日本国憲法第73条
天皇ハ戰ヲ宣シ和ヲ講シ及諸般ノ條約ヲ締結ス
「憲法改正草案」、国立国会図書館「日本国憲法の誕生」。
In addition to other executive responsibilities, the Cabinet shall:
Faithfully execute the laws and administer the affairs of State; Conduct foreign relation; Conclude such treaties, international conventions and agreements with the consent of the Diet by prior authorization or subsequent ratification as it deems in the public interest; Administer the civil service according to standards established by the Diet; Prepare and submit to the Diet an annual budget; Issue orders and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Constitution and the law, but no such order or regulation shall contain a penal provision; and Grant amnesty, pardon, commutation of punishment, reprieve and rehabilitation.