The Act on Launching and Managing Satellites (hereinafter referred to as the "Space Activities Act") is the cornerstone of space business regulation in Japan...

　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&

China has banned all Japanese seafood imports in response to the release of treated water from Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea.

On March 30, 2023, the "Ministerial Ordinance Partially Amending the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act (the " Ordinance") and the Act on Special Measures...

昨今、生成AIやメタバースなどのデジタル技術の進展が急速に進んでいるが、それに伴い、それらの技術の利用に内在する様々なリスクが顕&#

Does your jurisdiction use different notification thresholds for transactions in the traditional fields and in the digital economy? If affirmative, explain what the difference is and why.

One of the topics related to corporate activity that attracted the most attention in Japan in 2023 was the 31 March publication of three notices addressed to listed companies by the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE").

Japanese startups and venture businesses have recently experienced significant growth and development.

FW discusses M&A in Japan in 2024 with Ryuichi Shiomi, Masatsugu Nakajima, Jun Fukuda and Risa Fukumoto at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune.

On April 1, 2025, certain amendments to the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members ("these Amendments")...

In this case, Intellectual Property High Court ruled that a configuration of goods would be qualified as "an indication of goods" stipulated in Article 2...

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

Nakajima Naoko (Fourth Senior Examination Specialist (in charge of digital platform providers), Examination Bureau, General Secretariat, Fair Trade Commission)...

With the inauguration of the Trump administration in the United States in January 2025, the ideas of prioritizing carbon net-zero (carbon neutrality) and emphasizing...

On February 17, 2025, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ("MHLW") and the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") published the Casebook on Antimonopoly Law for Industrial Structural Reform...

For last 12 months, we have seen several interesting announcements from Japanese big financial institutions which unveiled their strong interests in entering into digital securities (a.k.a. security tokens) business.

The Japanese Government has set targets to achieve carbon net-zero in 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions by 46% in 2030 as compared to 2013...

Against the backdrop of growing global momentum toward realizing a decarbonized society, the clean energy sector is developing rapidly. In this roundtable discussion, six lawyers specializing in clean energy exchange...

The current Japanese laws do not require recycling or resource recovery of any used solar panels, although disassembly method of used solar panels for the purpose of reuse...

金融機関からみたWeb3およびトークンビジネスの法規制とユースケース