If a traffic accident victim experiences financial difficulties, he/she can claim tentative payout to CALI. After checking the submitted document, CALI tentatively pays a limited amount even before the total compensation amount is not confirmed.
When you apply for special compensation for your residual disability left by a traffic accident, it's necessary to submit the Medical Certificate of Residual Disability with GIROJ. It can be only issued by doctors.
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.
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.
CALI's compensation drastically increases if you are left with residual disability in a traffic accident. In most of the cases, at-fault driver's insurance companies apply for CALI's compensation for residual disability on behalf of you. However, it's better to apply for it by victims themselves so that they can increase the possibility to get higher compensation.
If your auto-injury doesn't heal even you have treated it for a long time, consider applying for special compensation for residual disability. There are two ways of application: doing it yourself or letting an insurance company do it. We recommend the former way, and you can find why in this article.
Jibaiseki is mandatory insurance for every vehicle owners in Japan. It's designed for protecting traffic accident victims.
If a victim got injuries in an automobile accident, CALI pays JPY1,200,000 as maximum based on actual monetary loss. You will see what cost items are compensated by CALI.
