Article 148Postponement of Expiration of Prescription Period and Renewal of Period of Prescription on the Ground of Enforcement
第百四十八条（強制執行等による時効の完成猶予及び更新）
If any of the following grounds exists, the prescription period does not expire until those grounds cease to exist (or until six months after those grounds cease to exist, if they cease to exist due to the withdrawal of a petition or the rescission of a petition for failure to comply with the provisions of the law):
次に掲げる事由がある場合には、その事由が終了する（申立ての取下げ又は法律の規定に従わないことによる取消しによってその事由が終了した場合にあっては、その終了の時から六箇月を経過する）までの間は、時効は、完成しない。
judicial enforcement;
強制執行
enforcement of a security right;
担保権の実行
auction under the rules of an auction for the enforcement of a security right prescribed in Article 195 of the Civil Enforcement Act (Act No. 4 of 1979); or
民事執行法（昭和五十四年法律第四号）第百九十五条に規定する担保権の実行としての競売の例による競売
asset disclosure procedures prescribed in Article 196 of the Civil Enforcement Act or procedures for acquiring information from a third party prescribed in Article 204 of that Act.
民事執行法第百九十六条に規定する財産開示手続又は同法第二百四条に規定する第三者からの情報取得手続
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time when the grounds stated in the items of that paragraph cease to exist; provided, however, that this does not apply if the grounds cease to exist due to the withdrawal of a petition or the revocation of a petition for the failure to comply with the provisions of the law.