To push major revision to the Civil Code management

Abe administration gave the go-ahead Tuesday to implement a large-scale revision of the section related to civil claims in about 120 years.

Civil Code which was founded in 1896, the revision of the draft, change the system for the introduction legal interest rate rules for the terms and conditions of commercial services, has been designed to unify the period of prescription for financing receivables.

Government, aims that the current Legislative Assembly is to get the revision through parliament before the end of June.

Revision last month is based on the recommendation of the Legislative Council, which has proposed a change of part 200 of the Civil Code, from advisory panel of government.


The current Civil Code, there is no clear rules in the terms and conditions for commercial service. The new rules, without having to consider conditions, are intended to consumers deal with troubles such as Internet shopping, fall by concluded contract as a subscription and insurance mobile phone.

US returns the Okinawa residential area

Naha, Okinawa Prefecture PREF. The United States, under the bilateral agreement of 2013 in order to reduce the burden from hosting the base of the United States, Ginowan, returned 51 hectares of residential area of ​​Camp Foster Okinawa Prefecture Tuesday.

The event represents the second return of the United States of land based on one hectare of handover following deal by Makiminato replenishment district in August 2013.

"We will try as soon as possible to achieve the following base return," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in Tokyo. "We will reduce the burden in the form visible."

But, on Tuesday residential area return, Okinawa still hosts the 73.8 percent of the total acreage of US forces in Japan facility, county officials said.

After the fiasco, Mr. Abe, I say anymore and does not please refer to the Self-Defense Forces as "our military of"

After the fiasco, Mr. Abe, I say anymore and does not please refer to the Self-Defense Forces as "our military of"

Abe, he did not say Monday that you can use the term "our military" no longer in relation to the Self-Defense Forces.

In response to questions by opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives Budget Committee, Abe said:. "I think still (to refer to the Self-Defense Forces as military) it with no problem valuable time of the budget committee of the question-and-answer session If you plan to be spent on "such exchange when, however, I do not use such words.

In the March 20 of the Upper House Budget Committee session, Abe joint training with the Self-Defense Forces and foreign troops, said, "has produced significant results in enhancing the transparency of our military."

In subsequent comments, Abe called as the Self-Defense Forces.