Japan

Act on International Assistance in Investigation and Other Related Matters

Chapter II Collection of Evidence

Article 12 (Jurisdiction of the Court)

A request for issuance of a warrant or examination of a witness shall be made to a judge of the district court that has jurisdiction over the place where the office to which the requesting person belongs is located, while the filing of an appeal to a measure taken by a judicial police official concerning the seizure or the restoration of a seized article shall be made to the district court that has jurisdiction over the place where that judicial police official has exercised his/her duties.

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