①An application for a registration of change or registration of correction regarding the name or address of a registered right holder may be filed independently by the registered right holder.

②Where mortgage securities are issued, an application for a registration of change or registration of correction regarding the name or address of the obligor may be filed independently by the obligor.

An application for a registration of change of a right subject to provisions on prohibition of division of property in co-ownership must be filed jointly by all registered right holders who are co-owners of the right.

A registration of change or registration of correction of a right may be made by the supplemental registrations, only when a third party who has an interest in the registration (including the holder or endorser of the mortgage securities who has an interest in the registration of change or registration of correction of a right; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) gives consent and where there is no relevant third party.

①A registrar, if they have found any error or omission regarding a registration of a right, must give notice to the person entitled to register and person obliged to register (or the registered right holder if there is no person entitled to register and no person obliged to register; the same applies in paragraph (3) and Article 71, paragraph (1)) to that effect without delay; provided, however, that if there are two or more persons entitled to register, persons obliged to register or registered right holders, respectively, it is sufficient to give notice to any one of the respective persons.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the error or omission regarding the registration has been caused by a mistake committed by a registrar, the registrar must correct the registration without delay, with the permission of the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau who supervises the registrar; provided, however, that if there is a third party who has an interest in the registration (including the holder or endorser of the mortgage securities who has an interest in the correction of the registration; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), these provisions apply only when that third party gives consent.

③If a registrar has corrected the registration referred to in the preceding paragraph, they must give notice to the person entitled to register and person obliged to register to that effect. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis.

④The notice referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph must also be given to the subrogee. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis.

An application for cancellation of a registration of a right, if there is any third party who has an interest in the registration (including the holder or endorser of the mortgage securities who has an interest in the cancellation of the registration; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), may be filed only when the third party gives consent.

Where there is a registration to the effect that the registered right is to be extinguished upon the death of a particular person or the dissolution of a particular juridical person, and if the relevant right has been extinguished upon such death or dissolution, the person entitled to register may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, independently file an application for cancellation of the registration of right pertaining to the relevant right.

Where a registration is made concerning a special agreement on redemption, and if ten years have elapsed from the date of the agreement, the person entitled to register may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, independently file an application for cancellation of the relevant registration,.

①If a person entitled to register is unable to file an application for cancellation of registration of a right jointly with those with whom the person entitled to register should jointly file the application for cancellation of registration due to their whereabouts being unknown, the person entitled to register may file a petition for public notification prescribed in Article 99 of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011).

②When the registration referred to in the preceding paragraph is a registration concerning superficies, farming right, pledge, right of lease or right of quarrying, or a registration concerning special agreement on redemption, and when the registered duration or the period for redemption has expired, if the whereabouts of those with whom the person entitled to register should jointly file the application for cancellation of registration cannot be ascertained even after conducting an investigation by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order as one through which a reasonable inspection is found to have been conducted, the provisions of the same paragraph are applied by deeming that their whereabouts are unknown.

③In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if an order of nullification of right prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (1) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act is made, the person entitled to register may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, independently file an application for cancellation of the registration referred to in paragraph (1).

④In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), if the person entitled to register has provided the information specified by Cabinet Order as information certifying the extinction of the claim secured by the registered statutory lien, pledge or mortgage, the person entitled to register may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, independently file an application for cancellation of a registration of such security interest. In the case prescribed in the same paragraph, the same applies when twenty years have elapsed since the due date of the secured claim and money equivalent to the total of the amounts of the secured claim, interest thereon, and damage arising from default has been deposited.

When a person entitled to register is unable to file an application for cancellation of a registration of statutory lien, pledge or mortgage jointly with a juridical person with whom the person entitled to register should jointly file the application for cancellation of the registration because the juridical person has been dissolved and the whereabouts of its liquidator cannot be ascertained even after conducting an investigation by the method prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if 30 years have elapsed since the due date of the secured claim and 30 years have elapsed since the date of the dissolution of the juridical person, the person entitled to register may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, independently file the application for cancellation of the registration.

①If a registrar has found, after completing a registration of a right, that the registration falls under Article 25, items (i) through (iii) or item (xiii), they must specify a period not exceeding one month and give notice to the person entitled to register, person obliged to register and any third party who has an interest in the registration to the effect that the registration will be cancelled unless any person who has an objection to the cancellation of the registration files an objection in writing within such period.

②If the domicile or residence of any of the persons who should be given notice is unknown, the registrar must, as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, give public notice of the information of which the person should be notified, in lieu of giving notice to them referred to in the preceding paragraph.

③Where there is a person who has filed an objection referred to in paragraph (1), the registrar must, if they find the objection to be groundless, make a decision to dismiss the objection, or if they find the objection to be well-grounded, make a decision to declare to that effect, and give notice to the person who has filed the objection.

④If no person has filed an objection referred to in paragraph (1) or the registrar has dismissed the objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the registrar must, by their own authority, cancel the registration prescribed in paragraph (1).

An application for restoration of a cancelled registration (limited to a registration of a right), if there is any third party who has an interest in the registration (including the holder or endorser of the mortgage securities who has an interest in the restoration of the registration; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), may be filed only when the third party gives consent.

①A registration of a right pertaining to ownership of or a security interest (meaning a general statutory lien, pledge or mortgage; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in a condominium unit with a registered right of site has the effect as a registration made relating to the right of site to the land for which a registration of categorization as a right of site has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 46;provided, however, that this does not apply to the following registrations:

②Neither a registration of transfer of a right of site nor a registration of a right pertaining to a security interest established on a right of site may be made in relation to the land for which a registration of categorization as a right of site has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 46;provided, however, that this does not apply to a registration for which the cause of registration occurred after the right of site was established to the land (excluding the cases where a separate disposition is prohibited), or to a provisional registration of a right of site or registration of a right pertaining to a pledge or mortgage where the cause of registration occurred before the right of site was established over the land.

③For a condominium unit with a registered right of site, neither a registration of ownership for which the cause of registration is a transfer of ownership of the condominium unit alone nor a registration of a right pertaining to a security interest established over the condominium unit alone may be made; provided, however, that this does not apply to a registration for which the cause of registration occurred after the right of site for the condominium unit became effective (excluding the cases where a separate disposition is prohibited), or to a provisional registration of ownership of the condominium unit alone or a registration of a right pertaining to a pledge or mortgage established over the condominium unit alone for which the cause of registration occurred before the right of site for the condominium unit became effective.

①Beyond what is set forth in the items of Article 59, the matters to be registered for a registration of a ownership are to be as follows:

②The necessary matters concerning registration regarding any of the matters to be registered set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph are specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

①No person other than those listed in the following may file an application for a registration of preservation of ownership:

②In the case of a condominium unit, a person who has acquired ownership from the heading-section owner may also file an application for registration referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, if the building is a condominium unit with a registered right of site, such person must obtain consent from the registered holder of the right of site.