| (i) an action seeking the performance of a contractual obligation, or an action seeking a claim relating to benevolent intervention in another's affairs carried out, or unjust enrichment arising, in connection with a contractual obligation, a claim for damages for non-performance of a contractual obligation, or any other claim in connection with a contractual obligation | if the place of performance of the obligation as specified in the contract is within Japan, or if the place of performance of the obligation is within Japan according to the law of the place selected in the contract. |
| (ii) an action seeking the payment of money based on a bill, note, or check | if the place for payment of the bill, note, or check is within Japan. |
| (iii) an action involving property rights | if the subject matter of the claim is within Japan, or, if the action seeks payment of money, if property of the defendant that can be seized is within Japan (excluding the case where the value of that property is extremely low). |
| (iv) an action against a person with an office or business office, which relates to the business conducted at that office or business office | if that office or business office is within Japan. |
| (v) an action against a person who conducts business in Japan (including a foreign company (meaning a foreign company as prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)) that continuously engages in transactions in Japan) | if the action relates to that person's business in Japan. |
| (vi) an action based on a ship claim or any other claim secured by a ship | if the ship is within Japan. |
| (vii) an action of any of the following kinds concerning a company or any other association or foundation | if the association or foundation is a corporation, when it has been established pursuant to laws and regulations of Japan, and if it is not a corporation, when its principal office or business office is within Japan. |
| (a) an action by a company or any other association against a member or former member, an action by a member against a member or former member, or an action by a former member against a member, that is based on the capacity as a member |
| (b) an action by an association or foundation against an officer or former officer that is based on the capacity as an officer |
| (c) an action by a company against an incorporator or former incorporator, or against an inspector or former inspector, that is based on the capacity as an incorporator or inspector |
| (d) an action by a creditor of a company or any other association against a member or former member that is based on the capacity as a member |
| (viii) an action involving a tort | if the place where the tort occurred is within Japan (excluding the case where the result of a harmful act committed in a foreign country occurred within Japan and the occurrence of that result within Japan was something that could not ordinarily have been foreseen). |
| (ix) an action for damages based on a ship collision or any other maritime accident | if the place where the damaged ship first arrived is within Japan. |
| (x) an action involving marine salvage | if the place where the marine salvage occurred, or the place where the salvaged ship first arrived, is within Japan. |
| (xi) an action involving real property | if the real property is within Japan. |
| (xii) an action involving the right of inheritance or the statutory reserved share, or an action involving a testamentary gift or any other act that is to take effect upon death | if the decedent's domicile at the time of commencement of the inheritance is within Japan; if there is no domicile or the domicile is unknown, if the decedent's residence at the time of commencement of the inheritance is within Japan; and if there is no residence or the residence is unknown, if the decedent had a domicile within Japan before the commencement of the inheritance (excluding the case where the decedent had a domicile in a foreign country after last having a domicile within Japan). |
| (xiii) an action involving a claim against an inheritance or any other burden on inherited property that does not fall under the action stated in the preceding item | in the case specified in that item. |