①In order to contribute to preventing and remedying harm to consumers, upon receipt of a report under Article 23, paragraph (4), items (iv) through (ix) and item (xi) from a qualified consumer organization, the prime minister is to immediately make public using the Internet or by other appropriate means, any judgment in an action for an injunction (including anything with the same effect as a final and binding judgment and any decision on a petition for a provisional disposition order), a summary of any extra-judicial settlement, the name of the qualified consumer organization in question, the name of the other party to the action seeking injunctive relief, and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order.

②In addition to the particulars provided for in the preceding paragraph, the prime minister may make public using the Internet or by other appropriate means, the name and the address of the qualified consumer organization, the location of the office at which it provides services connected with the right to take action seeking injunctive relief, or any other necessary information specified by Cabinet Office Order in order to disseminate information about services related to the right to take action seeking injunctive relief to the citizens.

③The prime minister may have the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan provide services related to disclosure of the information prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs.

①At the request of a qualified consumer organization and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and local public entities may provide the qualified consumer organization with the information related to consumer affairs consultations and consumer disputes (meaning consumer disputes as prescribed in Article 1-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (Act. No. 123 of 2002)) specified by Cabinet Office Order, to the extent necessary to enable the qualified consumer organization to properly exercise its right to take action seeking injunctive relief.

②A qualified consumer organization that receives information prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not use or offer that information for any purposes other than to properly exercise its right to take action seeking injunctive relief.

①Before filing an action for injunctive relief, a qualified consumer organization first makes a cease and desist demand in writing setting forth the points of the dispute and demand, and any other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order to the intended defendant in the action and may not file the action until after one week has passed since the arrival of the demand letter; provided, however, that this does not apply if the intended defendant rejects the cease and desist demand.

②The demand as referenced in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have arrived at the time that it would ordinarily arrive.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a petition for a provisional disposition order related to an action seeking injunctive relief.

For the purpose of calculating the value of the subject matter of litigation, a lawsuit regarding action seeking injunctive relief is deemed not to be an action involving property rights.

①The provisions of Article 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the part pertaining to item (v)) do not apply to a lawsuit regarding action seeking injunctive relief.

②A lawsuit regarding action seeking injunctive relief pursuant to the provisions set forth in the following items may also be filed with the court with jurisdiction over the locality in which the acts prescribed in the items are conducted:

If a lawsuit regarding an action seeking injunctive relief has been filed in one court, but a lawsuit regarding an action seeking injunctive relief against the same or a similar act is pending before another court, the court, upon finding it to be reasonable to do so, may transfer the lawsuit in whole or in part to that other court or to another competent court having jurisdiction, in consideration of the addresses or locations of the relevant parties, the addresses of witnesses to be examined, the similarity of points at dispute or evidence, or other circumstances, upon petition or by its own authority.

①If multiple lawsuits regarding action seeking injunctive relief are pending concurrently in the same court of the first or second instance with the same demand and against the same other party, the oral arguments and judicial decisions must be consolidated; provided, however, that this does not apply if consolidating oral arguments and judicial decisions is found to be extremely unreasonable in light of the progress of the proceedings or other circumstances.

②In the case as prescribed in the main text of the preceding paragraph, a party must file a petition with the court to that effect.

①If, in connection with a pending lawsuit involving an action seeking injunctive relief, there has already been a final judgment or equally binding disposition as provided under the main clause of Article 12-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) to which another qualified consumer organization was a party, and there is sufficient reason to suspect that grounds as set forth in Article 34, paragraph (1), item (iv) exist as regards the other qualified consumer organization in connection with the legal proceedings that are subject to that final judgment or equally binding disposition (including if grounds as set forth in Article 34, paragraph (1), item (iv) may be deemed to exist pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (2)), and the prime minister finds that a considerable period of time will be required to determine whether to revoke a certification under Article 13, paragraph (1) pursuant to Article 34, paragraph (1) or to determine whether to make a certification under Article 34, paragraph (3) (hereinafter referred to as "revoking a certification, etc." in the following paragraph), the prime minister is to notify the court with which the lawsuit involving the action seeking injunctive relief is pending (hereinafter referred to as "the court in charge of the case" in this Article) of this and of the period of time expected to be required to determine this, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.

②Having made the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prime minister is to determine whether to revoke the certification within the period stated in the notification, and is to notify the court in charge of the case of the results.

③Upon receipt of a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the court in charge of the case may suspend the court proceedings until the period stated in the notification has passed (or until it is notified as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if this occurs before the end of that period), if it finds this to be necessary.

If compulsory execution is carried out in relation to the right to take action seeking injunctive relief by the means prescribed in Article 172, paragraph (1) of the Civil Execution Act, in determining the amount of money that an obligor should pay an obligee pursuant to the provisions of Article 172, paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article, the execution court must particularly take into account the disadvantage that the large, non-exclusive group of consumers would incur in the event of default on financial obligations.