Article 19.

 An alien who is a resident under the status of residence specified in the left-hand column of Annexed TableI shall not engage in the activities described in the following subparagraphs, with regard to the categories identified therein, except where he engages in them with the permission granted pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this article.

(1) An alien who is a resident under the status of residence specified in the left-hand column of Annexed Tables I(1), I(2) and I(5): activities involving the management of a business involving income or activities for which he receives remuneration (excluding rewards for lectures not done as a matter of business, incidental remuneration in daily life and others described in the Ministry of Justice Ordinance; the same hereinafter), which are not included in those activities described in the right-hand column of those tables corresponding to each status of residence.

(2) An alien who is a resident under the status of residence specified in the left-hand column of Annexed Tables I(3) and I(4): the activities involving the management of business involving income or activities for which he receives remuneration.

2.  When an application has been submitted by an alien who is a resident under the status of residence specified in the left-hand column of Annexed Table I, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Ministry of Justice Ordinance, to engage in the activities involving the management of business involving income or activities for which he receives remuneration which are not included in those activities described in the right-hand column of the same Table, to the extent that the activities under the status of residence are not hampered, the Minister of Justice may grant the permission if he finds that there are reasonable grounds.

    

3.  Any foreign crewman who has been granted permission for landing under Articles 16 to 18 shall be further regarded as a crewman as long as he remains in Japan even after he ceases to be a crewman due to being discharged.

Article 19-2.

 Should an application be submitted by an alien residing in Japan, the Minister of Justice may issue a document which certifies the eligibility of the applicant for activities involving the management of a business involving income or activities for which he receives remuneration in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Justice Ordinance.

2.  No one shall discriminate in employing, etc. an alien for failure to show or submit the certificate mentioned in the preceding paragraph, when it is evident that the person concerned is authorized to engaged in the activities involving the management of a business involving the income or activities for which he receives remuneration.