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

Article 2

     1. Each Party shall designate the Central Authorities that are to
perform  the  functions  provided  for in this Treaty. For the Russian
Federation,  the  Central Authorities shall be the Ministry of Justice
of  the  Russian Federation and the General Prosecutor`s Office of the
Russian  Federation.  For  Japan, the Central Authorities shall be the
Minister  of  Justice  and  the  National Public Safety Commission and
persons designated by them. The Parties shall notify each other of the
functions  of  their Central Authorities in writing through diplomatic
channels.
     2.  In  case  of  changes  of  the  Central  Authorities or their
functions  of either Party, the other Party shall promptly be notified
thereof through diplomatic channels.
     3. Requests for assistance under this Treaty shall be made by the
Central  Authority of the requesting Party to the Central Authority of
the  requested Party. If a received request comes within the functions
of  another Central Authority of the requested Party, the said request
shall promptly be forwarded to that Central Authority, and the Central
Authority of the requesting Party shall be notified thereof.
     4.  The  Central  Authorities  of  the  Parties shall communicate
directly with one another for the purposes of this Treaty.