日本の民法はいつ成立しましたか？
The Civil Code of Japan (民法 Minpō, 1896) was created in 1896. It was heavily influenced by the "first draft" of the German Civil Code of 1887, and to a lesser extent the French Civil Code. The code is divided into five books. Those on family and succession retain certain vestiges of the old patriarchal family system that was the basis of Japanese feudalism. It was in these sections that most of the postwar revisions were made. At that time it was considered no longer necessary or desirable to pay such homage to the past, and the sections dealing with family law and succession were brought closer to European civil law. It has had a significant role in the development of civil law in several East Asian nations including South Korea and the Republic of China (Taiwan). It remained substantially unchanged even after the American occupation in 1945 except for the fifth (family law) and sixth sections (inheritance law) which were fully revised during the occupation.
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