SUP 5252.225-9401 Japanese Conciliation Clause (Jan 1992). Insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts with contractors in Japan. This clause implements Article XVIII, paragraph 10 of the Status of Forces Agreement.

SUP 5252.227-9400 JAPANESE CONCILIATION CLAUSE (JAN 1992)

• (a) Except as otherwise provided in this contract any disagreement arising under this contract which is not resolved by the parties to this contract may be submitted to the US-Japan Joint Committee for conciliation in accordance with paragraph 10, Article XVIII, of the Status of Forces Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America. Request by the Contractor for conciliation shall be made in accordance with the procedures provided herein.
• (b) In the event the Contractor desires conciliation after the decision of the Contracting Officer has been served upon him, he will first file his appeal from such findings of fact within the time limits described therein before filing request for conciliation with the Joint Committee and then request for appellate authority under the clause of this contract entitled Disputes to suspend its action on his appeal until such time as the Joint Committee has had an opportunity for effecting conciliation.
• (c) The request for conciliation will be submitted by the Contractor through the nearest local Japanese Defense Facilities Administration Bureau to the Contract Conciliation Panel of the Joint Committee. Upon the filing of the request with the Joint Committee, the Contractor will immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing that the request for conciliation has been filed.
• (d) In the event the disagreement submitted to the Joint Committee under subparagraph (b) above has been received through conciliation, it will be the responsibility of the Contractor to notify the appellate authority deSignated in the clause of this contract, entitled Disputes, of the settlement of the dispute and to withdraw his appeal.
• (e) In the event the Contractor who has submitted a request for conciliation to the Joint Committee under subparagraph (b) above desires, notwithstanding the pending request for conciliation, that action by the appropriate authority under the clause of this contract entitled Disputes be resumed on his appeal, it is his responsibility to so request the said authority in writing. The Joint Committee shall be immediately informed by the Contractor of his action taken hereunder.
• (f) No request for conciliation can be submitted to the Joint Committee in the case of a dispute upon which the final decision of the appropriate authority under the clause of this contract entitled Disputes has been rendered. Pending the hearing of conciliation panel the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision. The provisions of this clause shall not prejudice any right which the parties to the contract may have to file a civil suit