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On June 7, the amended ordinances (the "Amended Ordinances") prepared by the Japanese government to implement amendments to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

Japan has blocked a South Korean private equity firm's acquisition of a Japanese machine tool manufacturer, marking only the second time ever the country has rejected...

M&A activity in Japan has remained stable in 2021. Inbound investments into Japan, in particular, has seen steady growth despite the ongoing restrictions on cross-border trade as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An in-house legal manager at INPEX in Tokyo discusses the challenges and rewards of managing a global legal team in the oil and gas sector, navigating Japan's evolving work culture, and supporting the company's energy transition initiatives. The conversation explores how a Singapore-based lawyer found his way to Japan and built a career at the intersection of energy law and international business.

The corporate value study group, comprising leading scholars and practitioners and orchestrated by the Ministry of Trade, Economy and Industry of Japan ("METI"), has recently issued a report on takeover defense measures (the "2008 Report").

The leveraged buyout market in Japan has remained active throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent transactions include a number of divestitures or carve-outs by Japanese conglomerates of their assets...

Draft of New Guidelines Published. On June 8, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry ("METI"), a Japanese government agency tasked with promoting economic vitality in the private sector...

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

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.

On May 31, 2004, the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (the "JFTC") published new "Guidelines on the Application of the Anti Monopoly Act to Reviewing Business Combination" (<I>Kigyo Ketsugo Shinsa ni Kansuru Dokusenkinshiho no Unyou Shishin</I>) ("New Guidelines").

Despite the substantial amount of lip service being paid to the revitalizing role that could be played by mergers and acquisitions, the fact is that Japan remains a significantly under-developed market for public M&A activity. Year-on-year change rates are high but M&A as well as inward FDI are miniscule compared to other major OECD nations.

Article 102 TFEU ("Article 102") prohibits the abuse of a dominant position by undertakings that operate in the EU's Internal Market (the "Internal Market").

Merger control was introduced in Japan by the 1947 Japanese Antimonopoly Act (AMA), together with Japan's first competition rules.

On May 27, 2019, the Japanese government published amended rules[1] that aim to tighten the regulatory requirements applicable to foreign direct investment (tai nai chokusetsu toshi or FDI)

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Until recently, Japan had very lenient foreign investment control which allowed Foreign Investors (as defined in FEFTA (defined below) and set forth below) to invest in almost any industry...

近年、日本企業が外国企業を買収するクロスボーダーM&Aは増加基調にありこの傾向にはさらに拍車がかかっているため、日本企業においても&