# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2) - 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: 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2)（映像と音声の送受信による通話の方法による口頭弁論等） — address `art-87-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2 - 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. --- ### 第八十七条の二（映像と音声の送受信による通話の方法による口頭弁論等） — (Oral Arguments Based on Communication Through Audio and Visual Transmissions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって、口頭弁論の期日における手続を行うことができる。 art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-1 If the court finds it to be appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the parties and as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the court may conduct proceedings on a date for oral arguments using a means that enables the court and both parties to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another' situation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方が音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、審尋の期日における手続を行うことができる。 art-87-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-2 If the court finds it to be appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the parties, the court may conduct the proceedings on the date for hearing in a way that enables the court and both parties to communicate with one another at the same time, through audio transmissions, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の期日に出頭しないでその手続に関与した当事者は、その期日に出頭したものとみなす。 art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-3 The party who has participated in proceedings as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs without appearing on the date referred to in that paragraph is deemed to have appeared on that date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-87-2/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第八十七条の二第一項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (1)), art-87-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-1 - art-87-2/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第八十七条の二第二項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (2)), art-87-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事訴訟法 第八十七条の二第三項（映像と音声の送受信による通話の方法による口頭弁論等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-87-2/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 附則第四条第一項（人事訴訟等に関する手続における映像と音声の送受信による通話の方法による口頭弁論等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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