# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十七条 (Article 117) - Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号 - English title "Code of Civil Procedure": 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: 第百十七条 (Article 117)（定期金による賠償を命じた確定判決の変更を求める訴え） — address `art-117` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117 - 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. --- ### 第百十七条（定期金による賠償を命じた確定判決の変更を求める訴え） — (Action to Modify a Final and Binding Judgment Ordering Compensation by Periodic Payments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117 **第一項** 口頭弁論終結前に生じた損害につき定期金による賠償を命じた確定判決について、口頭弁論終結後に、後遺障害の程度、賃金水準その他の損害額の算定の基礎となった事情に著しい変更が生じた場合には、その判決の変更を求める訴えを提起することができる。ただし、その訴えの提起の日以後に支払期限が到来する定期金に係る部分に限る。 art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117/par-1 If, with regard to a final and binding judgment ordering compensation through periodic payments for damage arising prior to the conclusion of oral arguments, any significant change has occurred in terms of the severity of residual disability, wage standards, or any other circumstances that were used as the basis for calculation of the amount of damages after the conclusion of oral arguments, an action may be filed to modify the judgment; provided, however, that this applies only to the part of the judgment involving periodic payments that will become due after the date the action is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の訴えは、第一審裁判所の管轄に専属する。 art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117/par-2 An action as referred to in the preceding paragraph is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the court of first instance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-117/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第九十条第五項（配当異議の訴え等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-90/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-90/par-5 - 民事訴訟法 第百十七条第二項（定期金による賠償を命じた確定判決の変更を求める訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-117/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第四百三条第一項第六号（執行停止の裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-403/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-403/par-1/item-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17