Article 24-2Mediation Prior to Litigation in Cases in Which an Increase or Decrease in Rent is Claimed
第二十四条の二（地代借賃増減請求事件の調停の前置）
A person who seeks to file an action to claim an increase or decrease in the amount of rent for land referred to in Article 11 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (Act No. 90 of 1991) or to claim an increase or decrease in the amount of rent for a building referred to in Article 32 of that Act must first file a petition for mediation.
借地借家法（平成三年法律第九十号）第十一条の地代若しくは土地の借賃の額の増減の請求又は同法第三十二条の建物の借賃の額の増減の請求に関する事件について訴えを提起しようとする者は、まず調停の申立てをしなければならない。
If a person files an action in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph without first filing a petition for mediation, the court in charge of the case must refer the case for mediation; provided, however, that this does not apply if the court in charge of the case finds it unsuitable to refer the case for mediation.
前項の事件について調停の申立てをすることなく訴えを提起した場合には、受訴裁判所は、その事件を調停に付さなければならない。ただし、受訴裁判所が事件を調停に付することを適当でないと認めるときは、この限りでない。