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Japan Rabies Prevention Law (狂犬病予防法) — Mandatory Annual Vaccination (Art 5)

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Japan Rabies Prevention Law (狂犬病予防法) — Mandatory Annual Vaccination (Art 5)

Source: 狂犬病予防法 (Rabies Prevention Law, 1950 Law No.247), full statute text from laws.e-gov.go.jp, on disk as pdf-raw/jp-health/rabies_prevention_law.txt. The original-language text — not the English translation — is the verified C1 claim.

This P2 topic records the mandatory rabies vaccination requirement under Art 5. A dog owner must have the dog vaccinated against rabies once every year and keep the vaccination-proof tag (注射済票) on the dog.

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original verbatim; English in parentheses)

  • 犬の所有者(所有者以外の者が管理する場合には、その者。以下同じ。)は、その犬について、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、狂犬病の予防注射を毎年一回受けさせなければならない。 (EN: A dog owner must have the dog vaccinated against rabies once every year — Art 5(1).)
  • 犬の所有者は、前項の注射済票をその犬に着けておかなければならない。 (EN: A dog owner must keep the vaccination-proof tag (注射済票) issued under the preceding paragraph on the dog — Art 5(3).)

Sources

Japan Rabies Prevention Law (狂犬病予防法) — Mandatory Annual Vaccination (Art 5)
Source document: Japan 狂犬病予防法 (Rabies Prevention Law, 昭和25年法律第247号)
狂犬病予防法laws.e-gov.go.jp (elaws), Law ID 325AC1000000247retrieved 2026-07-29

Verification file: pdf-raw/jp-health/rabies_prevention_law.txt

Link points to the issuing authority's site; a direct document link is still being verified.