Article 18Permission to Rebuild Buildings After Renewal of Land Lease Contracts
第十八条(借地契約の更新後の建物の再築の許可)
If, notwithstanding the fact that there are unavoidable circumstances for a land leasehold right holder to newly construct a building that is to last past the remaining period of existence, the lessor does not consent to the construction of that building, excluding the cases in which it is specified that the lessor may not demand the superficies to be extinguished or give a notice of the termination of the land lease, the court may grant permission in lieu of the consent of the lessor, pursuant to the petition of the land leasehold right holder. In such a case, when it is necessary for facilitating equitable benefit between the parties, the court may specify a period different from the period specified under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) as a period of the land leasehold right required to be extended, change other land lease terms, order the payment of monetary considerations, or make other reasonable dispositions.
When making the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must take into account of the building condition, the circumstances leading to the loss of the building in cases of the loss, the history of the leased land, the circumstances for a lessor and a land leasehold right holder (including the land sublease right holder) to require the use of the land and all other circumstances.
The provisions of paragraph (5) and paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the judicial decision referred to in paragraph (1) is to be made.