# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百四十五条 (Article 245) - Law: 破産法 (Bankruptcy Act), 平成十六年法律第七十五号 - English title "Bankruptcy Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百四十五条 (Article 245)（外国管財人との協力） — address `art-245` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百四十五条（外国管財人との協力） — (Cooperation with Foreign Trustees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245 **第一項** 破産管財人は、破産者についての外国倒産処理手続（外国で開始された手続で、破産手続又は再生手続に相当するものをいう。以下この章において同じ。）がある場合には、外国管財人（当該外国倒産処理手続において破産者の財産の管理及び処分をする権利を有する者をいう。以下この章において同じ。）に対し、破産手続の適正な実施のために必要な協力及び情報の提供を求めることができる。 art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245/par-1 If foreign insolvency proceedings taken against the bankrupt exists (meaning proceedings commenced in a foreign state, which are equivalent to bankruptcy proceedings or rehabilitation proceedings; the same applies below in this Chapter), a bankruptcy trustee may request a foreign trustee (meaning a person that has a right to administer and dispose of the bankrupt's property in the foreign insolvency proceedings; the same applies below in this Chapter) to provide cooperation and information necessary for the proper implementation of bankruptcy proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、破産管財人は、外国管財人に対し、外国倒産処理手続の適正な実施のために必要な協力及び情報の提供をするよう努めるものとする。 art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a bankruptcy trustee is to endeavor to provide a foreign trustee with cooperation and information necessary for the proper implementation of foreign insolvency proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-245/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百四十五条第一項 (Article 245, paragraph (1)), art-245/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第百三十六条の二第一項（映像等の送受信による通話の方法による債権者集会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-136-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-136-2/par-1 - 破産法 第二百四十五条第二項（外国管財人との協力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-245/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 破産法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000075/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19