection measures related to theirbusinesses as provided for in their re‐spective Civil Protection Business Plans
pursuant to the provisions of this Act andother laws and regulations.
2. The provisions of Article 21 Paragraph 2
and Paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis to cases where designated public
institutions and designated local public
institutions implement emergency re‐sponse protection measures pursuant to
the provision of the preceding paragraph.
(Ensuring Safety)
Article 180
The national government shallgive due consideration to ensuring thesafety of the emergency response protec‐
tion measures implemented by desig‐
nated administrative agencies, local gov‐
ernments and designated public institu‐
tions according to the contents of the saidmeasures. In the same way, prefectural
governments shall give due consideration
to ensuring the safety of the emergency
response protection measures imple‐
mented by the prefectural governments,
municipal governments, designated pub‐lic institutions and designated local pub‐lic institutions in the areas of the prefec‐tures concerned and municipal govern‐ments shall give due consideration toensuring the safety of the emergency re‐sponse protection measures implemented
by the said municipal governments in theareas of their municipalities.

(Jurisdiction, etc. of Emergency Response
Situation Task Force)
Article 181
The Emergency Response Sit‐uation Task Force (Emergency Response
Situation Task Force in Article 26 Para‐graph 1 of the Situation Response Act; thesame shall apply in the next paragraph)shall have jurisdiction over the following
affairs in addition to those stipulated in
Article 12 Paragraph 1 of the Situation
Response Act that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of theSituation Response Act.
(1)
Comprehensive promotion of emer‐
gency response protection measures
to be implemented by designatedadministrative agencies, local gov‐
ernments and designated public in‐stitutions.
(2)
Other affairs within the scope of au‐
thority of the Task Force stipulated inthis Act.
2. The provisions of Article 24 Paragraph 2
through Paragraph 7 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the Emergency Response
Situation Task Force. In this case, “civil
protection measures” in Paragraph 2 ofthe said article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “emergency response protec‐
tion measures.”(Necessary Entries in Basic Guidelines,
etc.)
Article 182
The Government of Japan, in
preparation for emergency response situ‐
ations, shall stipulate the matters neces‐sary for the implementation of emergen‐cy response protection measures in the
Basic Guidelines in addition to those
stipulated in each item of Article 32 Para‐graph 2.
2. The heads of designated administrative
agencies, prefectural governors, munici‐
pal mayors, designated public institu‐
tions and designated local public institu‐
tions shall stipulate the matters necessary
for the implementation of emergency re‐sponse protection measures in their re‐spective Civil Protection Plans or Civil
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 182~183)
those stipulated in each item of Article 33
Paragraph 2, Article 34 Paragraph 2, Arti‐cle 35 Paragraph 2 and Article 36 Para‐graph 3.
3. In the cases where prefectural governors
and municipal mayors stipulate the mat‐ters necessary for the implementation of
emergency response protection measures
pursuant to the provision of the preced‐
ing paragraph by applying the provisionsof Article 37 Paragraph 2 and Article 39
Paragraph 2, “civil protection measures”
in Article 37 Paragraph 2 Item 1 and Arti‐cle 39 Paragraph 2 Item 1 shall be deemed
to be replaced with “civil protection
measures (including emergency response
protection measures).”(Application Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 183
The provisions of Article 7,
Article 8 and Article 9 Paragraph 1,
Chapter I Section 2 (excluding Article 10,
Article 11, Article 16, Article 21 and Arti‐cle 22) and Section 3 (excluding Article 24,
Article 29 Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 7),
Article 42, Chapter II (excluding Article
56, Article 60, Article 68 and Article 73
Paragraph 1), Chapter III (excluding Arti‐cle 88 and Article 93), Chapter IV, Chap‐
ter V Section 2 and Section 3, Article 141,
Article 143, Article 144, Article 147, andArticle 151 through Article 156, andChapter VII (excluding Article 161 Para‐graph 1) shall apply mutatis mutandis toemergency response situations andemergency response protection measures.
In such cases, the term in the middle
column of the following table in the re‐spective provisions in the left column,
shall be deemed to be replaced with theterm in the right column.

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Article 7 Paragraph 2

Paragraph 2 of the next
articleArticle 14 Paragraph 1

Armed attack disaster

Article 15 Paragraph 1

Article 20

Article 15 Paragraph 2 and Paragraph
3, Article 20 Paragraph 2, Article 23,
Article 44 Paragraph 1, Article 45
Paragraph 1, Article 51, Article 52
Paragraph 1 through Paragraph 4,
Article 53, Article 54 Paragraph 8, Ar‐ticle 73 Paragraph 3, Article 74, Arti‐cle 97 Paragraph 3 through Paragraph
5, Article 100 Paragraph 3, Article 105
Paragraph 2, Paragraph 7 throughParagraph 10 and Paragraph 12, Arti‐cle 127 Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 5,
and Article 128 Paragraph 1
Article 18 Paragraph 2

Task Force Chief

The second sentence ofArticle 12 Paragraph 1

Article 20 Paragraph 1

Article 15 Paragraph 1

Heading of Article 23

Armed Attacks, etc.

Article 23, Article 44 Paragraph 1, andArticle 73 Paragraph 4
Article 23, Article 74 Paragraph 2, Ar‐ticle 75 Paragraph 1, Article 85 Para‐graph 1, Article 91 Paragraph 1, Arti‐cle 94 Paragraph 1, Article 97 (in‐cluding heading), Article 98 Para‐graph 1 and Paragraph 3, Article 99
Paragraph 2 Item 1, Article 102 Para‐graph 1 through Paragraph 3, Para‐graph 5 and Paragraph 8, Article 103
Heading and Paragraph 1, Paragraph
3 and Paragraph 5,
Article 104
Heading, Article 106 (including
heading), Article 111 Paragraph 1 andParagraph 2, Article 112 Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 5, Article 113 Para‐graph 1 through Paragraph 3, Article
114 Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2,
Article 115, Article 116 Paragraph 1,
Article 117 (including heading), Arti‐cle 118 (including heading), Article
119 Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2,
Article 122, Article 123 Paragraph 1,
Article 124 Paragraph 1, Article 125

Armed Attacks
Armed attack disaster

Paragraph 2 of the next article
that shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 183
Disaster in emergency response
situations (referred to as humandeath or injuries, fires, explo‐
sions, discharge of radioactive
substances, and other human ormaterial disasters caused direct‐
ly or indirectly by attacks similar
to armed attacks; hereinafter thesame shall apply)
Article 20 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Emergency Response Situation
Task Force Chief

The second sentence of Article 12
Paragraph 1 that shall apply
mutatis mutandis to Article 183
Article 15 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Armed Attacks, etc. in emer‐
gency response situation
Armed attacks in emergency
response situations
Disaster in emergency response
situations

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Paragraph 1, Article 126 Paragraph 1,
Article 138 (including heading), Article
139, Article 141 (including heading),
Article 162, Article 168 Paragraph 1
Item 3, Article 170 Paragraph 1 Item 1,
and Article 171 (including heading)
Article 25 Paragraph 1

Article 25 Paragraph 1 and Article 27
Paragraph 1
Article 26, Article 45 Paragraph 1, Ar‐ticle 63 Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2,
Article 67 Paragraph 5, Article 70
Paragraph 3, Article 72, Article 100
Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 3, Article
101, Article 108 Paragraph 1, Article
127 Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, Para‐graph 4, and Paragraph 5, and Article
152 Paragraph 1
Article 27 Paragraph 1
Article 28 Paragraph 1

A draft Basic Response
Plan or draft revision of
the Basic Response
Plan pursuant to theprovision of Article 9
Paragraph 6 of the Sit‐uation Response Act(including its applica‐tion mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Paragraph
13 of the said article)
Article 27 Paragraph 1
Prefectural Civil Pro‐
tection Task Force
Municipal Civil Protec‐
tion Task ForceParagraph 1 of the pre‐ceding article

Article 25 Paragraph 2

Article 29 Paragraph 8

Prefectural Civil Protec‐
tion Task Force Chief
Municipal Civil Protec‐
tion Task Force Chief
Task Force Chief

Article 30

Article 25 Paragraph 4

Article 31

Article 27 through thepreceding article

Article 44 Paragraph 1, Article 97
Paragraph 5, Article 102 Paragraph 8,
Article 105 Paragraph 9, and Article
107 Paragraph1
Article 44 Paragraph 2 Item 2

Basic Response Plan

Heading of Article 45

Task Force Chief, etc

Article 46, Article 108 Paragraph 2,
Article 128 Paragraph 1, and Article
169

Paragraph 3 of the pre‐ceding article

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Armed Attacks

A draft Emergency Response
Situation Response Plan or draft
revision of the Emergency Re‐
sponse Situation Response Planpursuant to Article 25 Paragraph
4 (including its application mu‐
tatis mutandis pursuant to Para‐graph 10 of the said article)

Article 27 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Prefectural Emergency Response
Situation Task Force
Municipal Emergency Response
Situation Task ForceParagraph 1 of the precedingarticle that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article
183

Article 25 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Prefectural Emergency Response
Situation Task Force Chief
Municipal Emergency Response
Situation Task Force Chief
Emergency Response Situation
Task Force Chief
Article 25 Paragraph 4 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 27 through the precedingarticle (excluding Article 29 Par‐
agraph 4 and Paragraph 7) thatshall apply mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 183
Emergency Response Situation
Response Plan
Armed attacks in emergency
response situations
Emergency Response Situations
Response Task Force Chief, etc.
Paragraph 3 that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Article 47 Paragraph 1, Article 49, Ar‐ticle 75 Paragraph 1, Article 140 and
Article 154
Article 48 and Article 105 Paragraph 8

Preceding article

Article 49

Article 45 Paragraph 1

Article 50

Article 45 Paragraph 2

Article 51 Paragraph 2

Article 45 through thepreceding article

Article 52 Paragraph 1 and Article 73
Paragraph 3

Article 44 Paragraph 1

Article 52 Paragraph 3

Article 54 Paragraph 1

Article 52 Paragraph 7

Article 46

Article 52 Paragraph 8

Article 49

Article 53 Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4 throughParagraph 8 of the pre‐ceding article

Article 54 Paragraph 2

Each item of Article 52
Paragraph 2

Article 54 Paragraph 4 and Article 61
Paragraph 4

Article 47 Paragraph 2

Article 55 Paragraph 1

Article 53 Paragraph 1

Article 55 Paragraph 2

The second sentence ofParagraph 1 of the pre‐ceding article

Article 55 Paragraph 3

Paragraph 7 of the pre‐ceding article

Article 57 and Article 101

Article 50

Article 57 and Article 58 Paragraph 7
and Paragraph 9

Article 54 Paragraph 7

Article 57

Article 55 Paragraph 3

Article 58 Paragraph 4

Article 54 Paragraph 3

Article 45

preceding article that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183
Article 45 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Article 45 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 45 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 45 through the preceding
paragraph that shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis pursuant to Arti‐cle 183
Article 44 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 54 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 46 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Article 49 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Paragraph 4 through Paragraph
8 of the preceding article thatshall apply mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 183
Each item of Article 52 Para‐graph 2 items that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183
Article 47 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 53 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
The second sentence of Para‐graph 1 of the preceding article
that shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 183
Paragraph 7 of the preceding ar‐
ticle that shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 50 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Article 54 Paragraph 7 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 55 Paragraph 3 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 54 Paragraph 3 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Article 58 Paragraph 6

Article 54 Paragraph 6

Article 58 Paragraph 8 and Article 69
Paragraph 1

Article 55 Paragraph 1

Article 63 Paragraph 1

Article 76 Paragraph 1,
Article 78 Paragraph 1
Article 77‐4 Paragraph 1
Article 62 Paragraph 1

Article 64 Paragraph 1, Article 66
Paragraph 1, Article 67 Paragraph 2,
Article 69 Paragraph 2, and Article 70
Paragraph 1
Article 69 Paragraph 2

Article 62 andArticle 71 Paragraph 1

Article 73 Paragraph 2
through Paragraph 4

Article 72

Designated public in‐stitutions or designatedlocal public institutions
The Task Force Chief inthe case of designatedpubic institutions andto Prefectural Task
Force Chiefs in the caseof designated local pu‐
bic institutions
Prime Minister, etc
Prime Minister andprefectural governors
Designated public in‐stitutions and desig‐
nated local public in‐stitutions
Preceding two para‐graphsParagraph 1 and Para‐graph 2
Article 52 Paragraph 1

Heading of Article 73
Article 73 Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4

Article 73 Paragraph 3 and Article 161
Paragraph 3
Article 73 Paragraph 4
Article 74 Paragraph 1
Article 75 Paragraph 1 Item 1 and Ar‐
ticle 84 Paragraph 1
Article 77 Paragraph 2

Article 82

Article 78

Article 135 Paragraph 2

Article 79 Paragraph 1

Article 155 Paragraph 1

Article 79 Paragraph 2

Article 71 Paragraph 2

Article 80 Paragraph 1

Article 73

74

Article 54 Paragraph 6 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 55 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 78 Paragraph 1
Article 77‐4 Paragraph 2
Article 62 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 62 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183 and
Article 73 Paragraph 2 throughParagraph 4 that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183
Designated local public institu‐
tions
Prefectural Task Force Chiefs

Prefectural governors
Prefectural governors
Designated local public institu‐
tions
Preceding paragraphParagraph 2
Article 52 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 82 that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 80 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 135 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 155 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 71 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 73 Paragraph 2 to Para‐graph 4

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Article 81 Paragraph 1

Paragraph 1 of the next
articleArticle 82 Paragraph 1

Article 84 Paragraph 1

Article 83 Paragraph 1, Article 84
Paragraph 1, and Article 159 Para‐graph 1
Article 84 Paragraph 2

Article 81 Paragraph 2

Article 96 Paragraph 3 and Article 152
Paragraph 3

Paragraph 2 of the pre‐ceding article

Article 97 Paragraph 7, Article 104,
Article 105 Paragraph 1 and Para‐graph 7, Article 107 Paragraph 1 andArticle 121
Article 99 Paragraph 1

Armed attack

Article 81 Paragraph 3

Armed attack disaster
From an armed attack
disasterUrgent message of anarmed attack disaster

Article 100 Paragraph 2

Article 47

Article 102 Paragraph 4

Article 119 Paragraph 3

Article 103 Paragraph 1

Article 107

Heading of Article 105 and Paragraph
7 Item 1, Item 2, Paragraph 11, Para‐graph 13, and Paragraph 14 of thesame article
Article 105 Paragraph 1 and Article
152 Paragraph 2

Armed attack nuclear
disaster

Article 109 Paragraph 1 and Article
153

Preceding two articles

Article 109 Paragraph 3

Article 107 Paragraph 3

Article 110

Article 107 Paragraph 2

Article 120 and Article 171 Paragraph1

Preceding three articles

Article 121 Paragraph 1

Article 121 Paragraph 1

Article 151 Paragraph 1

Article 153

Next article

Paragraph 1 of the next article
that shall apply mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 183
Article 84 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 81 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 81 Paragraph 3 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Paragraph 2 of the precedingarticle that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Attack in emergency response
situations
Disaster in emergency response
situations
From a disaster in emergency
response situations
Urgent message related to disas‐
ter in emergency response situa‐tion
Article 47 that shall apply muta‐
tis mutandis pursuant to Article
183
Article 119 Paragraph 3 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 107 that shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis pursuant to Arti‐cle 183
Nuclear disaster caused by at‐tack in emergency response situ‐
ation
Next article that shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis pursuant to Arti‐cle 183
Preceding two articles that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 107 Paragraph 3 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 107 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Preceding three articles that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 121 Paragraph 1 of the said
Act that shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 153 that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 183)
Article 155 Paragraph 2

Article 155 Paragraph 1

Article 159 Paragraph 2 and Article
160 Paragraph 2

Article 85 Paragraph 1

Article 160 Paragraph 1

Article 70 Paragraph 1

Article 161 Paragraph 2

Article 29 Paragraph 1
Article 67 Paragraph 2
Article 69 Paragraph 2
Article 79 Paragraph 2

Article 165 Paragraph 1

Article 12 Paragraph 1

Article 166

Article 14 Paragraph 1

Article 167

Article 76 Paragraph 1

Article 168 Paragraph 1 and Para‐graph 3

Article 164 through thepreceding article

Article 168 Paragraph 1

Article 165 Paragraph 2
Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV
Article 159
Article 161
Article 168 Paragraph 2

Article 42 Paragraph 1
Article 164

Article 171 Paragraph 1

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through

Article 141

Article 155 Paragraph 1 of the said
Act that shall apply mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 85 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 70 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 29 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 67 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 69 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 79 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 12 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 14 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 76 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 164 through the precedingarticle that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 165 Paragraph 2 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Chapter II (excluding Article 56,
Article 60, Article 68 and Article
73 Paragraph 1) that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183
Chapter III (excluding Article 88
and Article 93) that shall apply
mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183
Chapter IV that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 159, Article 160, and Article
161 Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3that shall apply mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 183
Article 42 Paragraph 1 that shallapply mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183
Article 164 that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183
Article 141 that shall apply mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183

Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 184~185)

Chapter IX
Miscellaneous Provisions(Special Provisions for Big Cities)
Article 184
The affairs that are to be per‐formed by prefectural governments orprefectural governors pursuant to theprovisions of Chapter III Section 1 (in‐cluding its application mutatis mutandis
pursuant to the preceding article and ex‐cluding Article 76 and Article 79 Para‐graph 2 (excluding the parts related to
Article 71 Paragraph 2)), Article 148, Arti‐cle 149, Article 157 Paragraph 2, Article
159 Paragraph 2 (including its application
mutatis mutandis pursuant to the pre‐ceding article) and Article 160 Paragraph
2 (including its application mutatis mu‐tandis pursuant to the preceding article)
shall be, in the case of designated cities,
performed by designated cities or theheads of designated cities. In such case,the provisions related to prefectural gov‐
ernments or prefectural governors in thearticles and paragraphs above shall apply
to designated cities and the heads of des‐ignated cities as they are deemed to beprovisions related to designated cities or
the heads of designated cities.
2. When applying Article 74 in the case men‐tioned in the preceding paragraph, “pre‐fectural governors having jurisdiction overthe evacuation destinations” in Paragraph
1 of the said article shall be deemed to be
replaced with “heads of designated cities
within the areas of the prefectures in‐cluded in the evacuation destinations
through prefectural governors having ju‐
risdiction over the evacuation destina‐
tions” and “prefectural governors having
jurisdiction over the areas that have pro‐
duced the victims” in Article 74 Paragraph
2 shall be deemed to be replaced with“heads of designated cities within the are‐as of the prefectures that have produced
the victims via the prefectural governors
having jurisdiction over the areas thathave produced the victims.”
3. In the case mentioned in Paragraph 1,
when the heads of designated cities makea designation pursuant to the provisionof Article 148 Paragraph 1 or receive a
notification pursuant to the provision of
Article 149, they shall promptly report
the fact to prefectural governors.
(Application of This Act to Special Wards,
etc.)
Article 185
When applying this Act, spe‐cial wards shall be treated as cities.
2. The provisions of Article 62 Paragraph 2
through Paragraph 4 (including their ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 69 Paragraph 2 (including its ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183) and Article 183; hereinafter
the same shall apply in this paragraph),
Article 66 Paragraph 1 and Article 70 (in‐cluding their application mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 183) shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the case where theheads of special wards lead evacuatedresidents. In such case, the term “admin‐
istrators (or directors in the case of someunions having set up a board of directors
instead of an administrator pursuant to
the provision of Article 287‐2 Paragraph 2of the Local Autonomy Act; the same
shall apply hereinafter) or chiefs of local
governments’ unions performing all orpart of affairs related to fire fighting(hereinafter referred to as “fire fighting
unions”)” in Article 62 Paragraph 2 andthe term “the administrators or chiefs ofthe said fire fighting unions” in Para‐graph 4 of the same article shall both bedeemed to be replaced with “Tokyo met‐
ropolitan governor” and “municipal
governments which have set up firefighting unions”, “the said municipali‐ties”, “chiefs of the fire fighting unions”
and “heads of volunteer fire companies”
in Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 4 of thesame article shall be deemed to be re‐placed with “special wards”, “the said
special wards”, “chiefs of the fire defense
headquarters in special wards” and“heads of volunteer fire companies in thesaid special wards” respectively.

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 186~187)(Division of Affairs)
Article 186
The affairs that are to be per‐formed by local governments pursuant to
the provisions of this Act (excluding
those that are to be performed by prefec‐
tural police) shall be Type I statutory en‐trusted affairs stipulated in Article 2 Par‐
agraph 9 Item 1 of the Local Autonomy
Act.
(Delegation to Cabinet Orders)
Article 187
Other than those stipulated inthis Act, the necessary matters concerning
the enforcement of this Act, such as pro‐cedures for implementation of this Act,
shall be stipulated by cabinet orders.

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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 188~192)

Chapter X
Penal Provisions
Article 188
A person who has disobeyedorders issued by the heads of designatedadministrative agencies, heads of desig‐
nated local administrative agencies orheads of local governments pursuant to
Article 103 Paragraph 3 (including its ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant toParagraph 5 of the said article (including
its application mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183) and Article 183) or byheads of designated administrative agen‐cies pursuant to Article 106 (including its
application mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183) shall be subject to imprison‐
ment of not more than one year or a fineof not more than 1 million yen or both.
Article 189
A person who falls under any of
the following items shall be subject to im‐
prisonment of not more than six months ora fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
(1)
A person who has disobeyed storage
orders issued by prefectural gover‐nors (or municipal mayors if they ex‐
ercise prefectural governors’ authority
pursuant to the provision of Article 76
Paragraph 1 (including its application
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article183) pursuant to the provision of Ar‐
ticle 81 Paragraph 3 (including its ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant
to Article 183) or storage orders is‐sued by heads of designated adminis‐
trative agencies or heads of designat‐
ed local administrative agencies pur‐suant to the provision of Article 81
Paragraph 4 (including its application
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article183) and has concealed, damaged,
disposed or removed specific goods(2)
A person who has abused the distinc‐
tive signal or identity card in violationof Article 157 Paragraph 1 or who hasabused the distinctive signal or iden‐tity card in violation of the provisionof Article 158 Paragraph 1

Article 190
Drivers of vehicles which havedisobeyed prohibitions or restrictions
imposed by prefectural public safetycommissions pursuant to the provision of
Article 155 Paragraph 1 (including its ap‐
plication mutatis mutandis pursuant to
Article 183) shall be subject to imprison‐
ment of not more than three months or afine of not more than 300,000 yen.
Article 191
A person who has disobeyedorders issued by the heads of designatedadministrative agencies, heads of desig‐
nated local administrative agencies, pre‐fectural governors, municipal mayors,administrators or chiefs of fire fighting
unions, the Superintendent General of theTokyo Metropolitan Police or prefectural
police chiefs pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 108 Paragraph 1 Item 1 through
Item 3, Item 5 or Item 6 (including theirapplication mutatis mutandis pursuant toParagraph 2 of the same article (including
its application mutatis mutandis pursu‐
ant to Article 183) and Article 183) shallbe subject to a fine of not more than
500,000 yen.
Article 192
Anyone who falls under any of
the following items shall be subject to afine of not more than 300,000 yen.
(1)
A person who refuses, obstructs, oravoids an on‐site inspection pursuant
to the provision of Article 84 Para‐graph 1 or Paragraph 2 (including
their application mutatis mutandis
pursuant to Article 183) or has failed
to make a report or made a false re‐port stipulated in the said paragraph(including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183),(2)
Nuclear emergency preparedness
managers who has failed to report toheads of designated administrative
agencies or heads of relevant local
governments in violation of the first
sentence of Article 105 Paragraph 1(including its application mutatis
mutandis pursuant to Article 183)
(3)
A person who has refused or ob‐
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in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 192~194)
structed measures necessary for theprotection of national treasures or
special historic sites, places of scenic
beauty and natural monuments fromloss, damage or other harm in viola‐tion of the provision of Article 125
Paragraph 7 (including its application
mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article
183).
Article 193
Anyone who fails to obey lim‐
itation, prohibition or withdrawal orders
issued by police officers or coast guard
officers pursuant to the provision of Arti‐cle 102 Paragraph 7 (including its appli‐
cation mutatis mutandis pursuant to Ar‐
ticle 183) or limitation, prohibition orwithdrawal orders issued by municipal
mayors, prefectural governors, police of‐ficers, coast guard officers or personnel of
SDF units ordered to go into action, etc.,
pursuant to the provision of Article 114(including its application mutatis mutan‐
dis pursuant to Article 183) shall be sub‐ject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen
or penal detention.
Article 194
If a representative of a judicial
person or an agent, servant or other em‐
ployee of a judicial person or person acts
in violation of Article 188, Article 189 Par‐
agraph 1 or Article 192 with regard to thebusiness of the judicial person or person,
the said judicial person or person in addi‐
tion to the violator shall be punished by afine under the respective articles.

80Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the Citizens
in Armed Attack Situations, ETC. (Article 195~Supplementary Provisions)

Chapter XI
Partial Revision of the Situation Response Act
Article 195

OmittedSupplementary Provisions (Extract)(Enforcement Date)
Article 1
This Act shall enter into force
on the date set by a cabinet order within
three months of its promulgation (en‐forced on 17th September, 2004 in ac‐
cordance with Cabinet Order No. 274 of
2004).

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