МЕЖДУ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИЕЙ И ЯПОНИЕЙ О ВЗАИМНОЙ ПРАВОВОЙ ПОМОЩИ ПО УГОЛОВНЫМ ДЕЛАМ. Договор. Правительство РФ. 12.05.09

Article 1

     1.  Each  Party  shall,  upon request by the other Party, provide
mutual   legal   assistance   in   connection   with   investigations,
prosecutions  and  other  proceedings in criminal matters (hereinafter
referred to as "assistance") in accordance with the provisions of this
Treaty.
     2. Assistance shall include the following:
     (1)  taking testimony, statements or items, including through the
execution of search and seizure;
     (2) examining persons, items or places;
     (3) locating or identifying persons, items or places;
     (4)  providing  items  in  the  possession  of  the  legislative,
executive,  judicial  or  other  national authorities of the requested
Party as well as the local authorities thereof;
     (5)  informing  a  person  of  an  invitation  to  appear  in the
requesting Party or serving a document requiring a person to appear in
the requesting Party;
     (6)  temporary  transfer  of a person who is being detained or is
serving  a sentence in the territory of the requested Party for giving
testimony or for other purposes indicated in the request;
     (7)  serving documents related to criminal proceedings other than
those provided for in sub-paragraph (5);
     (8)   assisting   in  proceedings  related  to  confiscation  and
immobilization  of proceeds or instrumentalities of criminal offences;
and
     (9)  any other assistance that is not contrary to the laws of the
requested Party and agreed upon between the Central Authorities of the
Parties.
     3.  The  term  "items"  as  used  in this Treaty means documents,
records and other articles of evidence.
     4. Nothing in this Treaty shall be construed so as to entitle the
competent authorities of either Party to undertake in the territory of
the   other   Party   functions  which  exclusively  fall  within  the
authorities of that other Party under the laws of the other Party.
     5.  This  Treaty  is  intended  solely for assistance between the
Parties.  The  provisions  of  this  Treaty shall not give rise to any
rights or affect the pre-existing rights on the part of any natural or
legal  person  to  obtain evidence or to have evidence excluded, or to
impede the execution of a request for assistance.