Act on Related Laws for Disaster Management Agency Establishment Act Implementation (amends APPI)
防災庁設置法の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律
Published: 2026-07-17 · Source: e-Gov Law Search — Updated Laws · Stage: Scheduled to Take Effect · Area: Public Safety / Disaster Management · Impact (preliminary): Medium · First detected by this dashboard: 2026-10-02
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AI summary
Generated by AI from the Japanese source metadata. It is an unofficial monitoring aid, not legal advice, and may contain errors. The area, stage, and impact labels are preliminary keyword-based triage labels. Confirm every point in the original Japanese source.
Summary
The e-Gov law update list records an act titled in Japanese as the Act on the Arrangement of Related Laws Accompanying Enforcement of the Disaster Management Agency Establishment Act (Reiwa 8 Act No. 62). The metadata lists a promulgation date of 2026-07-17 and an enforcement date of 2026-11-02, and identifies the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) as an affected law. The specific amendments to that law are not described in the provided metadata.
Business Impact
If the amendments touch provisions relevant to personal information handling, organizations subject to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information could be affected, but the nature and scope of any change cannot be determined from the provided metadata.
Recommended Action
Consider reviewing the official Japanese text on e-Gov, and consulting qualified counsel as appropriate, to confirm which provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information are amended and whether they are relevant.
Timeline of related official records
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- Date not stated by the source — Bill listed by the House of Representatives (Diet session 221) Dashboard page Original Japanese source
- 2026-07-17 — Promulgated (statute recorded by e-Gov Law Search) Original Japanese source
- 2026-11-02 — Effective date stated by e-Gov Law Search Original Japanese source