In Japan, based on the Chinese "Hachigi"system (the Eight Deliberations) or "Hachiheki"system described in "Shurai" (the Rites of Zhou), "Rikugi no sei " (the Six Deliberations) was established in the Meirei-ritsu (Japanese criminal law); those who were of Third Rank and above received the favor of a lesser punishment as the sixth condition of "Ki" (high officials), and those who were of Fifth Rank and above were also applicable to such a case by taking the procedure of "Sho" (criminal previleges for the nobles).
日本では中国の八議（『周礼』では八辟）の制度を元にして名例律において六議の制が定められ、三位以上は6番目の「貴」とされて減刑の対象となり、更に五位以上でも「請」の手続を経ることで準用が認められた。