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2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

With Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei as the editors & authors, Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto co-authord "Q&A on Intersection and Practice of the Antimonopoly Act and the Intellectual Property Rights - Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Fundamentals to Applications – " which is introduced in “The Latest Books to be Kept on Hand in the practice of the Antimonopoly Act” of February 2021 issue of Business Law Journal.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Zenkoku Kabukon Published a Proposal 'Overview of the Amedment to the Companies Act and its Impact on Stock Practice' -- Revision of Laws and Practical Responses to the Restrictions on Proposal Right of Shareholders" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.739" in Shoji Homu No. 2250.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association publicized 'The Principles to Strengthen the Audit System with the aim of Preventing Misconducts in Corporate Groups.' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Legal and Practical Measures in Considering Withdrawal of a Tentative Job Offer" which appears in Roseijiho, 4006.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Uenishi Takuya contributed a commentary titled "Singapore's International Arbitration Act amended to accelerate the city state's "arbitration hub" status" (in Japanese only) to Lexology.

Lexology

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "Sekisui House, Ltd. Released 'A Comprehensive Evaluation Report on the Problems with the Purchase of the Land for Condominiums'." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuhashi Sho's commentary titled "Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Announces Its Transition to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc. and the Establishment of a Sustainability Advisory Council." is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Ishikawa Hiroaki's commentary titled "The Intellectual Property Trading Review Meeting Publicizes a Guideline for Intellectual Property Exchange Aiming to Protect Intellectual Property and Know-how in Small and Medium Enterprises (Draft), etc." is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored the Japan Chapter of the "Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide" published by Legal 500.

Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 12th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (1)" which appears in the December 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.12

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture entitled " Intersection and Practice of the Antimonopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights - Focusing on Intellectual Property Guidelines - " at Vision Center HAMAMATSUCHO.　

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 13th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (2)" which appears in the January 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.12

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira served as a moderator at a panel discussion titled "International data transfer compliance and data breach prevention for transnational businesses" held at the webinar "Privacy Rules Annual Global Conference."

2020.12

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Though Eiguchi Manabu planned to deliver a lecture titled "Still in Time! Practices for Dealing with JFTC under the Revised Antimonopoly Act" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute, the lecture was cancelled due to the declaration of a state of emergency by the Japanese government.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 105th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled "An Employee who Returned to Work from Childcare Leave will be Reinstated in a Lower-graded Position of Manager" which appears in December 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.12

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.738" in Shoji Homu No. 2247.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes the Minutes of the 20th Council Concerning the Follow-up of Japan's Stewardship Code and Japan's Corporate Governance Code" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Maruyama Shinji's commentary titled "The first registration of designs for buildings, images and interiors under the revised Design Act." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Uenishi Takuya's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice holds the first meeting of the Arbitration Legislation Subcommittee of the Legislative Council -- to review the Arbitration Act for revitalization of international arbitration." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency holds 'the first meeting of the Study Group on how the Financing and Rehabilitation Practices should be to Support Businesses'." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency holds 'the first meeting of the Study Group on how the Financing and Rehabilitation Practices should be to Support Businesses'." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu authored the article titled "Points of Attention regarding the Reduction of Personnel associated with Business Restructuring" which appears in SMBC Management + provided by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira, Fukatsu Haruno and Anzai Kazuto co-author Artificial Intelligence 2020 (Lexology)

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira and Saito Hiroki co-author Lexology GTDT - Cloud Computing 2021 (Law Business Research)

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira and Suzuki Tomohiro 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 2021.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira authored an article titled "Why AI is the Future of Cybersecurity" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cybersecurity 2021.

2020.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Okushi Kenichi and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture titled "Basic Knowledge of Trust and Business Practices for Purchasing and Selling Trust Beneficiary Rights - from Registration Procedures to Compliance with Relevant Laws and Regulations" at a seminar room of Kabushiki Kaisha Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai at Green Hill Building (located at 1-10-8, Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo).

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "Working Team on Facilitating the Process of Rights Pertaining to the Simultaneous Online Distribution of Broadcast Programs Publishes the Interim Report on the System Revision, etc." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "Advanex Inc. Announces 'Notification on Decision Rendered by the Supreme Court of Japan'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.11

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 104th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "The Company only obliges its employee of a truck driver to bear any damages in case of the fatal accident of the employee" which appears in November 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira served as a moderator at a panel discussion titled "Data4Efficiency" held at the webinar "Data Business Congress Asia" by Privacy Rules.

2020.11

News

Karasawa Akira resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his study in the U.S.

KARASAWA Akira

2020.10

News

Iwata Godo has joined TerraLex, a worldwide network of quality law firms.

TerraLex

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) Seeks Comments on Revisions of its Proxy Voting Policies for 2021" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Case in which the Judgement was Made in the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan (the Presiding Judge: Yuko Miyazaki), that a Difference in Working Conditions Paying a Bonus to Indefinite-Term Contract Employees is not Regarded as Unreasonable as Prescribed in Article 20 of the Labor Contract Act (Act No. 71 of 2018, Before Amendment)” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Study Group on the Ideal State of Disclosing Sender I Information publicizes 'Major Issues for Final Summary'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Ishikawa Teppei's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission Outlines the Revised Act on the Protection of Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 11th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (5)" which appears in the November 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Monitors 24,000 Internet Advertisements and Gives Guidance for Improvement to 329 Operators" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 103rd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Dissuading an Employee from Filing an Application for a Worker's Compensation who Asserts that the Cause of Such Worker's Depression is Due to Sexual Harassment” which appears in October 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi and Kashiwagi Kensuke co-authored "[Follow-up Report] Impact of COVID-19 Infections on Legal Affairs of Real Estate Transaction" which appears in September 2020 issue (Vol.57) of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

With Motomura Takeshi as the representative editor & author, and Mutou Yuuki and Ikeda Minako as the editor & author, Adachi Makoto, Kudo Ryohei, Sasaki Tomoo, Fukasawa Atsushi,and Fujiwara Hiroki authored the publication titled " IPO Story and the 745-Day Voyage Leading up to the Listing of a Venture Company ", which was published by Shoji Homu.

2020.10

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "Consumer Affairs Agency Pubicized a Draft Execution Policy for Double-Prices that Show Future Sales Prices as Comparison Prices, Starting Solicitation of Public Comments" is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 10th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (4)" which appears in the October 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.736" in Shoji Homu No. 2242.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Publishes an Outline of 'Study on Issues for Improving the Usefulness and Reliability of Corporate Information Disclosure (Interim Report)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Approved the Commitment Plan Submitted by Amazon Japan G.K. - Trend of Regulations on Major IT Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi and Matsuda Akira authored an article titled "Current Status and Issues of Digital Platformer Regulations in Recent Years - Focusing on Notable Foreign Regulations and Domestic Competition Laws and Regulations" which appears in September 2020 issue of Chizaikanri.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Revises the 'Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "Partial Amendment to the Guidelines for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (General Rules)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 9th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (3)" which appears in the September 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fujii Masao, Date Satoko, Okushi Kenichi engaged in the case (the case in which the liability of the electric power company to inhabitants in the river basin under Article 709 of the Civil Code was denied)as representatives of the electronic power company (defender) and achieved the dismissal of entire claim, which appears in September 1, 2020 issue of Hanrei Jiho.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "The Japan Patent Office Releases its Revised Interview Guidelines for Trademark Examination" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 102nd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, 'We were charged for overtime work by an outsourcing sales staff, but we have not paid it.'" which appears in September 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "The Consumer Affairs Agency Releases 'Study Committee's Report on the Ideal Form of System under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions and the Deposit Act'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.09

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2020" which is published by Global Legal Group.

2020.09

News

We welcomed a new foreign attorney, Sander Cohen.

Sander COHEN

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke, and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored "Practical Measures for General Meetings of Shareholders Held by Listed Companies through Convocation of Shareholders" which appears in Shoji Home No. 2239 (August 25, 2020 issue).

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Kukimoto Sayaka's commentary on "Tokyo Stock Exchange Holds a Study Meeting (3rd) Titled 'What the Protection of Minority Shareholders in Dependent Listed Companies Should Be' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.735" in Shoji Homu No. 2239.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Miura Takashi's commentary titled "The 'Working Group on Financial Markets' of the Study Group on the Financial System Publicizes a Report Summarizing the Results of Consideration on Customer-Oriented Business Operations"is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled “Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the feature article titled "Impact of Corona Shock on the Labor Market, and Overall Picture of the Employment Adjustments and Personnel Reductions that Companies can Take" which appears in October 2020 issue of Business Houmu.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 101st article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, 'The Amount Equivalent to Overtime Allowance will be Deducted from the Percentage Pay when Determining it.'" which appears in August 1 and 15, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates the 'Practical Guidelines for What an Outside Director should be'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "Discussions such as 'Management of Working Hours in the Case of a Side Business/Subsidiary Business' and 'Review of the Principle of Affixing Seals to Notifications, etc. based on the Labor Standards Act' were made at 162th Subcommittee on Working Conditions, Labor Policy Council of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.08

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Publishes 'Report of Study Group on the Ideal Form of Processes for Shareholders' Meetings in the New Age'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.08

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira participated as a panelist at a panel discussion titled "The Practical Impact of the Decision Made by the Court of Justice of the European Union Invalidating the U.S.-European Privacy Shield (from the Perspective of non-U.S.-European Jurisdictions)” to be held at the webinar “Schrems II: The impact on data recipients outside the US” by Privacy Rules on Tuesday, August 6, 2020. You can register for participation by the website below.

2020.08

News

Uenishi Takuya's commentary co-authored with Mr. Thomas G. Allen of Greenberg Traurig, LLP titled "Amendments to Japan's Foreign Lawyers Act Clarify and Broaden the Scope of Party Representation by Foreign Counsel in International Arbitration" which appears on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

UENISHI Takuya

2020.08

News

Uenishi Takuya resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his service at a law firm in the U.S.

UENISHI Takuya

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuhashi Sho's commentary tited "MIC, MOJ, and METI Publicize the Q&A regarding Electronic Contract Services that Perform Encryption, etc. Using the Service Provider's Own Signing Key based on Instructions from Users" is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Ishikawa Hiroaki's commentary titled "The Civil Law (related to IT Implementation) Committee of the Legislative Advisory Council Conducted the Study and Deliberation on the Review of the Provisions concerning the Filing and Service of Lawsuits at its Second Meeting” is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Matsuhashi Sho co-authored "COVID-19 and Emergency Legal Responses thereto by Companies" which is published by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 100th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "Dismissing an Employee for Disciplinary Reasons who Has Sent an Complaint Email to a Business Partner" which appears in July 1 and 15, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform Publishes 'Report on Promotion of Regulatory Reform' and 'Review of Regulation on Documents, Seal, and Face-to-Face Regulation.'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.07

News

We welcomed a new attorney, Fukuchi Takumi.

FUKUCHI Takumi

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 8th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (2)"which appears in the August 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Maruyama Shinji's commentary on "OOTOYA Holdings Discloses 'With Regard to the Exercise of Voting Rights by Shareholders Proposed at our General Meeting of Shareholders' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.07

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Akira Matsuda presented and delivered a lecture at the webinar "E-Conference on Data Breach Management" hosted by Zhong Lun Law Firm and powered by Privacy Rules.

2020.07

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke authored an article titled "Introduction of Account Management Fees for Unused Accounts and Notes on Response to Depositors" which appears in the July 2020 issue of Ginko Jitsumu.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.733" in Shoji Homu No. 2234.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "The Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, released 'Midterm Report on Competition Evaluations in the Digital Advertising Market'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "Japan Association of Corporate Directors Releases Updated Version of Guideline Report for Actions of Independent Outside Directors" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi authored an article titled "Practices of an Investigation Committee Contributing to Financial Practices - Practices of the Investigation Committee and Several Challenges" which appears in June 25, 2020 issue of Kinyu Homu Jijo.

2020.06

News

Matsuda Akira's comment is introduced in Global Data Review.

Matsuda Akira's comment regarding 2020 Amendment of the Personal Information Protection Act appeared in the article titled "Japan's privacy amendments finalised" (dated June 17, 2020) at Global Data Review.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Yamada Kohei and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Product Liability 2020: Japan" which is available on The International Comparative Legal Guide.

The International Comparative Legal Guide

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Releases 'Q&A List / Integrated Version on Key Audit Matters (KAM)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.06

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Okushi Kenichi and Kashiwagi Kensuke delivered a lecture entitled "Impact of New Coronavirus Infection on Legal Affairs of Real Estate Transactions " at Financial Management Forums, Inc.　

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 99th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Dismissing an Employee for Disciplinary Reasons who has Illegally Received Travel Expenses" which appears in the combined issue for June 1/15,2020 of Roumu Jijo.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "Ministry of Justice Updates 'Q&A on Commercial/Corporate Registration Affairs'. Points at issue in the Companies Act." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 7th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (1)" which appears in the July 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Noguchi Daisuke authored the article titled "Cross-border In-kind Contribution and Taxation of Foreign Partnership Interests - Considering the Judgement Made for the Case of SHIONOGI & CO., LTD at Tokyo District Court", which appears in 837 issue of T&Amaster.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Our lawyers participated in authoring of the publication titled "Q&A: Family Affairs Cases and Banking Services" Second edition, which is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu authored the article titled "[Understand by Q & A] Response to Delayed Delivery Triggered by the Expansion of the New Coronavirus Infection", which appears in Netpress provided by SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

2020.06

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi and Kashiwagi Kensuke co-authored an article titled "[Quick Report] Effects of New Coronavirus Infections on Legal Affairs of Domestic Real Estate Transactions and Summary of Issues," which appears in the Vol.55 of ARES Real Estate Securitization Journal.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "MHLW Asked Business and Professional Associations to Cooperate on Preventing Infection with New Coronavirus Infections in Workplaces and Strengthening Health Management" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "Tokyo Association of Shareholder Affairs Publishes Examples of Entries in Proposals for Appointment of Directors in Case of Holding Adjourned Meetings" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira, Adachi Makoto, and Kukimoto Sayaka co-authored the Japan Capter of "Data Protection 2nd Edition Country Comparative Guide" which appears on the Legal 500 web site.

Data Protection 2nd Edition Country Comparative Guide

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira, Kudo Ryohei and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored the Japan chapter of "Global Legal Insights: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2020" which is published from Global Legal Group.

Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2020

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu authored the article titled "New Coronavirus and Shareholders' Meeting" which appears in the June 2020 issue of SMBC Management +.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "JFSA Requests Investment Management Operators for the Consideration for their Tenants regarding the Payment of Rent" is available on the Shoji Houmu Portal Site.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "Response to the Criteria of the Exercise of Voting Rights based on the New Coronavirus Infection are published" is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.05

News

Noguchi Motoo's interview article titled "Japanese government should show its determination" appeared in The Japan News dated May 20, 2020.Yomiuri Shimbun dated April 30, 2020.

2020.05

News

We welcomed a new attorney, Ishikawa Hiroaki.

ISHIKAWA Hiroaki

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Japan Business Federation Announces a Tentative Form of Notice to Convene Annual Shareholders' Meeting in Consideration of the Spread of New Coronavirus Infectious Disease" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 98th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Dismissing an Employee who does not Accept an Order of Unaccompanied Assignment" which appears in May 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke and Sekiguchi Akimasa co-authored the article titled "Matters that the Parties should Prepare for the Purpose of Inheritance of Digital Estate, what Financial Institutions can Do therefor" which appears in May 2020 issue of KINZAI Financial Plan.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Komatsu Tetsuya authored the publication titled "[With new/former comparison table] Q&A Regarding 2019 Amendments to the Companies Act" which was published by SHINNIPPON-HOKI PUBLISHING, CO., LTD.

2020.05

News

Noguchi Motoo's interview article titled "Japanese government should show its determination" appeared in the article titled "Special Topics: Requests to Stay Home, Japanese Government's Measures for COVID-19''' on Page 9 of the morning edition of The Yomiuri Shimbun dated April 30, 2020.

NOGUCHI Motoo

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "METI Published a Report Summarizing Discussions among Young Employees in their Twenties and Thirties in Industry, Academic and Government 'Draft Proposal for the Future by Young Employees in Industry, Academic, and Government." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 6th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Financial Business (4)" which appears in the June 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki authored an article entitled "Disposition of Seizure of Deposit Claims Based on Salaries Paid to Deposit Accounts - Osaka High Court's Decision Dated September 26, 2019" which appears in May 2020 issue of Jurist, No. 1545.

2020.05

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Okushi Kenichi and Kashiwagi Kensuke, delivered a lecture entitled "No. 4270 Impact of the Expansion of New Coronavirus Infection on Real Estate Transactions: What is the Real Issue Today" at Kinyu facsimile Shimbunsha.

2020.05

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke and Mori Shunsuke co-authored the article titled "Appropriateness of Concurrent Appointment between the President of Bank Holding Company and the President and CEO of its Subsidiary Bank" which appears on April 10, 2020 issue of Kinyu Homu Jijo.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.731" in Shoji Homu No. 2229.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "METI Requested the Related Organizations to Facilitate Telecommuting, etc. in response to the State of Emergency Declaration for the New Coronaviral Infection." is available on the Shoji Home Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity Releases 'Points to Note About Security in Conducting Telework'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "MHLW updated Q&A concerning new coronavirus (for company employees) on April 6 " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "METI and the Ministry of Justice compiled a 'Q&A on the management of general meeting of shareholders' under the circumstance of the spread of new coronavirus" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Kukimoto Sayaka's commentary titled "MHLW requested to give consideration to the maintenance of employment, etc. for fixed-term contracted workers and dispatched workers related to new coronavirus infections" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki authored the article titled "Series Former Regional Taxation Official (No.5) - Measures Taken by the National Tax Authority Concerning Large Corporations, etc.'" which appears in May 2020 issue of of Zeimu Kouhou.'

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Miura Takashi's commentary titled "METI formulated the 'SME M&A Guidelines' to further promote M&A among SMEs." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "MHLW calls for efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infections in workplaces - Communicate points to note in labour management to economic organizations -" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the article titled "Spacial Feature: Anti-harassment measures that sales offices need to be aware of" which appears in April 2020 issue of Ginko Jitsumu.

2020.04

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 97th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "The performance evaluation was deducted because employees at the contact points did not shave." which appears in April 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.04

News

We welcomed a new special counsel , Noguchi Motoo , and a new counsel , Karashima Satoshi. We welcomed a new attorney, Ishikawa Teppei.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.730" in Shoji Homu No. 2226.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki authored an article titled "Utilization and Issues of Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings - Based on the Guidelines Formulated by METI" which appears in May 2020 issue of Business Law Journal.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "Cabinet Decision on the 'Bill to Amend the Copyright Act to Strengthen Measures against Pirated Copies'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki authored an article titled "Summary of Issues Regarding General Meetings of Shareholders During the Prevalence of New Coronavirus Infections" which appears in May 2020 issue of Business Houmu.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuhashi Sho's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Issues Cease and Desist Orders and Surcharge Payment Orders to Sellers of Calvin Locks" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.03

News

Matsuda Akira's comment is introduced in Global Data Review.

Matsuda Akira's comment regarding 2020 Amendment of the Personal Information Protection Act appeared in the article titled "Japan tightens data protection rules" (dated March 16, 2020) at Global Data Review.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Uenishi Takuya's commentary co-authored with Mr. Thomas G. Allen of Greenberg Traurig, LLP titled "Impact of Corona Virus on Global Supply Chain: Assertion and Defense Related to International Transactions" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 4th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Financial Business (2)" which appears in the April 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds "the 6th 'Study Group on the Ideal Form of Processes for Shareholders' Meetings in the New Age'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Ueda Atsushi, Tanaka Takashi represented a bank in a case at the Tokyo District Court and a commentary article on its judicial decision made on December 17, 2019 (In a case where a savings account of a financial institution corresponds to “a bank account suspected to be used in crime, etc.” (Article 2, Paragraph 4, Item 2 of the Criminal Accounts Damage Recovery Act)) appears in Kinyu Houmu Jijo No. 2133, No.853i of Ginkou Homu 21, and Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1588.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "Impact of the Prevalence of New Coronavirus Infectious Disease on Shareholders' Meeting and Practical Considerations" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

With Motomura Takeshi as the representative editor & author, and Eiguchi Manabu as the editor & author, Ito Nanako and Mutou Yuuki authord the publication titled "Third Party Committee - Establishment and Operation (Revised version) ", which was published by Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.

2020.03

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 96th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Rejection of Full-time Employment of Mid-Career Employees upon Expiration of Probationary Period" which appears in March 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.729" in Shoji Homu No. 2223.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke authored an article titled "Recognition of a Depositor of an Ordinary Account and Deposit Due to Uncertainty of a Creditor - Judgment Rendered by the Tokyo High Court as of September 18, 2019" which appears in the March 2020 issue of Ginkou Homu 21.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki delivered a lecture titled "Outline of the Revision of the Companies Act and the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, and Virtual Shareholders' Meetings" at "IR Seminar" that was hosted by Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and Japan Investor Relations and Investor Support, Inc. (Tokyo venue: 4th-floor hall of Otemachi Sankei Plaza, Osaka venue: seminar room of the Osaka branch of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "Tokyo Stock Exchange Announces the Partial Revision of the Securities Listing Regulations, etc. related to the Development of Listing Rules for Improving Governance of Listed Subsidiaries" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Holds the 1st Study Group of Digital Governance in the Era of Society 5.0" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 3rd article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Financial Business (1)" which appears in the March 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "Outline of Revision on Time Limitation under the Product Liability (PL) Act: Details of Time Extension and Reasons for Revision, and Whether an Interim Measure Based on the Civil Code Amendment Act Applies or Not" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Releases Selection of Shiseido Company, Limited as Winner of the METI Minister's Award for the 'Corporate Governance of the Year 2019'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Maruyama Shinji authors a commentary on proposed legislation for transparency and fairness in digital platforms (Shoji Homu Portal website)

2020.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Though Eiguchi Manabu planned to deliver a lecture titled "Perfect 'Measures for Compliance with the Subcontract Act' - JFTC's Point of View and Towards Establishment of the Compliance System Ahead of JFTC -" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute, the lecture was cancelled due to expansion of the new coronavirus infection.

2020.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Ito Hiroki delivered a lecture titled "Outline of the Revision of the Companies Act and the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, and Virtual Shareholders' Meetings" at "IR Seminar" that was hosted by Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and Japan Investor Relations and Investor Support, Inc. (Tokyo venue: 4th-floor hall of Otemachi Sankei Plaza, Osaka venue: seminar room of the Osaka branch of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)

2020.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira participated as a panelist at a panel discussion titled "Privacy at the heart of your data monetization strategy" at Data Business Congress in San Jose, U.S.A.

2020.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Guidance and Advice on Crisis Management Measures" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Releases Updated Version of 'Financial Administration and SDGs'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 95th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Allowance for Overtime Work Will not be Paid to Senior Managers as Supervisor" which appears in February 1, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.02

PUBLICATIONS

Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Publishes the 'Interim Draft for the Revision of the Civil Code and the Real Property Registration Act (for Lands of Unknown Owners)' (December 3, 2019)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.01

News

Iwata Godo relocated our office to the 15th floor of Marunouchi Building in January 2020.

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2020.01

News

Toji Yoshihiro was appointed Representative Partner, and Tago Shinya was appointed Managing Partner in January 2020.

2020.01

News

Kakuno Shu, Uenishi Takuya, Kudo Ryohei and Beppu Fumiya were appointed Partners.

2020.01

News

We welcomed a new special counsel, Nakano Masayuki, the former Director-General of Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

NAKANO Masayuki

2020.01

News

We welcomed new attorneys, Noguchi Daisuke, Ito Natsuho and Anzai Kazuto.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.728" in Shoji Homu No. 2220.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes 'Cabinet Office Ordinance Partially Revising Part of Cabinet Office Ordinance on Financial Instruments Business, etc. (Draft)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Cartel leniency in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 94th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Considering the Company's Liability for an Employee who Got Injured During Quarrel with a Colleague" which appears in January 1 and 15, 2020 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

David Walsh, Consultant of Iwata Godo, authored a book entitled "International Transactional Law 'Best Practices' " (Supervised by Tago Shinya and Beppu Fumiya) is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira and Ikeda Minako co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2020: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Requests for Public Comments on 'Guidelines to Implement Hybrid and Virtual Shareholders' Meeting (Draft)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Determines and Recommends Implementing Amendment of Terms and Conditions for Standard Form Contract for Construction Work Based on the Amended Civil Code (Law of Obligations)” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Releases the 'Guidelines of the Antimonopoly Act Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Transactions between Digital Platform Operators and Consumers that Provide Personal Information, etc.’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2020.01

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 2nd article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Construction Business (2)" which appears in the February 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.