# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百二十二条 (Article 722) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": 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: 第七百二十二条 (Article 722)（損害賠償の方法、中間利息の控除及び過失相殺） — address `art-722` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-722 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-722 - 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. --- ### 第七百二十二条（損害賠償の方法、中間利息の控除及び過失相殺） — (Method to Compensate for Damage, Deduction of Interim Interest, and Comparative Negligence) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-722 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-722 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-722 **第一項** 第四百十七条及び第四百十七条の二の規定は、不法行為による損害賠償について準用する。 art-722/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-722/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-722/par-1 The provisions of Articles 417 and 417-2 apply mutatis mutandis to compensation for damages caused by tort. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 被害者に過失があったときは、裁判所は、これを考慮して、損害賠償の額を定めることができる。 art-722/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-722/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-722/par-2 If a victim is negligent, the court may determine the amount of damages by taking that into consideration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-722/par-1: 第四百十七条 → 民法 第四百十七条 (Article 417), art-417 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-417 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-417 - art-722/par-1: 第四百十七条の二 → 民法 第四百十七条の二 (Article 417-2), art-417-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-417-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-417-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 附則第十七条第二項（債務不履行の責任等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11