Foreign Exchange Control Order. Copyright Roderick Seeman

Article 24 (Reports)

The Minister of Finance or the Minister of International Trade & Industry, based on the provisions of Article 67 of the Law, within the limits necessary for the enforcement of the Law (limited to Chapters 1 through 4) and this Cabinet Order, based on procedures determined by Ministry of Finance Ordinance or Ministry of International Trade & Industry Ordinance, can collect reports from parties who will make the said transaction or act or from related parties, concerning the substance of the transactions or acts listed in the following, the date of execution thereof and other matters:

(1) Payments to foreign countries from Japan, payments, etc., between exchange residents and non-residents, or payments, etc., by special settlement methods;

(2) The export or import of means of payment, etc.;

(3) Capital transactions (meaning capital transactions as provided for in Article 20 of the Law);

(4) Service transactions (meaning service transactions provided for in Article 9, Paragraph 2, excluding those coming under the conclusion, etc. of technological induction contracts as provided for in Article 29, Paragraph 1 of the Law);

(5) Transactions related to the buying and selling of goods requiring the movement of goods between foreign countries;

(6) Transactions or acts which correspond to any of those listed in each of the preceding items.