A trade deal between Japan and the European Union (EU) has been announced.

On September 6, 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced a draft amendment to the ordinances in connection with the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (the "FEFTA")...

On May 10, 2024, the Diet passed the Act on the Protection and Utilization of Important Economic Security Information (the "CESI Act").

The magazine was first published in April 1953 as "Monthly Tariff" and was published until the December 1954 issue. The title was changed from the January 1955 issue to the first "Trade and Tariff ,"...

　米国通商代表部（以下「USTR」という。）は、2024年9月13日、特定の中国産品に対して、1974年通商法に基づく追加関税の賦課（以下「301条関税」と&#

　2024年1月19日、2023年2月に設置された経済安全保障分野におけるセキュリティ・クリアランス制度等に関する有識者会議（以下「有識者会議」と

On December 22, 2016, the Cabinet approved the 2017 Tax Reform Proposal. Noteworthy amendments pertaining to corporate income tax and international taxation contained in the 2017 Tax Reform Proposal include the following...

As of April 1, 2019, most provisions of the "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act," which was amended in part on December 8, 2018, will take effect.

2015年10月1日、国際裁判管轄の合意に関するハーグ条約（Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements）が発効しました。

The Anti-Avoidance Rule authorizes tax authorities to disallow a taxpayer's act or calculation if "the corporate tax burden is determined to have been unduly decreased" due to reorganization transactions...

経済産業省は、2023年6月8日、「企業買収における行動指針...

In contrast, the decision did not give special consideration to the fact that the employee was a doctor in deciding the extra pay issue.

Besides abolishing tariffs and providing for investor-state dispute settlement, some of Vietnam's highlights under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact include removing the dreaded economic needs test, raising foreign ownership caps in restricted sectors such as telecoms, and improving custom procedures.

Automotive trade is a key -- and a sticking point -- to the emerging Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free-trade agreement that could spur the economies of the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

On Jan. 7, 2026, the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions – an advisory body to Japan’s Ministry of Finance – published a report addressing key reforms to Japan’s...

In relation to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout, the following points should be kept in mind under the Japan Antimonopoly Act ("AMA").

　EU理事会は、2024年1月26日、強制労働によって生産された製品（以下「強制労働製品」という。）のEU市場での流通等を禁止する規則に関する立&

On February 10, 2025, the Ministry of Finance publicized its proposed revisions to the ancillary rules and regulations concerning the revision of the exemption...

Japan had been a member of GATT since September 10, 1955 and has been a WTO member since January 1, 1995.

The amendments should also enable foreign corporate groups with Japanese subsidiaries to efficiently manage their funds.