Information on properties up for public auction, currently only accessible at individual courthouses arranging the sales, will be posted on the Internet, Supreme Court officials said Tuesday.
Information on auction properties under the jurisdictions of the Tokyo and Osaka District courts has been accessible on the Internet since last year. The Supreme Court plans to expand the service to the Fukuoka and Sapporo District courts in fiscal 2003 and to put all such property data across Japan on the Net by summer 2004.
The Supreme Court's Civil Affairs Bureau said it is also developing a system that will allow auction procedures to be managed by computer and progress inquiries to be made via the Web.