"Excessive Moving-Out Fee Refund Diagnosis" Adds AI Reading Function for Rental Contracts ── AI Judges "Valid/Invalid/Needs Confirmation" Clause by Clause Simply by Photographing Special Clauses

Mycat Inc. (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo) announced on April 14, 2026, the addition of an "AI Contract Reader" function to its AI Moving-Out Fee Appropriateness Diagnosis service "Taikyo Hiyou Harisugi Shindan" (https://taikyo.xyz). This new feature allows users to instantly determine the legal validity of special clauses in rental contracts by simply photographing and uploading relevant pages of the contract with a smartphone. The AI categorizes each special clause into one of three levels: "Valid," "Potentially Invalid," or "Needs Confirmation."

Tool URL: https://taikyo.xyz/tools/contract-reader

Why "Contract Reading" is Necessary

After the moving season from March to April ends, consultations regarding disputes over moving-out expenses surge. According to the National Consumer Affairs Center, there are approximately 13,000 consultations annually concerning rental property move-out disputes, and many cases involve accepting high charges simply because they are "written in the special clauses" (Source: National Consumer Affairs Center 2023 Fiscal Year Consultation Statistics).

Unlike the previous "Tenant Rights Checker" (a tool that diagnoses contract conditions selectably), this new function directly inputs special contract clauses as text and judges each clause against the Consumer Contract Act and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) guidelines.

The MLIT's "Troubles and Guidelines Regarding Restoration Costs" clearly states that three requirements must be met for a special clause to be valid. However, it is difficult for general tenants to determine these requirements based solely on the wording of the contract. Many users of "Taikyo Hiyou Harisugi Shindan" have reported situations where they receive an estimate from the management company at move-out, pull out their contract, but cannot understand what each clause means.

Mechanism of "AI Contract Reader"

The tool analyzes special contract clauses using AI through the following steps:

Step 1: Photographing and Uploading the Contract

Photograph the page of the contract containing the special clauses with your smartphone camera or upload a PDF file. Text is automatically extracted via OCR (Optical Character Recognition), eliminating the need for manual input.

Step 2: Automatic Identification of Special Clauses

The AI automatically identifies special clauses from the text and classifies them into the following categories:

• Tenant's responsibility for cleaning fees
• Special clauses expanding the scope of restoration
• Tenant's responsibility for key replacement costs
• Individual burden clauses for air conditioning cleaning, tatami mat replacement, etc.
• Penalty clauses for breach of contract/short-term cancellation

Step 3: Clause-by-Clause Judgment

For each identified special clause, the AI provides a three-stage judgment based on MLIT guidelines and relevant court precedents:

• Valid: Clauses highly likely to meet the guideline requirements. Specific points for confirmation regarding the reasonableness of the amount and tenant's understanding are also displayed.
• Potentially Invalid: Clauses that may lack the validity requirements based on the Supreme Court ruling (December 16, 2005). It specifically points out which requirement is lacking.
• Needs Confirmation: Clauses that are difficult to judge based on wording alone and require confirmation of the explanation status at the time of contract and individual circumstances.

Step 4: Comprehensive Report

A summary of the judgment results for all special clauses is compiled and displayed, along with key points to confirm when negotiating with the management company. It also provides links to existing tools within "Taikyo Hiyou Harisugi Shindan" (Moving-out Fee Simulator, Rights Checker, etc.), allowing for end-to-end use to calculate the appropriate amount of moving-out fees based on the contract analysis results.

Three Use Cases

1. When Receiving a Move-Out Estimate

When you receive a move-out fee estimate from the management company, first photograph your contract and run it through this tool. You can verify if the special clauses on which the estimate's charges are based are truly valid. This is useful in situations where there are doubts about the validity of a special clause, such as a special clause for cleaning fees of 30,000 yen, but you were not verbally informed of it at the time of signing the contract.

2. To Understand Contract Details During Tenancy

To avoid panic at move-out, it is important to accurately understand the contract details from the time you move in. By reading the contract after unpacking your belongings shortly after moving in, you can grasp in advance what costs may arise at move-out.

3. As Preparation Before Visiting a Real Estate Consultation Service

When consulting with consumer centers or legal aid services, organizing which parts of the contract are problematic will make the consultation smoother. Printing or saving a screenshot of the tool's judgment results can be used as reference material during your consultation.

Next Update Plans

In the future, we plan to add a function that automatically links the analysis results of photographed contracts with the calculation results of the moving-out fee simulator, allowing users to compare "appropriate amounts if this special clause was invalid" with a single click. We also aim to improve the accuracy of judgments by reflecting trends in court precedents based on region and property type through integration with a national database of court precedents.

Service Overview

• Service Name: Taikyo Hiyou Harisugi Shindan (Excessive Moving-Out Fee Refund Diagnosis)
• URL: https://taikyo.xyz
• AI Contract Reader: https://taikyo.xyz/tools/contract-reader
• Operator: Mycat Inc. (2-7-22 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
• Corporate Site: https://mycat.business