# Right of lease (賃借権, ちんしゃくけん) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/right-of-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/right-of-lease - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/right-of-lease - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-09-23 The right a lessee (賃借人) has under a lease (賃貸借): to use the leased thing and take what it yields, in return for paying rent (Civil Code, Article 601). The lessee may not transfer it, or sublet the thing, without the lessor's (賃貸人) consent (Article 612, paragraph (1)). A registered lease of land or a building can be asserted against a person who acquires a right in rem (物権) in the property, such as a buyer, and against other third parties (Article 605), and a right of lease can be registered (Real Property Registration Act, Article 3, item (viii)). The Act on Land and Building Leases also protects a tenant who has not registered the lease: a right to use land for a building (借地権) can be asserted against third parties once the tenant owns a registered building on the land (Article 10, paragraph (1)), and a building lease takes effect against anyone who later acquires a right in rem in the building once the building has been handed over (Article 31). 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, 605, 612](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code - [Real Property Registration Act, Art. 3](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000123) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act - [Act on Land and Building Leases, Arts. 10, 31](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 6 laws in force use it in this sense, in 64 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation (租税特別措置法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act): 44 provisions, among them [Article 24-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-24-2), [Article 24-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-24-3), [Article 28-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-28-4) - [Civil Code (民法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code): 7 provisions, among them [Article 252](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-252), [Article 264-8](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-264-8), [Article 264-14](https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-264-14) - [Act on Land and Building Leases (借地借家法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act): 6 provisions, among them [Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-1), [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-2), [Article 14](https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-14) - [Real Property Registration Act (不動産登記法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 3](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-3), [Article 70](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-70), [Article 81](https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-81) - [Local Tax Act (地方税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 72-17](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-17), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 5](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4121-4/art-5) - [Income Tax Act (所得税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 33](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-33), [Article 58](https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-58) ## Related - [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) - [Lessee (賃借人, ちんしゃくにん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/lessee) - [Sublease (転貸, てんたい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/sublease) - [Registration (登記, とうき)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/registration) - [Assert against (対抗, たいこう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/assert-against) - [Superficies (地上権, ちじょうけん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/superficies) --- ## 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 (6 records)