Law Concerning the Business of Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Judo Therapists - Law Concerning the Business of Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Judo Therapists

…After that, acupuncture treatment was widely practiced in Japan until the beginning of the Meiji era, but it was eliminated from the system when the Medical Licensing Regulations were issued in 1883. In 1912, the Home Ministry Ordinance, Regulations on Acupuncture and Moxibustion, was issued, and the acupuncture and moxibustion business became a licensed business. After World War II, it was temporarily banned by the occupying forces, but in 1947, the Law on Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Judo Therapists made it a licensed business as a medical-like act. This law was revised twice, and in 1970, the Law on Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Moxibustion Therapists was separated from the Judo Therapists Law, and it was revised to the Law on Massage Therapists, Acupressure Therapists, and Moxibustion Therapists. …

*Some of the terminology mentioned in the "Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Judo Therapists Business Act" is listed below.

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…以後，明治初年まで鍼治療は日本で広く行われてきたが，1883年に〈医師免許規則〉が公布されるにおよんで，制度上，排除されることとなった。その後，1912年，内務省令〈鍼術，灸術，取締規則〉が公布され，鍼灸（しんきゆう）業は免許制となり，第2次大戦後，占領軍によって一時禁止されたが，47年，〈あん摩師，はり師及び柔道整復等営業法〉によって，医療類似行為として，免許制となっている。この法律はその後2度改正され，70年には〈柔道整復師法〉の独立により，〈あん摩マッサージ指圧師，はり師，きゅう師等に関する法律〉と改正された。…

※「あん摩師，はり師及び柔道整復等営業法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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