Article 22Titles of Obligation
第二十二条（債務名義）
Judicial enforcement is carried out based on any of the following (referred to as a "title of obligation" below):
強制執行は、次に掲げるもの（以下「債務名義」という。）により行う。
a final and binding judgment;
確定判決
a judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement;
仮執行の宣言を付した判決
a judicial decision that may not be appealed except in the form of an appeal against a ruling (but only one that has become final and binding, if it constitutes a judicial decision that is only effective once it becomes final and binding);
抗告によらなければ不服を申し立てることができない裁判（確定しなければその効力を生じない裁判にあつては、確定したものに限る。）
an order for damages bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement;
仮執行の宣言を付した損害賠償命令
an order to pay a filed claim bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement;
仮執行の宣言を付した届出債権支払命令
a demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement;
仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促
a measure by the court clerk setting the amount to be borne for court costs, settlement costs, or costs of procedures in a non-contentious case (including a case to which the provisions of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011) apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations), domestic relations case, or case relating to the return of a child provided for in Article 29 of the Act for Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Act No. 48 of 2013); or a measure by the court clerk setting the enforcement costs and the amount of money to be returned provided for in Article 42, paragraph (4) (for the latter measure, this is limited to one that has become final and binding);
訴訟費用、和解の費用若しくは非訟事件（他の法令の規定により非訟事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十一号）の規定を準用することとされる事件を含む。）、家事事件若しくは国際的な子の奪取の民事上の側面に関する条約の実施に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第四十八号）第二十九条に規定する子の返還に関する事件の手続の費用の負担の額を定める裁判所書記官の処分又は第四十二条第四項に規定する執行費用及び返還すべき金銭の額を定める裁判所書記官の処分（後者の処分にあつては、確定したものに限る。）
a notarial instrument that a notary has prepared concerning a claim for payment of a fixed amount of money or the delivery of a certain amount of any other fungible thing or of securities, which contains or records a statement indicating that the obligor will immediately face judicial enforcement (referred to as a "notarial instrument authorizing enforcement" below);
金銭の一定の額の支払又はその他の代替物若しくは有価証券の一定の数量の給付を目的とする請求について公証人が作成した公正証書で、債務者が直ちに強制執行に服する旨の陳述が記載され、又は記録されているもの（以下「執行証書」という。）
a foreign court judgment (including a judicial decision in a domestic relations case; the same applies in Article 24) for which an enforcement judgment has become final and binding;
確定した執行判決のある外国裁判所の判決（家事事件における裁判を含む。第二十四条において同じ。）
an arbitral award for which an order of enforceability has become final and binding; or
確定した執行決定のある仲裁判断
an order for interim measures prescribed in Article 48 of the Arbitration Act (Act No. 138 of 2003) for which an enforcement approval order has become final and binding;
確定した執行等認可決定のある仲裁法（平成十五年法律第百三十八号）第四十八条に規定する暫定保全措置命令
an international settlement agreement for which an order of enforceability has become final and binding;
確定した執行決定のある国際和解合意
a specific settlement for which an order of enforceability has become final and binding; or
確定した執行決定のある特定和解
a document that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment (excluding the judicial decision stated in item (iii)).
確定判決と同一の効力を有するもの（第三号に掲げる裁判を除く。）
Article 23Scope of a Person for or Against Whom Judicial Enforcement May Be Carried Out
第二十三条（強制執行をすることができる者の範囲）
Judicial enforcement that is based on a title of obligation other than a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement may be carried out for or against any of the following persons:
a party indicated in the title of obligation;
債務名義に表示された当事者
a person on whose behalf the party indicated in the title of obligation became the party, if applicable; or
債務名義に表示された当事者が他人のために当事者となつた場合のその他人
a person who became the successor of the person stated in one of the preceding two items after the establishment of the title of obligation (or a successor arising after the conclusion of oral arguments, for a title of obligation stated in item (i), item (ii) or item (vi) of the preceding Article; or a successor arising after the conclusion of the proceedings, for a title of obligation stated in item (iii)-2 of that Article or for a title of obligation stated in item (vii) of that Article that concerns an order for damages).
Judicial enforcement based on a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement may be carried out for or against a party indicated in the instrument or a person who became the successor of that person after the preparation of the instrument.
執行証書による強制執行は、執行証書に表示された当事者又は執行証書作成後のその承継人に対し、若しくはこれらの者のためにすることができる。
Judicial enforcement based on a title of obligation provided for in paragraph (1) may also be carried out against a person possessing the subject matter of the claim on behalf of a person stated in one of the items of that paragraph.
Article 24Enforcement Judgments for Foreign Court Judgments
第二十四条（外国裁判所の判決の執行判決）
An action seeking an enforcement judgment for a foreign court judgment is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court (or the family court, for an action concerning a judicial decision in a domestic relations case; the same applies in this paragraph) having jurisdiction in the locality constituting the general venue of the obligor, and if there is no general venue, it is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction in the place where the subject matter of the claim or the seizable property of the obligor is located.
外国裁判所の判決についての執行判決を求める訴えは、債務者の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所（家事事件における裁判に係るものにあつては、家庭裁判所。以下この項において同じ。）が管轄し、この普通裁判籍がないときは、請求の目的又は差し押さえることができる債務者の財産の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が管轄する。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, even if all or part of an action as referred to in that paragraph is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court, the district court provided for in the preceding paragraph, upon petition or by its own authority, may conduct the trial and reach a judicial decision itself for all or part of the litigation in the action, if it finds this to be appropriate.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), even if all or part of an action as referred to in that paragraph is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court, the family court provided for in that paragraph, upon petition or by its own authority, may conduct the trial and reach a judicial decision itself for all or part of the litigation in the action, if it finds this to be appropriate.
The court must make an enforcement judgment without investigating the correctness or incorrectness of the judicial decision.
執行判決は、裁判の当否を調査しないでしなければならない。
The action referred to in paragraph (1) must be denied if it is not proved that the judgment of a foreign court has become final and binding or when the judgment fails to satisfy the requirements stated in the items of Article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 79-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011)).
第一項の訴えは、外国裁判所の判決が、確定したことが証明されないとき、又は民事訴訟法第百十八条各号（家事事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十二号）第七十九条の二において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる要件を具備しないときは、却下しなければならない。
In an enforcement judgment, a declaration must be made permitting judicial enforcement based on the foreign court judgment.
執行判決においては、外国裁判所の判決による強制執行を許す旨を宣言しなければならない。
Article 25Implementing Judicial Enforcement
第二十五条（強制執行の実施）
Judicial enforcement is implemented on the basis of an authenticated copy of the title of obligation bearing an attestation of enforceability (if the electronic or magnetic record related to a title of obligation is recorded in a file, then a certificate of recorded information, and if a title of obligation is a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, then a document prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Notary Act (Act No. 53 of 1908) or electronic or magnetic record prescribed in item (iii) of that paragraph; the same applies below); provided, however, that judicial enforcement for or against an indicated party based on a final and binding judgment in a small claims action or based on a judgment in a small claims action or demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement is implemented on the basis of an authenticated copy of that title of obligation.
Article 26Granting Attestations of Enforceability
第二十六条（執行文の付与）
Upon petition, a clerk of the court in which the record of the case exists grants an attestation of enforceability for a title of obligation other than a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement, and the notary preserving the original of a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement (if the attestation of enforceability is prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, that electronic or magnetic record) grants an attestation of enforceability for that instrument.
If the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor based on the title of obligation, the court clerk or notary grants an attestation of enforceability by the method prescribed in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items:
執行文の付与は、債権者が債務者に対しその債務名義により強制執行をすることができる場合に、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める方法により行う。
granting attestations of enforceability if the electronic or magnetic record related to the title of obligation is recorded in a file:the method of recording together with the electronic or magnetic record stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor pursuant to the title of obligation;
granting attestations of enforceability if the title of obligation is a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement prepared as an electronic or magnetic record:the means of recording together with the electronic or magnetic record stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor related to the title of obligation and adding a note indicating this at the end of the document related to the title of obligation prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Notary Act or recording a statement to that effect together with the electronic or magnetic record related to the title of obligation prescribed in paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Article; or
granting attestations of enforceability in cases other than those prescribed in the preceding two items:the method of adding a note indicating this at the end of an authenticated copy of the title of obligation stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor pursuant to the title of obligation.