A registration is made through the process in which a registrar records matters to be registered in a register.

A registration record is prepared separately for the heading section and the rights section.

If the whole or part of a registration record is lost, the Minister of Justice may specify a certain period and order a registrar to take the necessary disposition to restore the registration record.

①A registry office is to keep maps and building location pictures.

②A map referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be prepared for each parcel of land or each group of two or more parcels of land, and it is to clearly define the boundaries and indicate the parcel number of each parcel of land.

③A building location picture referred to in paragraph (1) is to be prepared for each building or each group of two or more buildings, and it is to indicate the position and building number of each building.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), until it has a map pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, a registry office may keep a drawing equivalent to a map instead.

⑤A drawing equivalent to a map referred to in the preceding paragraph is to indicate the position, shape and parcel number for each parcel of land or each group of two or more parcels of land.

⑥A map and building location picture referred to in paragraph (1) and a drawing equivalent to a map referred to in paragraph (4) may be recorded in an electronic or magnetic record.

Beyond what is provided for in this Chapter, recording methods to be employed for registers and registration records as well as for maps, building location pictures and drawings equivalent to maps, and other necessary matters concerning registration affairs are specified by Ministry of Justice Order.