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The Commercial Code Revision Act has been passed!
What effect will the first revision in 120 years have on transportation business?

The “Commercial Code and Act on International Carriage of Goods by Sea Revision Bill” that was before the curr […]

2018.05.18Kazuya YamashitaPeter Cassidy

Towards a Japan the World Wants to Visit – An Introduction to the “Departure Tax”

Japan the Tourism Nation On 28 March 2017 the Japanese government gave Cabinet approval to the “Tourism […]

2018.05.16Kengo Hashiba

Departure tax

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 4)
Finalising the process

In my previous column I discussed the detailed steps in the very particular liquidation process. Once you are […]

2018.05.09Takuya Murao

Community planning that is considerate of dementia patients
A view of the Supreme Court train accident judgment

An Aging Society It goes without saying that Japan is rapidly becoming an aged society. By 2025 there is predi […]

2017.09.25Satoru Kohdera

Converting employment contracts from fixed-term to indefinite-term

Last month several major news reports were published regarding labour laws, including reports that the Japanes […]

2017.08.09Nobuhiro Kotou

Fixed-term contracts

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 3)
Which liquidation process to use?

In my previous column, I discussed the details of how to proceed with the qualified acceptance process. In thi […]

2017.07.06Takuya Murao

Regional Brand Protection and the Geographical Indication System

“Tajima Beef”, “Kobe Beef”, “Yubari King Melon”, “Shimonoseki Fuku&# […]

2017.05.10Takafumi Mise

Brand protection

Four things to do if you are involved in a traffic accident

According to data from the National Police Agency’s Traffic Bureau, there were 499,201 traffic accidents in Ja […]

2017.04.24Tatsuya Sasaki

Driving in Japan Traffic Accidents

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 2)
Key points before and after commencing the qualified acceptance process

In my previous column, I discussed in what circumstances the use of qualified acceptance should be selected. I […]

2017.04.07Takuya Murao

Automated Driving and Legal Liability

The fatal crash in May last year that involved a Tesla Motors vehicle equipped with an automated driving funct […]

2017.03.09Yasutomo Wakiyama

Driving in Japan Traffic Accidents

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The Commercial Code Revision Act has been passed!
What effect will the first revision in 120 years have on transportation business?

Towards a Japan the World Wants to Visit – An Introduction to the “Departure Tax”

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 4)
Finalising the process

Community planning that is considerate of dementia patients
A view of the Supreme Court train accident judgment

Converting employment contracts from fixed-term to indefinite-term

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 3)
Which liquidation process to use?

Regional Brand Protection and the Geographical Indication System

Four things to do if you are involved in a traffic accident

Qualified acceptance in practice (Part 2)
Key points before and after commencing the qualified acceptance process

Automated Driving and Legal Liability

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