Landlords Sued Over Apartment Evictions

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: 2 tenants sue 4 real estate firms over harsh evictions
Two men who lived in rented apartments in Tokyo have filed a lawsuit against Shinei-Estate, a real estate brokering firm based in Tachikawa, Tokyo, and three other companies, demanding about 4.7 million yen in damages over claims of harsh treatment when being evicted. Akihiro Uchida, 67, and a 25-year-old university student whose name was not disclosed, said in the suit filed Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court that the companies took their belongings when they failed to pay their rents for only a month or two, and were forced out of the apartments. Such forcible evictions have been a source of controversy concerning so-called zero-zero apartments, for which tenants do not pay guarantee money or a gratuity to landlords...According to their court claim, when Uchida failed to pay the monthly rent of 49,700 yen in November and December, real estate company employees changed the locks in early December. Later in the month, the company employees carried away all of Uchida's belongings.

[Netherlander]

"According to their court claim, when Uchida failed to pay the monthly rent of 49,700 yen in November and December, real estate company employees changed the locks in early December. Later in the month, the company employees carried away all of Uchida's belongings."

So? I would call that collateral.

[Samurai_Jerk]

"According to their court claim, when Uchida failed to pay the monthly rent of 49,700 yen in November and December, real estate company employees changed the locks in early December. Later in the month, the company employees carried away all of Uchida's belongings."

So? I would call that collateral.

Regardless of how you feel about it, it's not legal in Japan.

[Ketou]

Regardless of how you feel about it, it's not legal in Japan.

Nor would it be in many other places.....wonder what they did with the guy's stuff.