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This paper deals with tense in Japanese appositive clause, especially on temporal interpretation. Tense form of Japanese appositive clause, a subordinate clause modifying a head noun like “keikaku”(plan), “sugata”(sight/scene), has three readings in terms with temporal interpretation. 1 interpretation which has speech time as reference point (absolute tense) 2 interpretation which has main clause time as reference point 3 interpretation which has head noun time as reference point And we argue that third interpretation( 3 interpretation which has head noun time as reference point) are divided two types as follows; A admitting appearance of deictic time noun B forbidding appearance of deictic time noun