https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/arbitration/Recent content in Arbitration on ExcellentWiki - Legal EncyclopediaHugoen-USTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/arbitration/japan-arbitration-law/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/arbitration/japan-arbitration-law/<h2 id="the-arbitration-act-2003">The Arbitration Act 2003</h2> <p>Japanese arbitration law is governed by the <strong>Arbitration Act</strong> (<em>Chūsai Hō</em>, Law No. 138 of 2003), which entered into force on 1 March 2004. The Act was enacted to replace the outdated arbitration provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (1890) and to align Japanese arbitration law with international standards. It is substantially based on the <strong>UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration</strong> (1985, as amended in 2006), although Japan did not adopt the Model Law verbatim but used it as a template with certain modifications.</p>