# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百二十六条 (Article 626) - 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: 第六百二十六条 (Article 626)（期間の定めのある雇用の解除） — address `art-626` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626 - 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. 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. --- ### 第六百二十六条（期間の定めのある雇用の解除） — (Cancellation of Employment with Definite Term) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-626 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626 **第一項** 雇用の期間が五年を超え、又はその終期が不確定であるときは、当事者の一方は、五年を経過した後、いつでも契約の解除をすることができる。 art-626/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626/par-1 If the term of employment exceeds five years, or the end of the term is not fixed, either party may cancel the contract at any time after the passage of five years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により契約の解除をしようとする者は、それが使用者であるときは三箇月前、労働者であるときは二週間前に、その予告をしなければならない。 art-626/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626/par-2 If a person seeking to cancel a contract pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must give notice three months in advance if the person is an employer, or two weeks in advance if the person is an employee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-626/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百二十六条第一項 (Article 626, paragraph (1)), art-626/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百二十六条第二項（期間の定めのある雇用の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-626/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-626/par-2 --- ## 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