# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百二十三条 (Article 723)

- 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: 第七百二十三条 (Article 723)（名誉毀損における原状回復） — address `art-723`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百二十三条（名誉毀損における原状回復） — (Recovery in Defamation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-723 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-723 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-723</sup>

  **第一項**  他人の名誉を毀損した者に対しては、裁判所は、被害者の請求により、損害賠償に代えて、又は損害賠償とともに、名誉を回復するのに適当な処分を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-723/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-723/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-723/par-1</sup>
  The court may order a person that has defamed another person to take appropriate measures to restore the reputation of the victim in lieu of or in addition to compensation for damages, at the request of the victim.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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