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Act on Land and Building Leases

借地借家法(しゃくちしゃくやほう)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 9 terms: 7 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 2 in our translation, marked as such.

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land leasehold right

借地権(しゃくちけん)

A right to use another person's land for the purpose of owning a building on it, held either as a superficies (地上権), which is a right to use another person's land to own structures or trees on it, or as a right to lease the land (土地の賃借権).

建物の所有を目的とする地上権又は土地の賃借権

Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)
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land leasehold right holder

借地権者(しゃくちけんしゃ)

A person who holds a land leasehold right (借地権), that is, a superficies (地上権) or a lease of land taken for the purpose of owning a building on it.

借地権を有する者

Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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lessor

借地権設定者(しゃくちけんせっていしゃ)

The person who has granted a land leasehold right (借地権) to the person who holds it (借地権者), whether that right is a lease of the land or a superficies (地上権).

借地権者に対して借地権を設定している者

Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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land sublease right

転借地権(てんしゃくちけん)

A lease of land, for the purpose of owning a building on it, that a land leasehold right holder (借地権者) has in turn granted to someone else: a sublease of the land.

建物の所有を目的とする土地の賃借権で借地権者が設定しているもの

Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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land sublease right holder

転借地権者(てんしゃくちけんしゃ)

A person who holds a land sublease right (転借地権), that is, a lease of land for the purpose of owning a building on it, granted by a land leasehold right holder (借地権者).

転借地権を有する者

Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)
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land rent, etc.

地代等(ちだいとう)

Land rent (地代) or rental fee for land (土地の借賃), the shorthand used in Article 11, on raising or lowering the amount, and Article 12, on the lessor's priority claim for unpaid amounts.

Article 11, paragraph (1)
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the new Act on Land and Building Leases

新借地借家法(しんしゃくちしゃくやほう)

This Act as amended by Article 35 of Act No. 37 of 2021.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)
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the former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

The Act on Land and Building Leases as it stood before Article 5 of Act No. 153 of 1999 amended it with effect from 1 March 2000.

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notice period

通知期間(つうちきかん)

For a fixed-term building lease agreed not to be renewed under Article 38, paragraph (1), and running for one year or more, the period from one year to six months before the term ends, in which the lessor is to tell the lessee that the lease will end when its term expires.

Article 38, paragraph (6)
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