{"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\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":[],"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."}