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Compensation

In traffic accident cases, getting the full amount of compensation you legally deserve is one of the biggest goals. Understand what cost item could be compensated by the at-fault party, and claim your damage in the right way and good timing.

  • 25/03/2020
  • 26/03/2020

Compensation to a guest passenger

A guest passenger has legal right to claim compensation to an at-fault driver when he/she is injured while riding on a car of the at-fault driver. Generally, the amount of compensation is not reduced.

  • 03/02/2020
  • 09/04/2020

Damages of business interruption

Damages of business interruption is one of the cost items which traffic accident victims can get compensated. The specific amount of the compensation depends on to which organization you claim. There are three standards for the calculation: CALI's standard, voluntary insurance standard, and judicial standard.

  • 29/12/2019
  • 30/12/2019

Compensation -Who can claim it? Who has to pay it?

When a traffic accident happens in Japan, who claim or pay compensation depends on the types of the accident. It's supported by two laws in Japan, and depending on accidents, different laws will be applied.

  • 18/11/2019
  • 22/11/2019

Consolation money for residual disability

Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. This article specifies the amount of consolation money for a victim left with residual disability.

  • 14/11/2019
  • 18/12/2022

Consolation money for an injured victim

Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. In the case where a victim is injured, you have three standards to calculate the consolation money.

  • 08/11/2019
  • 11/12/2019

Consolation money for a dead victim

Compensation is mainly based on the actual losses of car accident victims. However, when it comes to human injury accidents or fatal accidents, consolation money is necessary for compensation. There are some standards to calculate consolation money in traffic accident cases in Japan.

  • 30/10/2019
  • 14/03/2020

Calculation of lost wages

Lost wages are calculated based on the actual salaries which the victim got before a traffic accident. If the victim did not gain salaries, the average wage is used for the calculation. You have to deduct interim interests from the calculated lost wages by using the Leibniz coefficient in traffic accident cases in Japan.

  • 31/08/2019
  • 31/10/2019

Three standards for calculating compensation

For calculation of the amount of compensation you deserve, you have three standards in Japan: a CALI's standard, a voluntary insurance company's standard, and an attorney's standard. If you are a traffic accident victim, you should use the attorney's standard.