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The use of renewable energy and electric vehicles is indispensable for realizing a carbon-free society, and the development of rechargeable battery technology is getting more attention.

In May 2025, Japan's Parliament passed the Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-Related Technologies (the "AI Promotion Act")1 in response to the rapid advancement of AI technologies.

On May 1, 2006, a new type of Japanese legal entity named the Godo Kaisha (GK) was born. Although it is commonly referred to as the Japanese LLC a GK differs from a US LLC in several important respects.

【裁判要旨】たとえ、技術秘密の構成、所有権、侵害及び責任について、当事者間で和解契約の締結等により合意に達した場合であっても

In recent years, activist shareholders have been increasingly active in Japan. During the annual general shareholders' meeting season in June 2022, shareholders made 330 proposals against 97 companies...

Japan's healthcare market is undergoing a significant transformation driven by an aging population and technological innovation.

In the past, Japan may not have enjoyed high scores in the area of corporate governance, but this may change soon.

Climate – the law governing operations that emit Greenhouse Gases (e.g. carbon trading) is addressed by Environment and Climate Change international guides...

M&A, private equity, arbitration, general commercial and patent litigation, and government investigations are all expanding with the continued globalization of Japanese industries.

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the strategic importance of intellectual property ("IP") rights—particularly patents—in corporate business strategy.

平成27 年7 月30 日、経済産業省は、「外国公務員贈 賄防止指針」（以下「本指針」といいます。）

Within just over a year of the FSR coming into force, the EC has published a Staff Working Document ("SWD") consisting of questions and answers on certain key aspects of the FSR on 26 July 2024.

Lately, global-level issues and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that indicate the goals for solving these issues have been drawing more attention.

This is an update to my previous article that was published in June 2023 regarding the LGBTQ+ status in Japan.

Do foreign lenders (including non-bank foreign lenders) require a licence/regulatory approval to lend into your jurisdiction or take the benefit of security over assets located in your jurisdiction?

On May 15, 2024, the Diet passed into law amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (the "FIEA") (the "Amendments"). While the Amendments contain many important measures, one of the noteworthy measures...

EU の外国補助金規則（以下「FSR」）に基づく届出義務は 2023 年 10 月 12 日に発効しましたが、そ の後、欧州委員会は公共調達手続に関する FSR の届出に&

Japan is widely perceived as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. In 2020, Transparency International ranked Japan as the 19th least corrupt country out of 180 countries in...