(Aim and establishment) Article 1. The National Language Research Institute (hereinafter to be referred to as the Institute) shall be established for the purpose of conducting scientific surveys and studies in the national language and the nation's linguistic life, thereby providing an accurate and firm foundation for rationalizing the national language. 2 The Institute shall be under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education shall not supervise the Institute as to the matters other than those reiating to the budget as well as personnel affairs of the Institute.

(Business) Article 2. The Institute shall conduct the surveys and studies concerning: (1) Contemporary linguistic life and linguistic culture; (2) Historical development of the national language; (3) Aim, method and result of the national language education; (4) Language used in newspapers, radio broadcasting, and other media of mass communication. 2 The Institute shall, on the basis of the surveys and studies listed in the preceding paragraph, conduct the business concerning: (1) Preparation of reference date and materials for formulating the national language policy; (2) Collection, preservation, and releasing to the public of the data and materials for research in the national language; (3) Compilation and publication of present-day Japanese dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary of the Japanese language historically traced, and other results of the researches.

(Delegation of surveys and studies) Article 3. As a matter of principle, the Institute shall not duplicate surveys and studies previously done or now being carried on by other research organs or individuals. 2 In order to avoid the duplication described in the preceding paragraph, the Institute may delegate, as an enterprise of the Institute itself, surveys and studies of the types designated in any of the items of paragraph 1 in the preceding Article, to such other suitable research organs or individuals as are engaged in surveys and studies of type described.

(Director) Article 4. The Institute shall have a director. 2 The Director shall be appointed from among first class Education Ministry Instructors or Secretaries by the Minister of Education. 3 The Director shall not be, concurrently, other government official or employee.

(Making public report) Article 5. The Director, shall officially make public at least once a year the report concerning the condition and results of surveys and studies.

(Council) Article 6. The Institute shall have the Council. 2 The Council shall deliberate on the annual projects, the delegation of surveys and studies, and other important matters of the Institute and give recommendation to the Director. 3 The Director shall seek the ideas and advice of the Council regarding the aforesaid important matters.

(Councillor) Article 7. The Council shall consist of 20 councillors. 2 The Councillors shall be appointed or commissioned by the Minister of Education from among the persons of learning and experience in accordance with the provisions of the National Public Service Law (Law No.120 of 1947). 3 Any government officials or employees, except members of the educational service of school, shall not be, concurrently, the councillors. 4 The tenure of office of the councillors shall be 4 years. Appointment of half the members shall take place every 2 years. However, they may be reappointed or recommissioned. 5 The tenure of office of a substituted councillor shall cover the remainder of his predecessor's term of office.

(Chairman and vice-chairman of the Council) Article 8. The Council shall have a chairman and a vicechairman, who have been elected from among the councillors and their tenure of office shall be 2 years.

(Matters concerning management of the Council) Article 9. Matters concerning the management of the Council other than Ordained by the present Law shall be determined by the Minister of Education referring to the advices of the Council.

(Operation of the Institute) Article 10. The organization of the departments and sections of the Institute, the selection and distribution of personnel, and the matters necessary to the operation of the Institute shall be determined by the Director.

(Personnel) Article 11. The fixed number of the full-time Education Ministry Instructors or Secretaries to be placed to the Institute shall be shown in the following list: Rank 1st class 2nd class 3rd class Total Kind of personnel Education Ministry Instructors or Secretaries 3 persons 10 persons 12 persons 25 persons Remarks:The fixed number of the first class Instructors or Secretaries shall include the fixed number of the Director.

2 The Education Ministry Instructors or Secretaries who are now in the second or the third class shall not be promoted respectively to the first or the second class referred to in the preceding paragraph at the time of their transference.