Civil Conciliation
We recommend you to use "the civil conciliation" as a method to solve disputes.
The civil conciliation deals with all the legal disputes except for disputes related to family affairs cases and criminal cases.
In the conciliation proceedings, unlike the court proceedings, the conciliation committee composed of one judge and two or more conciliation commissioners listens to both sides carefully, facilitates negotiations to reach an agreement between the parties, and adjusts the parties’ opinions based on fair consideration.
The conciliation committee or a judge aims to reach an agreement which both parties can accept, and shall not force the parties to obey conciliation proposal against their will.
In the civil conciliation proceedings, the conciliation committee or a judge deals with the following disputes:
- a claim for compensation of damages in a traffic accident,
- a claim for increase or decrease of rent for land or buildings,
- a claim for fees for renewal of lease,
- a claim for return of security deposit,
- a trouble on settlement of a rented house,
- a trouble on working conditions,
- a trouble of a dismissal of workers,
- a claim for an unpaid retirement allowance,
- a claim for unpaid wages,
- a claim for wages for overtime ,
- various kinds of troubles in the neighborhood,
- harassment in the workplace,
- a trouble between men and women,
- other claims for compensation
- other civil cases.
The petition should be submitted to the District Court that has jurisdiction over the area where the opponent lives.