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.
Usually, health insurance is not used when treating traffic accident injury. However, there are some occasions we recommend of using health insurance for the treatment.
Getting financially recovered from traffic accidents is challenging especially when it was caused by an uninsured car, people without enough money or insurance, or people who are not sincere for their fault. You can find what to do when you're involved in such accidents.
If you are not satisfied with the GIROJ's decision with your residual disability, you can submit a Formal Objection with them and make GIROJ reconsider their decision.
In Japan, there are two legal obligations when owning cars. The one is to purchase Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance (CALI) and to pass Motor-vehicle Inspection (Sha-ken) every two years. You can find CALI's generic price in this article.
Statement of Medical Expenses is an official document issued by hospitals. It shows a detailed treatment record of your illness or injury, medical fee points, and medical expenses. Insurance companies refer to it for paying your medical fee. GIROJ, which is responsible for researching cases of CALI, also refers to it for checking your medical status.
If you become a traffic accident victim in Japan, we recommend to make self application for payout from CALI. The reason is self application is quicker to get part of compensation money.
We explain an overview of how the average Japanese people compensate for car accident victims by using automobile insurance. In most of the cases, at-fault drivers compensate for victim's damages by using both Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance (CALI) and voluntary insurance.
