# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百七十八条 (Article 178) - 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: 第百七十八条 (Article 178)（書面による準備手続終結後の攻撃防御方法の提出） — address `art-178` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-178 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-178 - 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. --- ### 第百七十八条（書面による準備手続終結後の攻撃防御方法の提出） — (Presenting Allegations and Evidence After the Close of Written Preparatory Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-178 **第一項** 書面による準備手続を終結した事件について、口頭弁論の期日において、第百七十六条第三項において準用する第百六十五条第二項の書面に記載した事項の陳述がされ、又は前条の規定による確認がされた後に攻撃又は防御の方法を提出した当事者は、相手方の求めがあるときは、相手方に対し、その陳述又は確認前にこれを提出することができなかった理由を説明しなければならない。 art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-178/par-1 In a case for which written preparatory proceedings have been closed, at the request of the adverse party, a party that presents allegations or evidence on a date for oral arguments after statements have been entered on the particulars detailed in a paper document as referred to in Article 165, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 176, paragraph (3) or after a confirmation has been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, must explain to the adverse party the reason that the party was unable to present the allegations or evidence prior to the statements or confirmation being entered. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-178/par-1: 第百七十六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七十六条第三項 (Article 176, paragraph (3)), art-176/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-176/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-176/par-3 - art-178/par-1: 第百六十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十五条第二項 (Article 165, paragraph (2)), art-165/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-165/par-2 - art-178/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百七十七条 (Article 177), art-177 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-177 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-177 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第二百九十八条第二項（第一審の訴訟行為の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-298/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-298/par-2 --- ## 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