On January 12, 2021, the Financial Services Agency of Japan ("JFSA") and the Local Finance Bureau established the "Financial Market Entry Office" ("FMEO") to provide a one-stop, fullyEnglish services.

欧州委員会（以下「欧州委」という。）は、2023年10月19日、2020年10月から全面適用を開始した対内直接投資審査規則（以下「FDI規則」という。）の

On June 1, 2023, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (the "JFTC") published "Processing Status of Cases in Violation of the AMA in FY2022". As the impact of COVID-19 pandemic subsided...

As of November 27, 2023, the Financial Services Agency has released the ``Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Small and Medium-sized...

Employers will be required to clarify additional specifications relating to employment upon the execution and the renewal of employment contacts on or after April 1, 2024.

Recent inbound investments into Japan, both in the public and private spheres, have been strongly buoyed by a broad range of foreign investors, from private equity to the industrial investors.

IP warranty and indemnification clauses are commonly set forth in a wide range of agreements, especially in sales contracts...

The Personal Information Protection Commission publishes the status of the processing of its affairs under its jurisdiction every year, and on June 11, 2024...

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

On 20 April 2023 the EC adopted a new legislative package aimed at further simplifying its procedures for reviewing transactions under the European Merger Control Regulation (EUMR) (Merger Simplification Package).

M&A volume in Japan have been on the rise in recent years. In addition to traditional acquisitions of mature companies and businesses, M&A transactions involving platformers, AI companies, and other tech-related ...

How would you describe the shareholder activism landscape in Japan? With Japan's new generation of shareholders more willing to exercise their voting powers...

The database version supports working from home and telecommuting, and back issues from the first issue allow you to search, collect, check, download...

資本コストや株価を意識した経営の促進に向けて...

The energy transition is transforming the global energy sector and is an essential process for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Since the introduction of the FIT (Feed-in-Tariff) scheme in 2012, the amount of renewable energy, mainly solar power generation, has increased. This, however, has made the local community...

2023年6月7日、「不正競争防止法等...

n recent years, major global private equity funds have been actively investing in Japan. Along with their expanded presence, there has been the need for transactions...

The Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of the Use of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (Act No. 108 of 2011) has recently been amended and now...

On January 15, 2020, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the ``Guidelines that distribution personnel should follow to improve the distribution of medical drugs''...