One of the ways to enforce a debt in Japan is to prove the debtor’s liability with a foreign court judgment establishing the debt. However, in many of these cases the transaction that gave rise to the debt often occurred in a foreign country. In such circumstances the foreign payment order should be enforced in the court with jurisdiction over where the debtor lives in Japan or where the debtor owns property in Japan. Although getting recognition of a foreign debt is a relatively simple process, the foreign judgment will still have to meet the requirements to be enforced under […]