PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable wearing article having a side edge part that can be easily torn at the time of disposal.SOLUTION: A disposable wearing article 10 includes a front waist region 11, a rear waist region 12, and a crotch region 13 and forms a waist opening 25 and a leg opening 27 by joining a side edge part 16c of the front waist region with a side edge part 17c of the rear waist region in a joining region 15 extending in a longitudinal direction Y. The joining region extends from a waist opening edge 26 forming the waist opening to a leg opening edge 28 forming the leg opening and includes a plurality of fusion parts 29 which are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction for joining the front waist region with the rear waist region and a wide gap part 41 in which an interval between the adjacent fusion parts is larger than an interval between the other adjacent fusion parts. The fusion part has curved parts each curved in a lateral direction, and the wide gap part is positioned closer to the waist opening edge between the waist opening edge and the leg opening edge.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT