#$%^&*AU2014101513A420150226.pdf#####ABSTRACT An open-type disposable diaper having a longitudinal direction and a width direction intersecting with each other, having arranged a first waist-circumference part, a crotch part, and a second waist-circumference part in this order from one side in the longitudinal direction, including an absorbent body core, and a pair of fastening tapes extending outward from the first waiszt-circumferce part in both width directions；, wherein the second waist-circuference part includes an engaging end of the fastening tapes at a location in the longitudinal direction where longitudinal ends, of the fastening tapes, on a side of the crotch part are located when longitudinal ends of the disposable diaper are aligned, the absorbent body core includes at least a pair of notch parts on both ends in the width direction, and in the longitudinal direction a portion that becomes n narrowest among portions of the absorbent body core sandwiched between the pair of notch parts is located in a region, in an area between the engaging end and a product center that is a center of the disposable diaper, between a center of the area arnd the engaging end.
