A non-contentious case under the provisions of this Act (excluding the cases prescribed in the following paragraph to paragraph (6)) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the company.

A case relating to a petition, filed by a member of the parent company (limited to a shareholder or member of the parent company, which is a company), for permission to inspect or otherwise access, as follows, a document or electronic or magnetic record prepared or kept by a stock company pursuant to the provisions of this Act (meaning to inspect, copy, or be issued a transcript or extract, of it, or to be provided with information or issued a document showing information with regard to it; the same applies in Article 870, paragraph (2), item (i)) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of relent stock company:

The case related to the petition to determine the sale price of shares, etc. subject to the cash-out pursuant to the provisions of Article 179-8, paragraph (1) is under the jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the subject company.

A case relating to a petition for a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 705, paragraph (4) and Article 706, paragraph (4), the provisions of Article 707, Article 711, paragraph (3), Article 713, and Article 714, paragraphs (1) and (3) (including cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 714-7), and the provisions of Article 718, paragraph (3), Article 732, Article 740, paragraph (1) and Article 741, paragraph (1) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the bond-issuing company.

A case relating to liquidation of a foreign company under the provisions of Article 822, paragraph (1) and a case relating to a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 827, paragraph (1) or a provisional order under the provisions of Article 825, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 827, paragraph (2) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of relevant foreign company's business office in Japan (or, if no business office is established in Japan, the address of the representative in Japan).

A case in relation to the petition referred to in Article 843, paragraph (4) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the court in charge of the first instance of an action seeking invalidation of any one of the acts set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article.

In cases of filing a petition for permission under the provisions of this Act, a prima facie showing must be made with regard to the fact that serves as the cause thereof.

When the court makes the judicial decisions set forth in the following items from among judicial decisions relating to non-contentious cases under the provisions of this Act (excluding Part II, Chapter IX, Section 2), it must hear statements by the persons specified in each of those items;provided, however, that this does not apply to cases of making a judicial decision to dismiss the petition as non-conforming or on the grounds that it is obvious that there are no reasons:

In cases of making the judicial decision prescribed in the following items, the court must set a hearing date and hear statements by the petitioner and the person specified in each of those items;provided, however, that this does not apply when making a judicial decision to dismiss the petition as non-conforming or on the grounds that it is obvious that there are no reasons:

When sending a petition for a judicial decision set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the court must send a copy of the written petition to the person specified in each of those items.

If it is not possible to send a copy of a written petition pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge must specify a reasonable period and order to correct defects within the period. The same applies to cases where the cost necessary for sending a copy of a written petition is not prepaid.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when a petitioner does not correct defects, the presiding judge must dismiss the written petition by an order.

An immediate appeal may be filed against the order referred to in the preceding paragraph.

If a petition referred to in paragraph (1) is filed, when making a judicial decision on the petition, the court must specify the day when proceedings are to be concluded by giving a reasonable grace period, and must notify the petitioner and the person specified in each of those items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article;provided, however, that the court may declare that the proceedings are concluded immediately on the day when these persons may attend.

When the court concludes proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must specify the day to make a judicial decision and notify the persons referred to in the same paragraph to that effect.

When the petition referred to in paragraph (1) is non-conforming or when it is obvious that there are no reasons for the petition, the court may dismiss the petition immediately notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph and the preceding two paragraphs.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the court to which a petition for judicial decision set forth in items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article is made, ordered the petition to prepay the costs necessary for issuing a summons for the appearance date to the persons specified in each of those items pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Costs of Civil Procedure (Act No. 40 of 1971) and when the prepayment is not made.

A judicial decision for a non-contentious case under the provisions of this Act must append the reason thereof;provided, however, that this does not apply to the following judicial decisions:

An immediate appeal may be entered against the judicial decisions set forth in the following items only by the persons specified in each of those items:

When an immediate appeal against the judicial decision set forth in the items of Article 870, paragraph (2) is made, the court must send a copy of the petition for appeal to the petitioner and the persons specified in each of those items (excluding the appellant).In this case, the provisions of Article 870-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis.

The provisions of Article 870-2, paragraphs (5) through (8) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where an immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph is made.

The immediate appeal referred to in Article 872 has the effect of staying execution;provided, however, that this does not apply to an immediate appeal against the following judicial decisions set forth in Article 870, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) and (viii).

No appeal may be entered against the following judicial decisions:

The provisions of Article 40 and Article 57, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the non-contentious cases procedures Act do not apply to non-contentious cases under the provisions of this Act.

Beyond what is specified in this Act, necessary matters concerning the procedures of non-contentious cases under the provisions of this Act are specified by the Supreme Court Rules.

When several cases relating to the petition referred to in Article 840, paragraph (2) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 841, paragraph (2) and Article 842, paragraph (2)) are pending simultaneously, the hearings and judicial decisions thereof must be made in consolidation.

A judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 840, paragraph (2) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 841, paragraph (2)) is effective against all of the shareholders.

A judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 840, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 842, paragraph (2) is effective against all of the share option holders.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 868, paragraph (1), if a corporation has a majority of the voting rights of all shareholders of a stock company (excluding shareholders who are unable to exercise voting rights on all the matters which may be resolved at the shareholders meeting; the same applies in the following paragraph), if a special liquidation case, a bankruptcy case, a rehabilitation case or a reorganization case (hereinafter referred to as a "special liquidation case, etc." in this Article) is pending with regard to relevant corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "parent corporation" in this Article), a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of the parent corporation is pending.

If the stock company prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or the parent corporation and the stock company prescribed in that paragraph have a majority of the voting rights of all shareholders of another stock company, a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant other stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of the parent corporation is pending.

With regard to application of the preceding two paragraphs, the shareholder prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order referred to in Article 308, paragraph (1) is deemed to have voting rights with respect to the shares which the shareholder holds.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 868, paragraph (1), if a stock company has, pursuant to the provisions of Article 444, prepared consolidated financial statements of that stock company or another stock company for the most recent business year and the contents thereof have been reported to the annual shareholders meeting of that stock company, if a special liquidation case, etc. is pending with regard to that stock company, a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant other stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of that stock company is pending.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 868, paragraph (1), if an order to commence special liquidation is issued with regard to a liquidating stock company, a case relating to a petition under the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1 (excluding Article 508) (referred to as an "ordinary liquidation case" in the following paragraph) relating to relevant liquidating stock company is under the jurisdiction of the district court (hereinafter referred to as the "special liquidation court" in this Section) before which the special liquidation case of relevant liquidating stock company is pending.

If a special liquidation case relating to a liquidating stock company is pending before a district court other than the district court before which an ordinary liquidation case relating to the same liquidating stock company is pending and an order to commence special liquidation has been issued, if it is found reasonable for processing relevant ordinary liquidation case, the court (meaning a judge or a panel of judges handling the ordinary liquidation case) may transfer relevant ordinary liquidation case to the special liquidation court ex officio.

The provisions of Article 869 do not apply to a petition for permission under the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 2 (excluding Article 547, paragraph (3)).

A ruling concerning proceedings of special liquidation against which an immediate appeal may be entered must append the reason thereof;provided, however, that this does not apply to a ruling under the provisions of Article 526, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article) and Article 532, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 534).

The provisions of Article 871 do not apply to a ruling concerning proceedings of special liquidation.

The provisions of Part I, Chapter V, Section 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 100, paragraph (2), Article 104, Subsection 3, Article 111 and Article 113) apply mutatis mutandis to the service of a written judgment under the provisions of this Section. In these cases, in the main clause of Article 112, paragraph (1) of that Code, the phrase "commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "a court clerk commenced posting on the notice board of the court a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the written judgment to be served and will deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive service"; and in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "commenced the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant posting commenced".

Service by publication under the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is effected by posting on the notice board of the court a notice to the effect that a court clerk keeps the written judgment to be served and will deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive service.

A person who has an interest in a judicial decision concerning proceedings of special liquidation may enter an immediate appeal against relevant judicial decision only if there are special provisions in this Section.

The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph has the effect of staying execution except as otherwise provided by this Section.

A public notice under the provisions of this Section is effected by publication in Official Gazette.

The public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph becomes effective on the day immediately following the day of publication.

An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for inspection of the documents or any other articles (hereinafter referred to as the "documents, etc." in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article) submitted to the court or prepared by the court based on the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 2 or this Section or Part II of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act (or, if an order to commence special liquidation has been issued, Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1 or Section 2, or Section 1 of this Chapter (limited to the portion relating to a case relating to a petition under the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1) or this Section, or Part II of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act) (including the provisions of this Act or any other Acts applied mutatis mutandis under these provisions).

An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for copying of the documents, etc., delivery of the original, a transcript or an extract thereof, or delivery of a certificate of matters concerning the case.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to sound recording tapes or video tapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by a method equivalent thereto) among the documents, etc. In these cases, a court clerk must permit reproduction of these objects if there is a request from an interested party for these objects.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the persons set forth in the following items may not make a request under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs until any one of the orders, provisional orders, dispositions or judicial decisions specified respectively in those items has been issued;provided, however, that this does not apply if any that person is a petitioner with respect to commencement of special liquidation:

The provisions of Article 32, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act do not apply to the special liquidation proceedings.

If a prima facie showing is made that any one of the following documents, etc. include a part (hereinafter referred to as a "detrimental part") where inspection or copying thereof, delivery of the original or a transcript or an extract thereof, or reproduction thereof (hereinafter referred to as "inspection, etc." in this Article) by interested parties is likely to cause considerable detriment to the implementation of liquidation of the liquidating stock company, the court may, in response to a petition from the liquidating stock company that submitted relevant documents, etc. or by an investigator, limit the persons who are able to request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part to the person who has filed relevant petition and the liquidating stock company:

When the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed, interested parties (excluding the person who has filed the petition referred to in that paragraph and the liquidating stock company; the same applies in the following paragraph) may not request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part until the judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding.

An interested party who intends to request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part may file a petition for revocation of the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) with the special liquidation court on the basis that the requirements prescribed in that paragraph are not satisfied or are no longer satisfied.

An immediate appeal may be entered against a ruling to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1) or against a judicial decision relating to the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph.

A ruling to revoke the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) does not become effective until it is final and binding.

When a creditor or shareholder files a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the creditor or shareholder must make a prima facie showing of the grounds that serve as the cause for commencement of special liquidation.

When a creditor files a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the creditor must also make a prima facie showing of the presence of the claims the creditor holds.

When filing a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the petitioner must prepay the amount specified by the court as expenses for the proceedings of special liquidation prescribed in Article 514, item (i).

An immediate appeal may be entered against a ruling concerning the prepayment of expenses referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The court may change or revoke an order to suspend under the provisions of Article 512.

An immediate appeal may be entered against the order to suspend referred to in the preceding paragraph and a ruling under the provisions of that paragraph.

The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying execution.

I the judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (2) or a judicial decision relating to the immediate appeal referred to in that paragraph is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

When the court issues an order to commence special liquidation, it must immediately give public notice to that effect and serve the written judgment of the order to commence special liquidation on the liquidating stock company.

An order to commence special liquidation becomes effective when the written judgment thereof is served on the liquidating stock company.

When an order to commence special liquidation is issued, the expenses for the proceedings of special liquidation are borne by the liquidating stock company.

Only the liquidating stock company may enter an immediate appeal against an order to commence special liquidation.

Only the petitioner may enter an immediate appeal against a judicial decision that dismissed a petition for commencement of special liquidation.

The court that has issued an order to commence special liquidation must, if the immediate appeal set forth in paragraph (4) has been entered, if a ruling to revoke relevant order becomes final and binding, immediately give public notice to that effect.

The court must, when issuing an order to suspend under the provisions of Article 516, hear statements by the petitioner of the procedures to enforce security interests prescribed in that Article.

The court may change or revoke the order to suspend referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Only the petitioner referred to in paragraph (1) may enter an immediate appeal against the order to suspend referred to in paragraph (1) and a ruling to change under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying execution.

If the judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (3) or a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in that paragraph is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

The court may change or revoke an investigation order (meaning an investigation order prescribed in Article 522, paragraph (1); the same applies in the following paragraph).

An immediate appeal may be entered against an order to investigate and a ruling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The immediate appeal set forth in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying execution.

If the judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (2) or a judicial decision on the immediate appeal referred to in that paragraph is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

The court must, in cases of dismissing a liquidator pursuant to the provisions of Article 524, paragraph (1), hear statements from relevant liquidator.

An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on dismissal under the provisions of Article 524, paragraph (1).

The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying execution.

An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under the provisions of Article 526, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article).

The court must, in cases of dismissing a supervisor, hear statements from relevant supervisor.

An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling under the provisions of Article 532, paragraph (1).

The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to investigators.

A liquidator must, in cases of filing a petition for the permission referred to in Article 536, paragraph (1), hear the opinions of the known creditors and report the contents thereof to the court.

The court must, in cases of issuing the permission set forth in Article 536, paragraph (1), hear the opinions of the labor union, etc. (meaning the labor union if there is a labor union consisting of a majority of the employees and any other workers of the liquidating stock company, and the person representing a majority of the employees and any other workers of the liquidating stock company if there is no labor union consisting of a majority of the employees and any other workers of the liquidating stock company).

An immediate appeal may be entered against a judicial decision relating to the petition referred to in Article 539, paragraph (1).

If the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph or a judicial decision relating to the immediate appeal in that paragraph is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

The court may change or revoke any one of the following judicial decisions:

An immediate appeal may be entered against the judicial decisions set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph and a ruling under the provisions of that paragraph.

The immediate appeal referred to in the preceding paragraph does not have the effect of staying execution.

If the judicial decision prescribed in paragraph (2) or a judicial decision relating to the immediate appeal referred to in that paragraph is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

When the court makes the judicial decision set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii), it must immediately give public notice to that effect. The same applies when it makes a ruling to change or revoke relevant judicial decision.

When a liquidating stock company intends to file the petition referred to in Article 545, paragraph (1), it must make a prima facie showing with regard to the fact that serves as the cause thereof.

A ruling evaluating the subject officer's liability (meaning the ruling evaluating the subject officer's liability prescribed in Article 545, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and a ruling to dismiss the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph must append the reason therefor.

The court must, when making the judicial decision prescribed in the preceding paragraph, hear statements from the subject officers (meaning the subject officers prescribed in Article 542, paragraph (1)).

If a ruling evaluating the subject officers' liability is made, the written judgment thereof must be served on the parties.

When the action referred to in Article 858, paragraph (1) is not filed within the period referred to in that paragraph or is dismissed, the ruling evaluating the subject officers' liability has the same effect as a final and binding judgment ordering performance.

An immediate appeal may be entered against a ruling to dismiss the petition for permission referred to in Article 547, paragraph (3).

An interested party may state an opinion on whether the agreement under a petition as referred to in Article 568 should be approved.

Where an agreement provides for a reduction of or release from a debt or any other measures that would affect rights as regards a claim in respect of foreign taxes subject to mutual assistance, the opinion of the person with the authority to collect on the claim must be heard.

When the court reaches a ruling approving the agreement referred to in Article 569, paragraph (1), it must immediately give public notice to that effect.

An immediate appeal may be entered against a judicial decision relating to a petition referred to in Article 568. In such a case, the period for entering an immediate appeal against the ruling approving the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is the two weeks after the day on which the public notice under the provisions of that paragraph becomes effective.

The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the details of an agreement are changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 572.

When the court makes a ruling to conclude special liquidation, it must immediately give public notice to that effect.

An immediate appeal may be entered against a judicial decision relating to a petition for the conclusion of special liquidation. In these cases, the period for entering an immediate appeal against a ruling to conclude special liquidation is two weeks from the day on which the public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has become effective.

A ruling to conclude special liquidation does not become effective until it is final and binding.

The court that has made a ruling to conclude special liquidation must, if the immediate appeal set forth in paragraph (2) has been entered, if a ruling to revoke relevant ruling becomes final and binding, immediately give public notice to that effect.

The provisions of the preceding Section apply mutatis mutandis to liquidation of a foreign company's property in Japan under the provisions of Article 822, paragraph (1), excluding those that are not applicable by their nature.

When the court makes a judicial decision relating to the petition referred to in Article 824, paragraph (1) or Article 827, paragraph (1), it must seek the opinion of the Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Justice may, when the court carries out a hearing concerning the case relating to the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, attend relevant hearing.

The court must notify the Minister of Justice that a case relating to the petition referred to in paragraph (1) became pending and of the date of the hearing referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The Minister of Justice may also enter an immediate appeal against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1) in addition to the persons prescribed in Article 872, item (iv).

If the court issues a provisional order referred to in Article 825, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 827, paragraph (2)), the expenses for procedures in non-contentious cases are borne by the company or foreign company. The same applies to the necessary expenses with regard to the provisional order.

If an immediate appeal has been entered against a provisional order as referred to in the preceding paragraph or against a judicial decision dismissing a petition under the provisions of Article 825, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 827, paragraph (2)), and the court of the appeal revokes the judicial decision of the prior instance by finding that relevant immediate appeal has grounds, the court costs required for the procedures in the appeal instance and the court costs required for the procedures in the prior instance, which had been borne by the appellant, are borne by the company or foreign company.

An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for inspection of documents relating to the report or account referred to in Article 825, paragraph (6) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 827, paragraph (2)).

An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for the copying of the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph or delivery of the original, transcript or an extract thereof.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to sound recording tapes or video tapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by a method equivalent thereto) among the documents referred to in paragraph (1). In these cases, a court clerk must permit reproduction of these objects if there is such a request from an interested party for these objects.

The Minister of Justice may make a request to a court clerk for inspection of the documents referred to in paragraph (1).

The provisions of Article 91, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the documents referred to in paragraph (1).