Judgement of the Tokyo District Court on February 25, 2013 (Case Number: 2012-WA-35236)
- Tokyo District Court acknowledged the validity of cancellation of building lease contract based on 2 months’ non-payment and subleasing without permission and sublease without permission.
- Sohgoh Real Estate Co., Ltd. (lender) vs. individual tenants
- Claim to surrender building based on cancellation of building lease contract
Location and Purpose of Use of the Building
- a room for dwelling in Tokyo
- When the tenant did not pay the two-months’ rent, the lender demanded to pay unpaid rent within 5 days, and manifested conditional intention to cancel the contract if the tenant did not pay them within the period.
- The lender argued that the tenant let a third party live in the room without permission of the lender and that the relationship of mutual trust between the lender and the tenant had been apparently dissolved.
- The court acknowledged that the lease contract was validly cancelled based on two months’ non-payment of the rent and subleasing without permission.
- This is one of the cases of eviction that cancellation of building lease contract based on two months’ non-payment was acknowledged.
