# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十八条 (Article 118) - Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号 - English title "Code of Civil Procedure": 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: 第百十八条 (Article 118)（外国裁判所の確定判決の効力） — address `art-118` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118 - 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. --- ### 第百十八条（外国裁判所の確定判決の効力） — (Validity of a Final and Binding Judgment Rendered by a Foreign Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118 **第一項** 外国裁判所の確定判決は、次に掲げる要件のすべてを具備する場合に限り、その効力を有する。 art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118/par-1 A final and binding judgment rendered by a foreign court is valid only if it meets all of the following requirements: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法令又は条約により外国裁判所の裁判権が認められること。 art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118/par-1/item-1 the jurisdiction of the foreign court is recognized pursuant to laws and regulations, conventions, or treaties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 敗訴の被告が訴訟の開始に必要な呼出し若しくは命令の送達（公示送達その他これに類する送達を除く。）を受けたこと又はこれを受けなかったが応訴したこと。 art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118/par-1/item-2 the defeated defendant was served (excluding service by publication or similar service) with the requisite summons or order for the commencement of litigation, or appeared without having been served; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 判決の内容及び訴訟手続が日本における公の秩序又は善良の風俗に反しないこと。 art-118/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118/par-1/item-3 the content of the judgment and the litigation proceedings are not contrary to public policy in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 相互の保証があること。 art-118/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-118/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-118/par-1/item-4 a guarantee of reciprocity is in place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十四条第五項（外国裁判所の判決の執行判決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-24/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17