Article 147Postponement of Expiration of Prescription Period and Renewal of Period of Prescription on the Ground of Demand by Litigation
第百四十七条（裁判上の請求等による時効の完成猶予及び更新）
If any of the following grounds exists, the period of prescription does not expire until the ground ceases to exist (if the ground ceases to exist while the right remains undetermined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, until six months have passed from the time of cessation):
次に掲げる事由がある場合には、その事由が終了する（確定判決又は確定判決と同一の効力を有するものによって権利が確定することなくその事由が終了した場合にあっては、その終了の時から六箇月を経過する）までの間は、時効は、完成しない。
demand by litigation;
裁判上の請求
demand for payment;
支払督促
settlement referred to in Article 275, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or conciliation under the Civil Conciliation Act (Act No. 222 of 1951) or the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011); or
民事訴訟法第二百七十五条第一項の和解又は民事調停法（昭和二十六年法律第二百二十二号）若しくは家事事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十二号）による調停
participation in bankruptcy proceeding, rehabilitation proceeding or reorganization proceedings.
破産手続参加、再生手続参加又は更生手続参加
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a right is determined by a final and binding judgment or anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment, a new period of prescription commences to run at the time when the grounds stated in the items of that paragraph cease to exist;