Disclosed is a disposable wearing article in which a front waist region has an appropriate retaining force and free from a possibility that the lower abdominal region may be tightened. On a body facing surface, an elastic strip (50) extending in a lateral direction (X) between both lateral edges (13c, 13d) is located along a lower edge area (13A) of a front waist region (13) of the disposable wearing article (10).