Civil Procedure In Japan - 2nd Edition

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Table of Contents

About the Book:
The only book of its kind available in English, Civil Procedure in Japan is the most reliable and comprehensive reference on the broad subject of the Japanese civil justice system.

Civil Procedure in Japan discusses the problems encountered in litigating a civil controversy in the chronological order in which they are most likely to arise. By proceeding in this fashion, a coherent picture is presented and, at the same time, abstract categorizations cutting across normal developments in a lawsuit which impede proper understanding of foreign rules in their functional context are avoided. Since civil procedure, as all law, is a product of historical developments and since it cannot be understood without reference to the political structure within it is to operate, Chapter 1 presents the historical background to date of the development of court procedure. The chapter looks at Japan's political organization (Executive, Legislative, etc), the court structure, and the sources of law. Chapter 2 is devoted to a look at the world of Japanese Legal Profession including legal education and non-Japanese lawyers in Japan, while Chapter 3 is an overview of the Judiciary as a whole. Chapter 4 sets forth the basic concepts involved in the judiciary authority and its interface with other governmental authorities. Subsequent chapters deal with practical issues of civil procedure, starting with Chapter 5 through Chapter 8, the trial is traced from beginning (parties to action and pre-commencement preparation including provisional remedies) through appellate procedures. Chapters 8 and 9 deal with various judicial proceedings outside of typical civil actions. Chapter 11 specifically explains various insolvency proceedings from straight bankruptcy to corporate reorganization. Chapter 12 is devoted to the new arbitration law of 2002. Chapter 13 is about various terms of the court costs. Enforcement of civil judgments is treated in detail in Chapter 14. Finally, Chapter 15 is reserved for international cooperation in litigation and sets forth Japan's bilateral arrangements for international co-operation. Furthermore, appendices include an English translation of the Code and Rules of Civil Procedure of 1996 and other important statutes, English translations of sample judgments, glossaries, bibliography, ect.

About the Editors:

Pauline C. Reich, Assoc. Prof., Waseda Univ. B.A. (Political Science), 1968, C.C.N.Y. and Princeton Univ.; M.A., 1972, C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center; Coro Found. Pub. Affairs Leadership Program, 1981; J.D., 1985, N.Y. Law School. Lecturer, Tsuda College, Tokyo Women’s Christian College Jr. College, Chuo Univ., Sophia Univ., 1972-74. Japan Found. Fellow, 1973. Career Devel. Cons., BABEL/Lau Center, 1976-77. Sr. Equal Opportunity Specialist/Mgmt Analyst, U.S. Dept. of Ed., 1978-1994. Cons., Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P., N.Y., 1994-95. Assoc. Prof., Waseda Univ., 1995-2004, Prof., since 2004. Member, The Bar of the State of N.J., since 1987, Vice Chmn., Legal Services Comm., Amer. Chamber of Commerce in Japan, since 1999. Co-chmn., Pacific Rim Subcomm., A.B.A. Sect. of Dispute Resolution, 1995-1999. Vice Chmn., Int’l Legal Ed. Comm., A.B.A. Sect. of Int’l Law and Practice, 1996-98. Exec. Comm., Comm. on Asian Law, Ass’n. for Asian Studies (U.S.). Vice Chmn., E-Commerce Payment Comm., A.B.A. Section of Science & Technology, since 2006. 

Hiroto Miyake, Prof, Toin Univ. of Yokohama. B.A. (Social Science), 1957, Int’l Christian Univ.; LL.M., 1965, Northwestern. Vis. Scholar, Northwestern Univ. and Univ. of Chicago, 1963-65. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1961-65, 1970-71; Sapporo Dist. Ct. & Sapporo High Ct., 1966-69; Tokyo Family Ct., 1969-70. Member, Legal Staff, Ministry of Justice, 1971-1975; General Secretariat, Sup. Ct., 1965-66, 75-80. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1980-84; Tokyo High Ct., 1993-97. Prof, Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1984-88. Deputy Chief Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1988-92. Chief Judge, Mito Dist. Ct., 1992-93. Chief Judge, Tokyo Family Ct., 1997-99. Prof., Toin Univ. of Yokohama, since 1999.

About the Editorial Advisors:
Toji Tao, Former Dean of Law Department, Teikyo Univ. LL.B., 1949, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1959, Southern Methodist Univ. Ass’t. Judge, Kobe Dist. Ct., 1951-53; Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1953-55; Utsunomiya Dist. Ct., 1955-58; Kumamoto Dist. Ct., 1960-61. Judge, Kofu Dist. Ct., 1961-64; Tokyo High Ct., 1969-72, 82-86, 86-90. Prof., Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1964-69. Research Off., Sup. Ct., 1972-79. Chief Judge, Niigata Family Ct., 1979-80; Utsunomiya Family Ct., 1980-82; Chiba Dist. Ct., 1986; Sendai High Ct., 1990-91. Prof., Teikyo Univ., since 1991-2003.

Itsuo Sonobe, Retired Justice, Sup. Ct. LL.B., 1954, LL.D., 1967, Kyoto Univ. Vis. Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ., 1957-59. Assoc. Prof., Kyoto Univ., 1956-70. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1970-75, 83-85; Tokyo High Ct., 1975; Maebashi Dist Ct., 1975-78. Research Off., Sup. Ct., 1978-83. Prof., Tsukuba Univ., 1985-87. Provost, First Group of Faculties, Tsukuba Univ., 1986-87. Prof., Seikei Univ., 1987-89. Justice, Sup. Ct., 1989-1999. Member, Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1999. Vis. Prof., Ritsumeikan Univ., since 1999.

Hideo Chikusa, Retired Justice, Sup. Ct LL.B., 1953, The Univ. of Tokyo. M.C.L., Southern Methodist Univ., 1962. Ass’t. Judge, Yokohama Dist. Ct. & Family Ct., 1955-58; Maebashi Dist. Ct. & Family Ct., 1958-1961; Hiroshima Dist. Ct. & Family Ct., 1961-64. Judge, Nagano Family Ct. & Dist. Ct., 1965-67; Osaka Dist. Ct., 1972-74; Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1983-86; Tokyo High Ct., 1987, 89-92. Research Off., Sup. Ct., 1967-72. Director, Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau, 1974-75. Counselor, Director and Director-General, Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice, 1975-83, 86-87. Chief Judge, Shizuoka Dist. Ct., 1987-89. Secretary General, Sup. Ct., 1992-93. Justice, Sup. Ct., 1993-2002. Prof. Toin Univ. of Yokohama, since 2002. 

About the Contributors:

Akihiro Hironaka, Nishimura & Partners. LL.B., 1993, The Univ. of Tokyo. LL.M., 2003, harvard. Member, The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n, 1996-1998, since 2000 (readmitted). Assoc., Nishimura & Partners, 1996-1998, since 2000; Ass’t Judge, Yokohama Dist. Ct., 1998-2000. Arnold & Porter LLP, D.C., 2003-2004. Partner, Nishimura & Partners, since 2007.

Tatsuo Ikeda, Prof., Osaka Univ. LL.B., 1974, LL.M., 1976, LL.D., 1995, Kyushu Univ.; Vis. Scholar, Freiburg Univ., Ger., 1985-87. Ass’t. Judge, Kobe Dist. Ct., 1978-80. Lecturer, Osaka Univ., 1980-82; Assoc. Prof., 1982-92; Prof., since 1992. Member, Comm. of the National Legal Exam., 1997-98.

Masako Kamiya, Prof., Gakushuin Univ. LL.B., 1975, The Univ.of Tokyo; LL.M., 1977, Tohoku Univ.; LL.D., 1981, The Univ. of Tokyo. Assoc. Prof., Hokkaido Univ., 1982-91; Prof., 1991-92. Prof., Gakushuin Univ., since 1992.

Kazuo Kato, Retired Chief Judge, Yokohama Dist. Ct. LL.B., 1956, LL.M., 1961, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1968, Harvard. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1963-66, 70-74, 79-81, 86-90; Sapporo Dist. Ct., 1966-70; Tokyo High Ct., 1993, 96-97. Counselor, Ministry of Justice, 1974-79. Research Off., Sup. Ct., 1981-86. Director-General, Litigation Bureau, Ministry of Justice, 1990-93. Chief Judge, Kanazawa Dist. Ct., 1994; Shizuoka Dist. Ct., 1995-96; Yokohama Dist. Ct., 1997-1999; Sendai High Ct., 1999-2001. Pres. Environmental Dispute Coordination commission, since 2001. 

Kiyoshi Kawashima, Partner, Kawashima & Kawashima Attorneys. LL.B., 1977, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1982, Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley). Member, The Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Ass’n., 1979-83; Yokohama Bar Ass’n., since 1983. Assoc., Adachi, Henderson, Miyatake & Fujita, 1979-83. Davis Wright Todd Riese & Jones, Seattle, Wash., 1982-83. Partner, Kawashima & Kawashima Attorneys, since 1983. Prof., Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1995-98.

Hisaya Kimura, Partner, Nagashima & Ohno. LL.B., 1983, Waseda Univ.; LL.M., 1990, Harvard. Member, The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1985; The Bar of the State of NY, since 1991. Assoc., Fujibayashi Law Offices, 1985-93; Nagashima & Ohno, 1993-96. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, N.Y., 1991-93. Partner, Nagashima & Ohno, since 1996.

Kazutoshi Koike, Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct. LL.B., 1984, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1989, Harvard. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1986-90, 92-93; Sapporo Dist. & Family Ct., 1993-96. Member, Legal Staff, General Secretariat, Sup. Ct., 1990. Ass’t. Councillor, Cabinet Secretariat, 1990-92. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., since 1996.

Takeshi Kojima, Prof. & Dean, Toin Yokohama Univ. LL.B., 1959; LL.M., 1961; LL.D., 1978, Chuo Univ; Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1963. Vis. Scholar, Univ. of Michigan, 1966-68. Assoc. Prof., Chuo Univ., 1964-71; Prof., 1971-2006; Toin Univ. of Yokohama. Guest Prof., Aix-Marseille Univ., 1983; Frankfurt Goethe Univ., 1991-92.

Tamami Masumori, Research Off., Sup. Ct. LL.B., 1989, The Univ. of Tokyo. Vis. Scholar, Univ. of Wash., 1995-96. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1991-92, 1996-99; Fukuoka Dist. Ct., Kokura Branch, 1993-96; Osaka Dist. Ct., 1999-2003. Research Off., Sup. Ct., since 2003. 

Hajime Nishiguchi, Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct. LL.B., 1973; LL.M., 1975, Waseda Univ. Vis. Researcher, Georgetown Univ., 1988-89. Ass’t. Judge, Okayama Dist. Ct., 1980-83; Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1989-90. Public Attorney, Takamatsu Legal Affairs Bureau, 1983-86; Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau, 1986-89. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1990-92, 1997-present; Osaka Dist. Ct., 1992-95; Tokyo High Ct., 1995-97; Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1997-2000, Chiba Dist. Ct., since 2000. 

Tetsuya Obuchi, Prof., The Univ. of Tokyo. LL.B., 1982, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1987; S.J.D., 1988, Harvard. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1984-86; Nagoya Dist. Ct., 1992-95. Staff Attorney, UN Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1989-90. Secretary, Japanese Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, 1990-92. Member, Legal Staff, General Secretariat, Sup. Ct., 1988-89, 95-98. Member, Comm. of the National Legal Exam., 1995-97. Judge, Tokyo High Ct., 1998-99. Prof., The Univ. of Tokyo, since 1999.

Masaharu Ohashi, Partner, Okazaki, Ohashi & Maeda. LL.B., 1969, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1976, Harvard. Member, The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1972. Assoc., Kajitani Law Office, 1972-83. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 1976-77. Partner, Okazaki, Ohashi & Maeda (formerly Abiru & Ohashi), since 1983. Prof., Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1993-96.

Katsu Sengoku, Partner, Nishimura & Partners. LL.B., 1980, LL.M., 1987, Waseda Univ.; LL.M., 1984, Yale. Vis. Scholar, Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley), 1984-85. Member, The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1982. Assoc., Nishimura & Sanada, 1986-90. Partner, Nishimura & Partners (formerly Nishimura & Sanada), since 1990.

Akira Takakuwa, Prof., Seikei Univ. LL.B., 1960, The Univ. of Tokyo; M.C.L., 1968, Columbia. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1962-65. Member, Legal Staff, and Legal Advisor, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1965-76. Partner, Takakuwa Law Office, 1977-87. Prof., Rikkyo Univ., 1988-92; Kyoto Univ., since 1993-2000. Teikyo Univ., 2000-03, Seikei Univ., since 2003. Of Counsel, Mori, Hamada & Matsumoto, Tokyo, since 2000. 

Koji Takeuchi, Partner, Sakura Kyodo Law Offices. LL.B., 1968, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1983, Columbia. Member, Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1970; The Bar of the State of N.Y., since 1986. Assoc., Matsuo & Kosugi, 1970-72. Partner, Sakura Kyodo Law Offices, since 1972. Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Atlanta, Ga., since 1983. Lecturer, Hosei Univ., 1977-82; Gakushuin Univ., since 1997.

Yutaka Tanaka, Partner, Yutaka Tanaka Law Office. LL.B., 1973, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1977, Harvard. Ass’t. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1975-79. Ass’t. Prof., Legal Train. & Res. Inst., 1979-81; Prof., 1987-91. Member, Legal Staff, General Secretariat, Sup. Ct., 1981-83. Judge, Tokyo Dist. Ct., 1986-87. Research Off., Sup. Ct., 1992-96. Member, Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1996. Assoc., Hashimoto Kizawa & Fujiwara Law Office, 1996-99. Partner, Yutaka Tanaka Law Office, since 1999.

Hiroyuki Tezuka, Partner, Nishimura & Partners. LL.B., 1984, The Univ. of Tokyo; LL.M., 1992, Harvard. Member, The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n., since 1986; The Bar of the State of N.Y., since 1993; The Bar of the U.S. Sup. Ct., since 1998. Assoc., Nishimura & Sanada, 1986-93. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, N.Y., 1992-93. Partner, Nishimura & Partners (formerly Nishimura & Sanada), since 1993. Lecturer, Chuo Univ. Graduate School, since 1997.

Masako Yajima, Associate, Nishimura & Partners. LL.B., 1992, Keio Univ; LL.M., 2000, Columbia. Member, the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Ass’n, since 1994; the Bar of the State of NY, since 2001. Assoc., Nishimura & Partners, since 1994.

Mayumi Nishizawa, Former Lecturer, Nishogakusha Univ. LL.B., 1992; LL.M., 1994, Waseda Univ. Academic Ass’t., Waseda Univ., 1994-97. Lecturer, Nishogakusha Univ., since 1997.

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