Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem

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Act of the Diet of Japan Japanese statute

The Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem is a Japanese statute enacted in 1999 that formally designates the Hinomaru as Japan’s national flag and “Kimigayo” as its national anthem.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem canonical 2
National Flag and Anthem Law 2
Act on National Flag and Anthem 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Diet of Japan ⓘ
Japanese statute ⓘ
appliesTo national symbols of Japan ⓘ
articleCount 3 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1999-08-13 ⓘ
chapterCount 2 ⓘ
codifiedIn Japanese statute book ⓘ
controversy debate over association of Kimigayo with Japan’s imperial and militarist past ⓘ
opposition from some teachers’ unions and civic groups ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dateEnacted 1999-08-13 ⓘ
datePromulgated 1999-08-13 ⓘ
defines design and proportions of the national flag of Japan ⓘ
lyrics of the national anthem Kimigayo ⓘ
designatesAsNationalAnthem Kimigayo ⓘ
designatesAsNationalFlag Hinomaru ⓘ
Nisshoki ⓘ
surface form: Nisshōki
enactedBy National Diet ⓘ
surface form: National Diet of Japan
era Heisei ⓘ
surface form: Heisei period
hasLegalEffectOn public schools in Japan ⓘ
hasLegalNumber 127 ⓘ
isPartOf Japanese positive law ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legalCitation Act No. 127 of 1999 ⓘ
legalStatusGrantedTo Hinomaru ⓘ
Kimigayo ⓘ
legislativeBody National Diet ⓘ
surface form: National Diet of Japan
motivatedBy need to clarify legal status of national flag and anthem ⓘ
nativeName Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 国旗及び国歌に関する法律
policyArea culture ⓘ
education ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
promulgatedBy Government of Japan ⓘ
recognizesAsNationalSymbol Hinomaru ⓘ
Kimigayo ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Education Basic Law of Japan ⓘ
School Education Law of Japan ⓘ
requires use of national flag and anthem at certain official ceremonies ⓘ
setsStandardFor official use of the Japanese national anthem ⓘ
official use of the Japanese national flag ⓘ
shortName Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Flag and Anthem Law
sponsor Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
subjectMatter national anthem of Japan ⓘ
national flag of Japan ⓘ
typeOfLaw symbol law ⓘ
yearEnacted 1999 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinomaru → legalBasis → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ
Kimigayo → legalBasis → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act on National Flag and Anthem
Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem → shortName → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Flag and Anthem Law
Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem → nativeName → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 国旗及び国歌に関する法律
Act No. 127 of 1999 → officialName → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Law Concerning the National Flag and National Anthem
Act No. 127 of 1999 → shortName → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Flag and Anthem Law
Nisshoki → legalBasis → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ⓘ