# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第一章 (Part 3, Chapter 1) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号 - English title "Code of Criminal 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: 第一章 (Part 3, Chapter 1) — address `pt-3/ch-1` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-05-16 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 16 May 2028 — the amending law allows up to five years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-12-22 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280516_505AC0000000028) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/pt-3/ch-1 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第一章　通則 — Chapter I General Rules heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-3/ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1 ### 第三百五十一条 art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-351 **第一項** 検察官又は被告人は、上訴をすることができる。 art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-351/par-1 The public prosecutor or the defendant may appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The public prosecutor or the accused may appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb **第二項** 第二百六十六条第二号の規定により裁判所の審判に付された事件と他の事件とが併合して審判され、一個の裁判があつた場合には、第二百六十八条第二項の規定により検察官の職務を行う弁護士及び当該他の事件の検察官は、その裁判に対し各々独立して上訴をすることができる。 art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-351/par-2 When a case which has been committed to trial pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of Article 266 has been tried jointly with other cases and a single decision has been rendered, the attorney who exercises the same function as a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 268 and the public prosecutor in charge of the other cases may appeal the decision independently. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a case which has been committed to trial pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of Article 266 has been tried jointly with other cases and a decision has been rendered, the attorney who exercises the same function as a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 266 and the public prosecutor in charge of the other cases may appeal the decision independently." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十二条 art-352 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-352 **第一項** 検察官又は被告人以外の者で決定を受けたものは、抗告をすることができる。 art-352/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-352/par-1 A person, other than a public prosecutor or the defendant, who has had a ruling rendered against him/her may file a kokoku-appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person, other than a public prosecutor or the accused, who has had a ruling rendered against him/her may file an Kokoku-appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十三条 art-353 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-353 **第一項** 被告人の法定代理人又は保佐人は、被告人のため上訴をすることができる。 art-353/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-353/par-1 A statutory agent or a curator of the defendant may appeal for the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A statutory agent or a curator of the accused may appeal for the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十四条 art-354 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-354 **第一項** 勾留に対しては、勾留の理由の開示があつたときは、その開示の請求をした者も、被告人のため上訴をすることができる。その上訴を棄却する決定に対しても、同様である。 art-354/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-354/par-1 When the grounds for detention have been disclosed, the person who requested such disclosure may appeal the detention for the defendant. He/She may also appeal against a ruling for dismissal of such an appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the grounds for detention have been disclosed, the person who requested such disclosure may appeal the detention for the accused. He/She may also appeal against a ruling for dismissal of such an appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十五条 art-355 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-355 **第一項** 原審における代理人又は弁護人は、被告人のため上訴をすることができる。 art-355/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-355/par-1 The defendant's agent or defense counsel in the prior instance may appeal for the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The accused's agent or counsel in the first instance may appeal for the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十六条 art-356 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-356 **第一項** 前三条の上訴は、被告人の明示した意思に反してこれをすることができない。 art-356/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-356/par-1 An appeal pursuant to the provisions of Articles 353 to 355 may not be filed contrary to the intent that the defendant has clearly indicated. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An appeal pursuant to the provisions of Article 353 to 355 may not be filed contrary to the intent that the accused has clearly indicated." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百五十七条 art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-357 **第一項** 上訴は、裁判の一部に対してこれをすることができる。部分を限らないで上訴をしたときは、裁判の全部に対してしたものとみなす。 art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-357/par-1 An appeal may be filed against a part of the decision. When an appeal is not limited to that against a part of such decision, it shall be deemed to be an appeal against the decision in its entirety. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百五十八条 art-358 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-358 **第一項** 上訴の提起期間は、裁判が告知された日から進行する。 art-358/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-358/par-1 The period of time during which an appeal may be filed shall begin from the day that the decision has been pronounced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百五十九条 art-359 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-359 **第一項** 検察官、被告人又は第三百五十二条に規定する者は、上訴の放棄又は取下をすることができる。 art-359/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-359/par-1 A public prosecutor, the defendant, or a person as set forth in the provisions of Article 352 may waive or withdraw an appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A public prosecutor, the accused, or a person as set forth in the provisions of Article 352 may waive or withdraw an appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百六十条 art-360 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360 **第一項** 第三百五十三条又は第三百五十四条に規定する者は、書面又は電磁的記録による被告人の同意を得て、上訴の放棄又は取下げをすることができる。 art-360/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360/par-1 A person as set forth in the provisions of Article 353 or Article 354 may waive or withdraw an appeal with the consent of the defendant given in writing or by electronic or magnetic record. machine translation, not official ### 第三百六十条の二 art-360-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360-2 **第一項** 死刑又は無期拘禁刑に処する判決に対する上訴は、前二条の規定にかかわらず、これを放棄することができない。 art-360-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360-2/par-1 An appeal against a judgment for the death penalty or imprisonment for life may not be waived, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 359 and Article 360. machine translation, not official ### 第三百六十条の三 art-360-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360-3 **第一項** 上訴放棄の申立は、書面でこれをしなければならない。 art-360-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360-3/par-1 A request to waive appeal shall be made in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百六十一条 art-361 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-361 **第一項** 上訴の放棄又は取下をした者は、その事件について更に上訴をすることができない。上訴の放棄又は取下に同意をした被告人も、同様である。 art-361/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-361/par-1 A person who has waived or withdrawn an appeal cannot appeal again. The same shall apply to a defendant who has consented to the waiver or withdrawal of an appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who has waived or withdrawn an appeal cannot appeal again. The same shall apply to an accused who has consented to the waiver or withdrawal of an appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百六十二条 art-362 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-362 **第一項** 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条の規定により上訴をすることができる者は、自己又は代人の責に帰することができない事由によつて上訴の提起期間内に上訴をすることができなかつたときは、原裁判所に上訴権回復の請求をすることができる。 art-362/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-362/par-1 When a person who can appeal pursuant to the provisions of Article 351 through Article 355 was unable to appeal within the period of time in which an appeal could have been filed due to grounds not attributable to him/her or his/her representative, he/she can request the deciding court to restore the right to appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a person who can appeal pursuant to the provisions of Article 351 through Article 355 was unable to appeal due to grounds not attributable to him/her or his/her representative, he/she can request the deciding court to restore the right to appeal during the period of time in which an appeal could have been filed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百六十三条 art-363 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-363 **第一項** 上訴権回復の請求は、事由が止んだ日から上訴の提起期間に相当する期間内にこれをしなければならない。 art-363/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-363/par-1 A request to restore the right to appeal shall be made within a period that starts from the day on which the grounds have ceased and that corresponds to the period for appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 上訴権回復の請求をする者は、その請求と同時に上訴の申立をしなければならない。 art-363/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-363/par-2 A person who requests restoration of the right to appeal shall file an appeal at the same time as that request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百六十四条 art-364 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-364 **第一項** 上訴権回復の請求についてした決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-364/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-364/par-1 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling on a request to restore the right to appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三百六十五条 art-365 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-365 **第一項** 上訴権回復の請求があつたときは、原裁判所は、前条の決定をするまで裁判の執行を停止する決定をすることができる。この場合には、被告人に対し勾留状を発することができる。 art-365/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-365/par-1 When there is a request to restore the right to appeal, the deciding court can issue a ruling to stay the execution of its decision until it has issued a ruling as set forth in the provisions of Article 364. In this case, the court can issue a detention warrant against the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When there is a request to restore the right to appeal, the deciding court can issue a ruling to stay the execution of its decision until it has issued a ruling as set forth in the provisions of Article 364. In this case, the court can issue a detention warrant against the accused." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百六十六条 art-366 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366 **第一項** 刑事施設にいる被告人が上訴の提起期間内に上訴の申立書（電磁的記録を含む。次項において同じ。）を刑事施設の長又はその代理者に提出したときは、上訴の提起期間内に上訴をしたものとみなす。 art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366/par-1 When a defendant who is in a penal institution has submitted a written application for appeal (including an electronic or magnetic record; the same applies in the following paragraph) to the warden of said penal institution or a representative thereof during the period for appeal, it shall be deemed that he/she has appealed during such time. machine translation, not official **第二項** 被告人が自ら申立書を作ることができないときは、刑事施設の長又はその代理者は、これを被告人に代わつて作成し、又は所属の職員にこれをさせなければならない。 art-366/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366/par-2 When the defendant cannot write an application by himself/herself, the warden of the penal institution or a representative thereof shall prepare it on behalf of him/her or shall have this done by an officer of the institution. machine translation, not official ### 第三百六十七条 art-367 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-367 **第一項** 前条の規定は、刑事施設にいる被告人が上訴の放棄若しくは取下げ又は上訴権回復の請求をする場合にこれを準用する。 art-367/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-367/par-1 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which the defendant in a penal institution waives or withdraws an appeal, or requests restoration of the right to appeal. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which the accused in a penal institution waives or withdraws an appeal, or requests restoration of the right to appeal." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb ### 第三百六十八条から第三百七十一条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-368-to-371 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-368-to-371 **第一項** 削除 art-368-to-371/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-368-to-371/par-1 no English for this paragraph --- ## Cites - art-351/par-2: 第二百六十六条第二号 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十六条第一項第二号 (Article 266, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-266/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-2/ch-2/from-art-259#art-266/par-1/item-2 - art-351/par-2: 第二百六十八条第二項 → 刑事訴訟法 第二百六十八条第二項 (Article 268, paragraph (2)), art-268/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-2/ch-2/from-art-259#art-268/par-2 - art-356/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十三条 (Article 353), art-353 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-353 - art-356/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十四条 (Article 354), art-354 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-354 - art-356/par-1: 前三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十五条 (Article 355), art-355 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-355 - art-359/par-1: 第三百五十二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十二条 (Article 352), art-352 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-352 - art-360/par-1: 第三百五十三条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十三条 (Article 353), art-353 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-353 - art-360/par-1: 第三百五十四条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十四条 (Article 354), art-354 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-354 - art-360-2/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十九条 (Article 359), art-359 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-359 - art-360-2/par-1: 前二条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百六十条 (Article 360), art-360 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-360 - art-362/par-1: 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十一条 (Article 351), art-351 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-351 - art-362/par-1: 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十二条 (Article 352), art-352 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-352 - art-362/par-1: 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十三条 (Article 353), art-353 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-353 - art-362/par-1: 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十四条 (Article 354), art-354 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-354 - art-362/par-1: 第三百五十一条乃至第三百五十五条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百五十五条 (Article 355), art-355 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-355 - art-365/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百六十四条 (Article 364), art-364 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-364 - art-366/par-1: 次項 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百六十六条第二項 (Article 366, paragraph (2)), art-366/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366/par-2 - art-367/par-1: 前条 → 刑事訴訟法 第三百六十六条 (Article 366), art-366 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-criminal-procedure/amendments/20280516_505AC0000000028/text/pt-3/ch-1#art-366 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Code of Criminal Procedure, written 2026-11-06 - 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