Abstract
In Japan, alimony has many problems of rationale, determination of providing award and amount. Thus it is proposed that the concepts of the compensatory award should be replaced by the concept of alimony. But there are some concepts of compensatory awards proposed, for recharacterization of alimony we should determine singly only the concept of compensatory payment. In America, The American Law Institute proposes the concept of alimony replacing the concept of the compensatory awards in "Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendation". For recharacterization of alimony in Japan, this article will look at the concept of the compensatory awards in "Principles of the Law of Family Disso lution".
