{"topic_id":"jp_animal_welfare_act_owner_duty","category":"jp-animal-welfare","context":"---\ntopic_id: jp_animal_welfare_act_owner_duty\ncategory: jp-animal-welfare\ntitle: \"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Owner Responsibility & Microchip (飼い主の責任)\"\nlang: en\nsource: 動物愛護管理法の概要 (Outline of the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals), env.go.jp, retrieved 2026-07-24 via headless Chromium (server-rendered)\nsource_file: pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_outline.txt\nsource_type: jp_government_web\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 2\nsource_document: \"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Animal Welfare Act)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"動物愛護管理法の概要\"\n  title: \"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Owner Responsibility & Microchip (飼い主の責任)\"\n  url: \"https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=348AC1000000105\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:jp-kr-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n# Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Owner Responsibility & Microchip (飼い主の責任)\n\nSource: 動物愛護管理法の概要 (Outline of the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals), env.go.jp, retrieved 2026-07-24 via headless Chromium (server-rendered)\n\nThis topic records first-hand official government text. Each claim below is a verbatim substring of the named source_file (C1-verified); the original-language text — not the English translation — is the verified claim.\n\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original verbatim; English in parentheses)\n- `動物の飼い主は、動物の種類や習性等に応じて、動物の健康と安全を確保するように努め、動物が人の生命等に害を加えたり、迷惑を及ぼすことのないように努めなければなりません。`   (EN: Animal owners must strive to secure the animal's health and safety according to its species and habits, and ensure it does not harm human life or cause nuisance.)\n- `なお、令和元年6月に改正された動物愛護管理法において、販売される犬及び猫に対し、マイクロチップの装着、所有者情報の登録等が義務化されました。`   (EN: Under the 2019 amendment, microchip implantation and owner-information registration became mandatory for dogs and cats sold.)\n","sources":["動物愛護管理法の概要 — Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Owner Responsibility & Microchip (飼い主の責任) (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"動物愛護管理法の概要","title":"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Owner Responsibility & Microchip (飼い主の責任)","url":"https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=348AC1000000105","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Animal Welfare Act)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_outline.txt"},"source_document":"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Animal Welfare Act)","source_file":"pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_outline.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":200,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}