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2019

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.727" in Shoji Homu No. 2218.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Agency for Cultural Affairs Holds the 2nd Working Team on the State of System on License Agreements for Copyrighted Works" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Publishes a report entitled 'The Actual Conditions and Future State of the Audit and Supervisory Committee's Audits: Focusing on Consideration on What Impact Delegation of Important Decisions on Business Operations to Directors Will Have on Audit as well as Organizational Audit’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Publishes 'Q&A List II on Key Audit Matters (KAM)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates 'Contract Guidance on Utilization of AI and Data ver. 1.1'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 1st article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Construction Business (1)" which appears in the January 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki's commentary titled "The Personal Information Protection Commission Publishes 'Outline for the Revision of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information under the So-called Review System every Three Years'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi co-authored the 6th article of the series "Points for Attention to be Obtained from Judicial Precedents Regarding Practices of Real Estate/Finance Transactions" titled "A Case in which the Termination of the Sale and Purchase of Real Estate under the So-called Loan Provisions was Permitted,” which appears in the November/December 2019 issue (Vol.52) of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

• 2019.12
  News

  Fukasawa Atsushi has returned to Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at the Payment and Settlement Systems Department of the Bank of Japan.

  • FUKASAWA Atsushi
• 2019.12
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture titled "Practical Lecture on Accounting Laws for General Administration Personnel" at a conference room on the 3rd floor of Shoji Houmu.

• 2019.12
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture titled "Basic Knowledge of Trust and Business Practices for Purchasing and Selling Trust Beneficiary Rights, Registration Procedures, and Compliance with Relevant Laws and Regulations" at a seminar room (3rd and 4th Floors) of Kabushiki Kaisha Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai at Green Hill Building.

• 2019.12
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Amended Law of Obligations and Important Points of Building Master Lease Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Real Property Finance" at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 93rd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Denying its responsibility as the primary contractor to employees of sub-contractors who were injured during work." which appears in December 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Tokyo Kabukon published a proposal ' an interactive-style shareholders meeting in the future, putting the utilization of virtual meeting into view as well -' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Yamada Kohei, and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored an article titled "The GDR Insight Handbook 2020- Data Privacy" was published by Law Business Research.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "The Headquarters for Japan's Economic Revitalization and the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition Discuss Establishing Rules for the Digital Market" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Miura Takashi's commentary titled "The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Makes a Recommendation for Administrative Monetary Penalty Payment Order for Market Manipulation of Shares of Ishigaki Foods Co., Ltd. and the Other One" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Accuses Former Employees of Palma Co., Ltd. of Insider Trading of the Company's Shares" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira co-authored an article titled "Recent FDI Trends in the APEC Region" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2020.

  • "Recent FDI Trends in the APEC Region"
  • "Recent FDI Trends in the APEC Region"(PDF)
• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira authored an article titled "Why AI is the Future of Cybersecurity" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cybersecurity 2020.

  • "Why AI is the Future of Cybersecurity"
  • "Why AI is the Future of Cybersecurity"(PDF)
• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 20th (final) article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Others (Points in General)" which appears in the December 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "Current Issues in Cross-Border Transactions: Pointers & Pitfalls" with Mr. Mahesh Rai of Drew & Napier LLC at the seminar that was jointly organized with Drew & Napier LLC,a leading law firm in Singapore, at a conference room of Iwata Godo. We sincerely thank many people for their attendance.

• 2019.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira participated as a panelist at a seminar titled "Global Privacy Compliance Seminar" at the annual meeting of Privacy Rules organized by McMillan LLP in Canada .

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Publishes a Draft of Guidelines on Measures to Prevent Power Harassment" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 92nd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "The Company Decides to Reject Regular Employment of an Employee Hired as a Managerial Position During its Probation Period" which appears in November 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authors a commentary on Companies Act amendments (Shoji Homu Portal website)

• 2019.10
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Toji Yoshihiro delivered the 5th lecture of the series "Basic Legal Knowledge for Legal Personnel [regarding Japan]" hosted by the Association of Corporate Legal Departments titled "Responding to Civil Disputes/Civil Suits" at sola city Conference Center.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.725" in Shoji Homu No. 2212.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Makes Decision Revoking Part of a Surcharge Payment Order Issued to Edion Corporation (Case on Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds "the 2nd 'Study Group on the Ideal Form of Processes for Shareholders' Meetings in the New Age'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki authored and edited the publication titled "New Business Practices for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act: In accord with Establishment of Electronic Provision System, etc." (Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.),which was introduced in the October 20, 2019 issue (No. 1559) of Junkan Keirijouhou with a review by Mr. Nakazawa Takehiro at Pronexus Inc.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 19th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Change in Working Conditions after Reorganization (2)" which appears in the November 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Sasaki Tomoo authored the 5th article of the series "Points for Attention to be Obtained from Judicial Precedents Regarding Practices of Real Estate/Finance Transactions" titled “A Case in which, regarding the sale and purchase of a building with the land lease right, the seller was exempted from the obligation to obtain prior approval from the landlord for the issuance of the funding approval document (Decision of the Tokyo District Court, Civil Division 12 on July 4, 2018)” which appears in Vol.51 of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke authored an article entitled "Final Check: Guarantee System and Legal Practices under the Amended Civil Code" which appears in the October 2019 issue of Ginko Jitsumu.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Maruyama Shinji's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission Japan Updated Q&A for the Guidelines regarding Appropriate Treatment of Specific Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.10
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi delivered a lecture titled " Commentary on the Highlights of the Latest Important Commercial Judicial Precedent - the Utilization Method of the Court Cases which Legal Personnel should Grasp" at the sola city hall of sola city Conference Center.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "The Financial Law Board Applies the Money Lending Business Act to Loan-Type Cloud Funding" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke authored the article "Withdrawal of Deposits Held by Elderly Persons and Financial Institutions' Response Thereto", which appears in Oct.19, 2019 issue of the Ginko Jitsumu (Banking Practice) magazine.

• 2019.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 91st article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled " The company pays the training fee in full, but employees who resign within five years of completing the training are required to refund the fee. " which appears in Oct.1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi and Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Requests for Public Comments on 'Guidelines Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position under the Antimonopoly Act on the Transactions between Digital Platformer Operators and Consumers that provide Personal Information, etc. (Draft)’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Horita Koji and Adachi Makoto contributed to the publication entitled "GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan" which is published by Law Business Research.

  • "GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan"
  • "GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan"(PDF)
• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Publishes Summary of Experts' Study Group Meetings on Digital Governance" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Publishes 'Recommendation to Impose an Administrative Penalty Order against an Employee of NIHON CHOUZAI Co., Ltd., who Recommended Transactions Related to Important Facts’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.724" in Shoji Homu No. 2210.

  
  

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "Hirayama Holdings Co., Ltd. Announces the Investigation Report by a Third-party Committee" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 18th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Change in Working Conditions after Reorganization (1)" which appears in the October 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Eiguchi Manabu authored an article entitled "No Further Delay in Countermeasures! - Points to Remember on the Act Concerning Special Measures for Correcting Practices Impeding Consumption Tax Pass-on, etc. with the Aim to Ensure Smooth and Proper Pass-on of Consumption Tax” which appears in Netpress provided by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Explains Results on Public Comments Regarding 'Study Group on the Ideal Way of the Shareholders' Meeting Process in the New Age' and 'Summary of Study Group on Mid to Long-Term Issues for Further Interactive Shareholders’ Meeting Process (Plan)’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon contributed to the publication entitled "Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2019" which is published by Global Legal Group.

• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "Financial Services Agency Makes an Announcement to the effect that 'Please Cooperate with Confirmation Procedures at the Windows of Financial Institutions or through the Mailed Documents" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.09
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kudo Ryohei delivered a lecture titled "Seminar on Trademarks in China and Japan - with Chinese Trademark Attorney" at Nihonbashi Life Science Hub.

• 2019.09
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture entitled "Learning the Civil Code from Contractual Practice - Cultivating Structural Thinking Process of the Civil Code Based on its Revision -" at a conference room on the 13th floor of Oe Building in Osaka.

• 2019.09
  News

  Maruyama Shinji resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at a law firm in Thailand.

  • MARUYAMA Shinji
• 2019.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 90th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "A Part-time Employee who has Renewed its Five-month Employment Contract is not Allowed to Take an Annual Paid Leave" which appears in September 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.08
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi and Yamada Kohei delivered a lecture titled "Impact of Revision of the Civil Code on Manufacturers' Deals and Practical Measures to be Taken: Key Points in Revising Contract Clauses and Preparing Documents which Complies with New Rules" at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi authored an article entitled "Quick Report of Tax Precedents: Filing a False Tax Return by a Third Party and Requirements for Imposing a Heavy Additional Tax" which appears in Jurist No. 1536.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.723" in Shoji Homu No. 2207.

  
  
  

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "The Tokyo District Court Introduces New Proceedings for Arbitration in Intellectual Property" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 89th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Post-retirement Re-employment of an Employee is Terminated after One Year of Re-employment at the Age of 65" which appears in August 1 and 15, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.08
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture entitled "Learning the Civil Code from Contractual Practice - Cultivating Structural Thinking Process of the Civil Code Based on its Revision -" at a conference room on the 3rd floor of Shoji Houmu.

• 2019.08
  News

  Kudo Ryohei became the Amicus Brief Standing Committee Member of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

  • KUDO Ryohei

  • Intellectual Property
• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 17th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (3)" which appears in the September 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki co-authored and edited the publication titled "New Business Practices for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act: In accord with Establishment of Electronic Provision System, etc." with Mr. Shimizu Hiroyuki from Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mr. Nakagawa Masahiro from Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking and Ms. Mogi Miki from Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, which is published by Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Issues Cease and Desist Order to Combi Co., Ltd." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.08
  News

  Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

  Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article titled "Anti-cartel Rules Target Japanese Corporations" on Page 11 of the morning edition of the Nikkei dated August 12, 2019.

  • MATSUDA Akira

  • Intellectual Property
  • International
• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei contributed to consideration/writing of the commentary titled "AIPPI Japan's Opinions on Agenda for AIPPI World Congress 2019 -- Agenda "Copyright": Copyright to Products of Artificial Intelligence" which appears in AIPPI Monthly Journal (AIPPI Vol. 64 No. 7).

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "Financial Services Agency Publishes Report prepared by the Study Group on the Financial System under the Financial System Council titled‘Establishing Regulations on Payment Settlement and Financial Institutions’ Intermediary Functions -Basic Concept-’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.08
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Main points of the Act on Special Measures against Passing-on of Consumption Tax - By comparing with the Subcontract Act -" at headquarters of SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

• 2019.08
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Motomura Takeshi delivered a lecture entitled "Consider the Board Oversight and Supervision Functions" with Mr. Yusuke Ishii of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto at a conference room on the 3rd floor of Shoji Houmu.

• 2019.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi co-authored the 4th article of the series "Points for Attention to be Obtained from Judicial Precedents Regarding Practices of Real Estate/Finance Transactions" titled "A Case in which the Bad Faith of the Land Seller, which is a Legal Entity, was Recognized in Consideration of the Subjective View of the Individual who had a Significant Influence on the Decision-making” with Mr. Oura Takashi, a lawyer at Legal Affairs Department of Tokyu Land Corporation, which appears in July/August 2019 issue of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

• 2019.08
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Legal Practice for Specific Amendment on Provisions of 'Sale and Purchase Agreement for Real Estate' and ‘Sale and Purchase Agreement for Beneficiary Interest in Real Estate Trust’ Considering Enforcement of Amended Civil Code as of April 1, 2020” at the JPI Conference Square.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes a Report of 'Study Group on Business Alliances'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Publishes a Message from Chairman and President titled 'Introduction of Key Audit Matters'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi and Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored an article titled "Expected Issues on Contracts with Freelance Workers with Intensifying Competition for Acquiring Human Resources" which appears in Roseijiho, 3976.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.722" in Shoji Homu No. 2205.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Application of 'Contract Guidance on Utilization of AI and Data' formulated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 16th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (2)" which appears in the August 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Develops 'Practical Guidelines on Group Governance Systems'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Miura Takashi's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Collection of Consultation Cases concerning Antimonopoly Act (FY2018)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "'Proactive' Legal Strategy through Compliance with the Subcontract Act and the Act on Special Measures Concerning Proper Transfer of Consumption Tax" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "OECD Publishes the 'OECD Corporate Governance Factbook 2019'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki contributed the publication entitled "Answer Book for Laws Related to Work Style Reform" which is published by Roudou Kaihatsu Kenkyukai, Co., Ltd.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sasaki Tomoo authored an article titled "Study on Bank Transaction Agreement: Offsetting Outstanding Obligations" which appears in the July 2019 issue of Ginkou Homu 21.

• 2019.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 88th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "Employment of an Employee is Terminated who Became a Contract Employee from a Permanent Employee when the Childcare Leave Ended" which appears in July 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.07
  News

  Karasawa Akira has been abroad to study at the University of Chicago Law School from July.

  • KARASAWA Akira
• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Releases the Separate Volume of 'Nine Actions' which Describes Roles of CFO, Officer in charge of Legal Affairs and Outside Directors for Successful Cross-border M&A" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Kudo Ryohei co-authored the Japan chapter of "Global Legal Insights（AI, Machine Learning & Big Data（2019））."

  • Global Legal Insights（AI, Machine Learning & Big Data（2019））
• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 15th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Points to be Noted Regarding Business Transfer (1)" which appears in the July 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.06
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Key Points of Contracts and Dispute Resolution regarding Building Master Lease with Focus on Effects of Amended Law of Obligations" at a seminar room on the second floor of the Koami-cho Yasuda Building.

• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Makes a Recommendation to Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. and Recruit Co., Ltd." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Solicits Public Opinions and Information on 'Summary of Study Group Discussing Mid- to Long-Term Issues to Achieve the Advanced Process for Dialogue-based Shareholder Meetings(Draft)’" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.06
  News

  Fujiwara Hiroki's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

  Fujiwara Hiroki commented as a lawyer specialized in labor laws on an article titled "Practical Rules for Doing Side Business Need to be Established" which appeared in the morning edition of Nikkei newspaper dated May 20, 2019.

  • FUJIWARA Hiroki

  • Employment Law
• 2019.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 87th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "An Employee who Suffers Bad Health due to Severe Reprimand Is being Watched Carefully" which appears in June 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Karasawa Akira's commentary titled "METI, JFTC and MIC Publish Options for Establishment of Rules regarding Digital Platform Operators" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2019: Japan" which is available on "International Comparative Legal Guides".

  • Product Liability 2019: Japan
• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Publishes the Practical Guidelines for Group Governance Systems (Draft) after Holding the 16th Meeting of the 2nd-Term Corporate Governance System (CGS) Study Group" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 14th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Company Split (3)" which appears in the June 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes the Recommended Directions for Further Promotion of Corporate Governance Reform (Opinion Statement No.4 of 'Council Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code’)” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ueda Atsushi, Uenishi Takuya and Sasaki Tomoo represented a bank in a case at the Tokyo District Court and a commentary article on its judicial decision made on January 29, 2019 (In a case where Part of Mark or Brand Name was Succeeded, the Joint and Several Liability of Transferee Company was Acknowledged by Analogical Application of Article 22 (1) of the Companies Act which provides for the Liability of Transferee Company Continually Using the Trade Name of Transferor Company) appears in the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1566.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 13th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Company Split (2)" which appears in the May 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "The Verification/Evaluation/Planning Committee of the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters Holds the 6th Meeting on Digital Content" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 86th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "Fixed Allowance for Overtime Work is Adopted by Revising Work Rules" which appears in May 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Issues Recommendations to Morinaga Seika Co., Ltd. regarding the Violation of the Subcontract Act " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.05
  News

  We welcomed a new attorney, Sekiguchi Akimasa.

  • SEKIGUCHI Akimasa
• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.719" in Shoji Homu No. 2197.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "Progress toward Establishing Digital Governance Codes: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Study Group on System Governance (Summary of from the 1st meeting to the 3rd meeting)"is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Conducts On-site Inspection of Rakuten, Inc. which operates 'Rakuten Travel' for Alleged Violations of the Antimonopoly Act" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Amended Law of Obligations and Important Points of Building Master Lease Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Real Property Finance" at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Announces the Results of Public Comments on 'an Outline Plan Prepared by Persons in Charge of Legal Actions to Eliminate Irregular Registration'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira participated as a speaker in a webinar on regulations for cross-border transfer of personal data under the Privacy Rules.

• 2019.04
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "Japan's Data Protection Regime: The Way of the Future?" at an Asian conference on the Privacy Rules in Beijing (hosted by Zhong Lun Law Firm).

• 2019.04
  News

  Okushi Kenichi is appointed as a Secretary of Real Estate Tech Association for Japan.

  • OKUSHI Kenichi

  • Finance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Real Estate
• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi authored the 2nd article of the series "Points for Attention to be Obtained from Judicial Precedents Regarding Practices of Real Estate/Finance Transactions" titled A Case which Allows to Claim Damages equivalent to Loss of Rent during Vacant Period and Attorney Fees based on the Legal Principle of Contractual Negligence Liability of a Real Estate Company Leasing a Whole Trust Asset Building against a Candidate Lessee with respect to Negotiations on a Fixed Term Building Lease Agreement to be made between the Real Estate Company and the Candidate Lessee” which appears in April 2019 issue of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Makes It Easy to Use Real Estate Cloud Funding by Clarifying Applicable Laws and Regulations: Development of Guidelines for Real Estate Cloud Funding"is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "Judgment of the First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Kizawa Katsuyuki) concerning Request for Disclosure of Retained Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Holds the 1st Meeting of Legislative Council Subcommittee for Civil Code/Real Property Registration Act" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 85th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "No Retirement Allowance has been Paid to the Manager of the Board of Directors who was Dismissed and Treated as Separation" which appears in April 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.04
  News

  Beppu Fumiya has been seconded to the Services Trade Division of the International Trade Division of the Economic Affairs Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a fixed-term public official as of April 1.

  • BEPPU Fumiya
• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Nakamura Saeko, Sasaki Tomoo, Miura Takashi and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored the publication titled "Practice to Prepare Minutes of Meetings of Shareholders and Board of Directors"which is published by SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Releases Summary Report of GPIF's Stewardship Activities in 2017" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki co-authored the last article of the series "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act," with Mr. Shimizu Hiroyuki, Senior Manager of Stock Strategic Consulting Department, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which appears in May 2019 issue of Business Houmu.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi and Yamada Kohei co-authored an article titled "Examples of Q&A Expected at Shareholders' Meeting" which appears in featured articles "Practical Measures to be Taken for 2019 Shareholders' Meeting (6)" in Shoji Homu No. 2194.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "The Financial Services Japan Publishes Points to be Considered in Preparation/Submission of Financial Statements and Review of Financial Statements" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.718" in Shoji Homu No. 2194.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki's commentary titled "The Cabinet Office Establishes the First Task Force for Preparing Rules that Contribute to the Diverse Way of Working" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 12th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Company Split (1)" which appears in the April 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "Cabinet Decision on the 'Bill for the Act of Partial Revision of the Patent Act'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  The transcript of the lecture delivered by Mutou Yuuki titled "How to Deal with Compliance Issues Arising from 'Concealment of Income'" appears in March 2019 issue of Sozei Kenkyu.

• 2019.03
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture entitled "Learning the Civil Code from Contractual Practice - Training Structural Thinking Process of the Civil Code Considering Revision of Law of Obligations -" at a conference room on the 3rd floor of Shoji Houmu.

• 2019.03
  News

  Kudo Ryohei was appointed as a member of the Committee to Consider Agenda for 2019 Annual Meeting in London for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI・JAPAN).

  • KUDO Ryohei
• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 84th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "Refusing Subcontract Workers Union's Demand for Collective Bargaining" which appears in March 1, 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.717" in Shoji Homu No. 2191.

• 2019.02
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei delivered a lecture titled "Commentary on the Guidelines for Corporate Law Review (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.)" at Marunouchi Hall & Conference Square.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Provides the Answer 'Interpretation of Construction Business Act with respect to Electronic Contract Execution Services' to the Inquiry from Business Operators regarding Removal of Gray Zone Area” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Miura Takashi's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Makes a Recommendation to Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki co-authored the 5th article of the series "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act" with Mr. Masahiro Nakagawa, Assistant Manager of Corporate Business Agency, Corporate Market Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which appears in April 2019 issue of Business Houmu.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujii Masao, Okushi Kenichi and other lawyers represented an electric power company and the case where all claims for damage were dismissed (the judicial decision made on March 26, 2018 by the Aizuwakamatsu Branch of the Fukushima District Court) appeared in Hanrei Jiho, No.2391.

• 2019.02
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Tomita Yusuke delivered a lecture titled "Current Situation and Prospect of Family Trust from the Viewpoint of Banking Practice" at the Japanese Bankers Association.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and co-authored the 11th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (9)" which appears in the March 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Announces the Outline of the System to Accept More Foreign Workers" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Publishes 'The Way of Considering Expected for the Audit and Supervisory Committee in Connection with the Right to Statement of Opinions on Election, etc. and Remuneration, etc.’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.02
  News

  We welcomed a new attorney, Adachi Makoto.

  • ADACHI Makoto
• 2019.02
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Key Points for Forwarding Procedures and Taking Preventive Legal Measures regarding Antitrust Laws with Consideration of Investigative Practice of the Japan Fair Trade Commission" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Warns Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. against Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki co-authored the 4th article of the series "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act," with Mogi Miki, director of the Stock Transfer Agency Business Advisory Department of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, which appears in March 2019 issue of Business Houmu.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke authored the 1st article of the series "Points for Attention to be Obtained from Judicial Precedents Regarding Practices of Real Estate/Finance Transactions" titled "Claims for Penalty Receivables made against a Split Company under the the Lease Agreement in case of a Successor Company’s Succession to the Status of the Split Company as Lessee under Lease Agreement due to Absorption-type Split (Decision of the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court on December 19, 2017)” which appears in February 2019 issue of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

• 2019.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Toji Yoshihiro and Haga Ryo co-authored the publication entitled "Introduction of Insider Trading Regulations and Fair Disclosure Rules" which is published by Kabusiki Kaisha Kinzai.

• 2019.01
  News

  We welcomed a new special counsel, Toyama Haruyuki, the former General Manager of International Department of the Bank of Japan.

  • TOYAMA Haruyuki
• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "The Supreme Court of Japan, the Second Petty Bench (Presiding Judge Kaoru Onimaru) Rules on a Claim for Execution Judgment (January 31, 2019)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "METI, JFTC and MIC formulate a policy paper titled 'Fundamental Principles for Rule Making to Address the Rise of Platform Businesses.'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 83rd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Changing the Type of Work of an Employee who will be Recalled to the Head Office after being Seconded as a Cook" which appears in February 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.716" in Shoji Homu No. 2188.

• 2019.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "'Proactive' Legal Strategy through Compliance with the Subcontract Act and the Act on Special Measures Concerning Proper Transfer of Consumption Tax" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

• 2019.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Crowd Funding using Scheme of the Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures - Scheme Overview and Public Comment Draft" in the 1st Workshop of Real Estate Financing Working Group hosted by Real Estate Tech Association for Japan.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "'Promotion Standards' is Revised pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Law on Promotion of Small and Medium Subcontractors to Improve Deal Terms for the Benefit of Them" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi, Tomita Yusuke, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei co-authored the publication entitled "Index of Judicial Precedents for Shareholder's Meeting" which is published by Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.

• 2019.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Amended Law of Obligations and Contract Clauses for Sale/Purchase of Real Properties and Beneficial Interests in Real Property Trust - Detailed Explanation on Significance and Background of the Clauses in Light of the Amended Law of Obligations” at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Announces that the Rules on Will by Holograph Document Has Been Changed" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Practical Measures by Companies to be Taken for the Subcontract Act" at a conference room of the Fair Trade Institute.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi, Yoshihara Tomomichi, Okushi Kenichi, Mori Shunsuke and other lawyers' commentary article on a judgment rendered by the Tokyo High Court on October 31, 2018 regarding a case in which they represented a real-estate company as plaintiff and claims for damages equivalent to the lost rent and attorneys’ fees were accepted based on the legal principles of negligence in concluding a contract and on the original decision rendered by the Tokyo District Court on March 29, 2018 (regarding a case where a tenant candidate was found to be liable for damages based on negligence in concluding a contract regarding its refusal of executing a contract) appears in the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1557.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 82nd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Asking Employees who Assert Invalidity of Change to Role-based Salary Program to Accept the Change" which appears in January 2019 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Karasawa Akira's commentary titled "The Supreme Court Judges There Is No Benefit in Filing the Action that Claims Confirmation of Obligation to Provide Information based on the Request for Information made to the Relevant Bar Association" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 10th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (8)" which appears in the February 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2019.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored an article entitled "Employment and employee benefits in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

  • Practical Law
• 2019.01
  News

  Fujiwara Hiroki, Matsuda Akira, Tokumaru Daisuke and Tomita Yusuke were appointed as partners of our office.

  • FUJIWARA Hiroki
  • MATSUDA Akira
  • TOKUMARU Daisuke
  • TOMITA Yusuke