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Workplace investigations in Japan involve navigating complex legal frameworks around misconduct, whistleblowing and performance management. How should employers balance fact-finding with privacy protection, due process requirements and the risk of unfair dismissal claims when handling sensitive workplace complaints?

On June 8, 2020, the Japanese Diet passed a bill to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act ("Act").

Is there a law to protect whistleblowers? If so, which law?

Although domestic enforcement volumes in Japan remain modest in some areas compared with overseas authorities, actions by foreign regulators against Japanese companies...

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...