Permission required - permission required

Japanese: 許可制 - きょかせい

...a concept in administrative law. One of the administrative methods for regulating people's behavior is the "permit system." This is a mechanism in which a certain type of behavior is generally prohibited, and then the administrative agency decides whether to lift this prohibition for each individual.

[Notification system]

...The actions of citizens are not prohibited in themselves, but are merely subject to procedural restrictions in the form of prior notification. In contrast, the permission system is a system that lifts individual prohibitions on the exercise of citizens' rights and freedoms that are generally prohibited by positive law. In the case of a notification system, if the notification is deemed lawful and accepted by the administrative agency, citizens can carry out the action in question lawfully.

From [Approval]

…There are also other examples, such as the approval system for so-called recession cartels and rationalization cartels (Articles 24-3 and 24-4 of the Antimonopoly Act). Approval systems are distinguished from permission systems. The latter do not necessarily include the purpose of restricting the legal effect of the parties' actions, but rather prohibit certain actions without permission. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "permit system" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…行政法学上の概念。人の行動を規制するための行政上の手法の一つとして〈許可制〉がある。これは，ある種の行動をひとまず一般的に禁止したうえで，個々人についてこの禁止を解除するかどうかを行政庁に決定させるというしくみである。…

【届出制】より

…国民の行為それ自体は，なんら禁止されているわけではなく，たんに事前の届出という手続上の規制を受けるにとどまる。これに対して，許可制は，実定法規によって一般的に禁止されている国民の権利･自由の行使について，個別的にその禁止を解除する制度である。届出制の場合には，届出が行政庁によって適法と判断されて受理されれば，それだけで国民は当該行為を適法に行うことが可能である。…