Cross-Border Inheritance(Succession, Will and Trust), Family Law (Divorce, Prenuptial Agreement, and Adoption), and Hague Child Abduction Cases
Cross-Border Inheritance
and Family Law Cases
Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobalToikyo Office 34F Atago Green Hills MORI Tower2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku,
Tokyo、105-6234, Japan
Office Hours 9:30～17:30
on weekdays
Makiko Mizuuchi(Ms), Attorney-at Law, admitted to practice in
Japan and California, U.S.A. is in charge.
03-5405-7850
Applicable Laws
Applicable Laws for Inheritance(succession)
According to Article 36 of Act on the General Rules for Applicable Laws(”Act”). “Succession shall be governed by the national law of the decedent.”
Pleaase refer to Japanese Law Translation, https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/ja/laws/view/3783
Under Japanese law, inherited property is regulated uniformly regardless of the scope or location of property, according to the decedent's national law or the law of the decedent’s residence (unification of inheritance).
There is no difference between real estate and movables regarding the applicable law.
Renvoi
There is an exception for Art.36.
According to Article 41,the Act, “Where a person’s national law applies and the rules of that law require that Japanese law should apply, then Japanese law shall apply.” (Article 41, Renvoi).
There is an exceptionforArt.36.
According to Article 41,the Act, “Where a person’s national law applies and the rules of that law require that Japanese law should apply, then Japanese law shall apply.” (Article 41, Renvoi).
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Makiko Mizuuchi
Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobal Tokyo Office
34F Atago Green Hills MORI Tower 2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6234, Japan
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