# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百十五条 (Article 415) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": 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: 第四百十五条 (Article 415)（債務不履行による損害賠償） — address `art-415` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百十五条（債務不履行による損害賠償） — (Claim for Damages Due to Non-Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-415 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415 **第一項** 債務者がその債務の本旨に従った履行をしないとき又は債務の履行が不能であるときは、債権者は、これによって生じた損害の賠償を請求することができる。ただし、その債務の不履行が契約その他の債務の発生原因及び取引上の社会通念に照らして債務者の責めに帰することができない事由によるものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-415/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-1 If an obligor fails to perform consistent with the main purport of the obligation or the performance of an obligation is impossible, the obligee may claim compensation for damage arising from the failure; provided, however, that this does not apply if the failure to perform the obligation is due to grounds not attributable to the obligor in light of the contract or other sources of obligation and common sense trading practices. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により損害賠償の請求をすることができる場合において、債権者は、次に掲げるときは、債務の履行に代わる損害賠償の請求をすることができる。 art-415/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-2 If the obligee is entitled to claim for damages pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and any of the following cases applies, the obligee may claim for damages in lieu of the performance of the obligation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務の履行が不能であるとき。 art-415/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-2/item-1 the performance of the obligation is impossible; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務者がその債務の履行を拒絶する意思を明確に表示したとき。 art-415/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-2/item-2 the obligor manifests the intention to refuse to perform the obligation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 債務が契約によって生じたものである場合において、その契約が解除され、又は債務の不履行による契約の解除権が発生したとき。 art-415/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-2/item-3 the obligation has arisen from a contract, and the contract is cancelled or the obligee acquires the right to cancel the contract on the ground of the obligor's failure to perform the obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-415/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百十五条第一項 (Article 415, paragraph (1)), art-415/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百十二条の二第二項（履行不能） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-412-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-412-2/par-2 - 民法 第四百十五条第二項（債務不履行による損害賠償） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-415/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-415/par-2 - 民法 第五百六十四条第一項（買主の損害賠償請求及び解除権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-564/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-564/par-1 - 民法 附則第十七条第一項（債務不履行の責任等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-17/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11