# Lease (賃貸借, ちんたいしゃく) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lease. 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. - Group: Rights, roles and legal effects - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lease - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/lease - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23 A contract in which one party, the lessor (賃貸人), agrees to let the other use a thing and take what it yields, and the other party, the lessee (賃借人), agrees to pay rent for it and to return it when the contract ends (Civil Code, Article 601). It ends when the thing can no longer be used at all, for example because it has been destroyed (Article 616-2), and where a lease is cancelled the cancellation takes effect only from then on (Article 620). For land held in order to own a building, and for buildings, the Act on Land and Building Leases sets special rules (特別の定め) on how long a lease lasts, how it is renewed and what effect it has, among other things (Article 1). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Civil Code, Arts. 601, 616-2, 620](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code - [Act on Land and Building Leases, Art. 1](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/403AC0000000090) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act ## Where the laws use it 5 laws in force use it in this sense, in 54 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Civil Code (民法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code): 27 provisions, among them [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-13), [Article 266](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-266), [Article 273](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-273) - [Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act): 22 provisions, among them [Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-1), [Article 8](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-8), [Article 12](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-12) - [Corporation Tax Act (法人税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 53](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/art-53), [Article 64-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/art-64-2), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-5071-13/art-1) - [Act on Building Unit Ownership (建物の区分所有等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/building-unit-ownership-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 64-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/building-unit-ownership-act/art-64-2) - [Income Tax Act (所得税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 67-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-67-2) ## Related - [Lessor (賃貸人, ちんたいにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessor) - [Lessee (賃借人, ちんしゃくにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessee) - [Cancellation (解除, かいじょ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cancellation) - [Notarial deed (公正証書, こうせいしょうしょ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/notarial-deed) - [Right of lease (賃借権, ちんしゃくけん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/right-of-lease) - [Sublessee (転借人, てんしゃくにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/sublessee) - [Statutory lien (先取特権, さきどりとっけん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/statutory-lien) - [Assert against (対抗, たいこう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/assert-against) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (5 records)