Constitution of Japan (Extracts)
Child welfare law (Law no. 164 of 1947)
Widowed mother and child welfare law (Law no. 129, Jul. 1, 1964)
Maternal and child health law (Law no. 141 of 1965)
Children's allowance law (Law no. 73, May 27, 1971)
Child rearing allowance law (Law no. 238 of 1961)
Law concerning the grant of special child rearing allowance and others (Law no. 134 of 1964)
Law for the welfare of mentally retarded persons (Law no. 37 of 1960)
Minimum standards for child welfare institutions (Ministry of Health and Welfare Ordinance no. 63 of 1948)
Law of national children's land association (Extract)
Law of Association of the Welfare for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped Persons (Extract)
Social welfare service law (Extract)
Welfare commissioner law (Extract)
Daily life security law (Extract)
Health center law (Extract)
Juvenile law (Extract)
Fundamental law of education (Extract)
School education law (Extract)
Labor standards law (Extract)
Fundamental law of measures for mentally and physically handicapped persons (Law no. 84, May 21, 1970)
Children's charter (Proclaimed on May 5, 1951)
Declaration of the rights of the child (Proclaimed on Nov. 21, 1959)
Declaration on the rights of mentally retarded persons (Proclaimed on Dec. 20, 1970).