# Lessee (賃借人, ちんしゃくにん)

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- Group: Rights, roles and legal effects
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessee
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/lessee
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23

The party to a lease (賃貸借) who uses a thing, such as land or a building, pays rent for it and must return it when the contract ends; in everyday words, the tenant (Civil Code, Article 601). The lessee needs the lessor's (賃貸人) consent to transfer the lease or to sublet the thing (Article 612, paragraph (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, 612](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code

## Where the laws use it

5 laws in force use it in this sense, in 32 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Civil Code (民法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code): 20 provisions, among them [Article 312](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-312), [Article 313](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-313), [Article 315](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-315)
- [Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act): 9 provisions, among them [Article 24](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-24), [Article 26](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-26), [Article 28](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-28)
- [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)
- [Corporation Tax Act (法人税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 64-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/art-64-2)

## Related

- [Right of lease (賃借権, ちんしゃくけん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/right-of-lease)
- [Lease (賃貸借, ちんたいしゃく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lease)
- [Lessor (賃貸人, ちんたいにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessor)
- [Sublease (転貸, てんたい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/sublease)
- [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)

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## 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)