Freelance Service Agreement + Article 3 Notice (フリーランス業務委託契約書)

FREELANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT AND ARTICLE 3 NOTICE OF TERMS (業務委託契約書・第3条通知)

Client: Client company name Freelancer: Freelancer name (sole proprietor) Order date: Order date

This notice is issued under Article 3 of the Freelance Act (フリーランス保護法), in force since 1 November 2024, which requires any business ordering work from an individual freelance sole proprietor (特定受託事業者) to disclose the terms below in writing or by email, at the time of the order — even for a single, one-off engagement.

1. SCOPE OF WORK 1.1. Scope of work (給付の内容)

2. COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT 2.1. Compensation: Compensation amount 2.2. Acceptance of deliverables (検収): Date and place of acceptance of deliverables (検収) 2.3. Payment method: Payment method 2.4. Payment due date: Payment due date — must be no later than 60 days after acceptance of the deliverables.

3. LONGER ENGAGEMENTS (6 MONTHS OR MORE) 3.1. Expected duration: Expected engagement duration (months) months. 3.2. Termination notice: Termination notice period for engagements of 6+ months 3.3. Anti-harassment / pregnancy and childcare consideration: Anti-harassment and pregnancy/childcare consideration statement

SIGNATURES Client ______________ / on behalf of Client company name / Freelancer ______________ / Freelancer name (sole proprietor) /

— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Japan's employment, consumer, and food-safety regimes are subject to phased and periodic changes — including the April 2024 expansion of mandatory items in the 労働条件通知書 (Notice of Working Conditions) under the Labor Standards Act (労働基準法), the Freelance Act (フリーランス保護法, in force since 1 November 2024), the 2020 Civil Code (民法) reform requiring a stated liability cap (極度額) in guarantor agreements (身元保証書), the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報保護法, "APPI"), the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (特定商取引法), and the Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法) HACCP-based sanitation management requirement — have this template reviewed and adapted by a bengoshi (弁護士) or shakai hoken rōmushi (社会保険労務士) before use, and confirm current rules at mhlw.go.jp and caa.go.jp on the date of use.