Recently my landlord and building owner have been harassing me to leave my apartment (because the owner wants to go back to renting it as an Airbnb). However my lease ends in February but since mid December they have been showing up to my door asking when I plan to leave.
My door has a code so them being the landlord/owner they directly open the door and enter. This morning I had just woken up and was getting dressed before checking who was at the door but they didn’t have the patience to wait for me to get dressed…
The apartment is marked as available on the Airbnb website and reservations are coming in. Including one today so he urged me to put my stuff outside or « he will ». I had to call a Japanese friend to come and help me deal with the situation because it was escalating. He ofc used the threat of calling the police because anything he will say goes since it is his property not mine thinking that the fear of being deported from Japan would get to me.
Anyways I would like to know if I call the police next time they show up to my door would I be in the wrong or in the right ?
Ofc I am ready to move out however I can only move into my new apartment end of this month. I wake up every morning by the fear or having them standing in my room or the fear of leaving my apartment and coming back to my stuff being thrown on the street. (Ps I live in Osaka)
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Everything depends on whether you have a lease and what kind of lease it is.
Obviously you can stay until the end of your lease.
There are 2 types of lease, “normal” 普通借家契約 and “fixed term” 定期借家契約. Unless your contract is the latter, then even when you arrive at the end of the lease, they can’t kick you out without your consent and by default the contract must be renewed with identical terms.
The next time this happens call the police. Make sure you keep a copy of your lease with you in case he decides to try to soft evict you. If he enters and touches your stuff call the police. Contact him immediately and tell him that he/she/it is not to enter your apartment or you will call the police. This is literally what they’re there for.
” My door has a code so them being the landlord/owner they directly open the door and enter. ”
That’s textbook trespassing. Even if they are the landlord, they do NOT have the right to enter the property without your consent. They can’t even keep a copy of the key without your consent.
While you are renting, this is your home, not the owner’s. You do not own it but you rent an exclusive usage right.
Try to record it next time they try to enter in the apartment without your consent and call the police yourself.