# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百八十七条 (Article 187) - 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: 第百八十七条 (Article 187)（参考人等の審尋） — address `art-187` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187 - 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. --- ### 第百八十七条（参考人等の審尋） — (Hearing Statements from Persons of Reference) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187 **第一項** 裁判所は、決定で完結すべき事件について、参考人又は当事者本人を審尋することができる。ただし、参考人については、当事者が申し出た者に限る。 art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-1 In a case to be concluded with a ruling, the court may hear statements from persons of reference and from the parties themselves; provided, however, that the persons of reference from whom the court may hear statements are limited to those requested by a party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による審尋は、相手方がある事件については、当事者双方が立ち会うことができる審尋の期日においてしなければならない。 art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-2 In a case involving an adverse party, the hearing under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be held on a hearing date that both parties are able to attend. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、参考人を審尋することができる。この場合において、当事者双方に異議がないときは、裁判所及び当事者双方と参考人とが音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、参考人を審尋することができる。 art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-3 If the court finds it to be appropriate, it may conduct the hearing of persons of reference, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, using a means that enables persons to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation. This being the case, if neither party objects, the court may conduct a hearing of persons of reference by a means that enables the court, both parties, and the persons of reference to communicate with one another at the same time through audio transmissions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定は、当事者本人を審尋する場合について準用する。 art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-4 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis when the court conducts a hearing of the parties themselves. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-187/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-1 - art-187/par-4: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十七条第三項 (Article 187, paragraph (3)), art-187/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第百八十七条第二項（参考人等の審尋） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百八十七条第四項（参考人等の審尋） — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-187/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-187/par-4 --- ## 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