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Duties of Care and the Business Judgment Rule in Japanese Corporate Law

Duties of Care and the Business Judgment Rule in Japanese Corporate Law

In Japanese corporate governance, directors play a pivotal role in ensuring the growth and sustainability of a company. This role comes with signif...

General Corporate

Stock Option Schemes in Japan and the Design of Tax-Qualified Stock Options

Stock Option Schemes in Japan and the Design of Tax-Qualified Stock Options

In modern corporate management, particularly for growth-oriented companies, the acquisition, retention, and motivation enhancement of talented indi...

General Corporate

Board Resolutions under Japanese Corporate Law: Disposal of Significant Assets and Large-Scale Borrowing

Board Resolutions under Japanese Corporate Law: Disposal of Significant Assets and Large-Scale B.

In Japan, a representative director of a joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) wields extensive authority and executes the company's operations. H...

General Corporate

Key Considerations When Using Open Source Software in Software Development Outsourcing Agreements

Key Considerations When Using Open Source Software in Software Development Outsourcing Agreement.

Open Source Software (OSS) is widely used in many software development settings for its ability to reduce development costs and workload. When outs...

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What is a Business Model Utilizing Web3? Explaining the Latest Trends and Use Cases

What is a Business Model Utilizing Web3? Explaining the Latest Trends and Use Cases

Innovative business models leveraging the benefits of Web3 are emerging worldwide. This new wave of the internet, founded on blockchain technology,...

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Mandatory Measures to Prevent 'Kasuhara': Explaining Tokyo's Ordinance and Necessary Corporate Strategies

Mandatory Measures to Prevent 'Kasuhara': Explaining Tokyo's Ordinance and Necessary Corporate S.

Customer harassment, known as "customer harassment" in Japan, where malicious claims by clients can harm the working environment for employees, is ...

General Corporate

How to Preserve Evidence of Defamation on Instagram? Explaining Methods to Save Admissible Evidence for Court Use

How to Preserve Evidence of Defamation on Instagram? Explaining Methods to Save Admissible Evide.

With the proliferation of social media, the issue of human rights violations through online posts continues unabated.Following the amendment of the...

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Enforcement in June of Reiwa 7 (2025): Heatstroke Prevention Measures in the Workplace Mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Law Amendment: What Measures are Necessary for Businesses?

Enforcement in June of Reiwa 7 (2025): Heatstroke Prevention Measures in the Workplace Mandated .

On June 1, Reiwa 7 (2025), the amended Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act was enforced, explicitly mandating "measures against heatstroke" a...

General Corporate

What Are the Contractual Risks of Corporate AI Implementation? Explaining the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's

What Are the Contractual Risks of Corporate AI Implementation? Explaining the Ministry of Econom.

In recent years, the adoption of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the business world has been advancing rapidly. However, the use and development of...

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What Are Examples of Customer Harassment? Explaining Key Points for Countermeasures from Court Cases

What Are Examples of Customer Harassment? Explaining Key Points for Countermeasures from Court C.

In recent years, the issue of "customer harassment," commonly known as "casuhara," where employees are troubled by malicious claims, has been on th...

General Corporate

Why Do Meta Accounts Suddenly Get Suspended or Frozen? Understanding Facebook and Instagram's Terms and Taking Precautions

Why Do Meta Accounts Suddenly Get Suspended or Frozen? Understanding Facebook and Instagram's Te.

For corporate accounts, influencers, and individual users alike, the suspension or freezing of a social media account poses a significant issue. Wh...

Internet

[2025 Latest Edition] Legal Interpretation of Crypto Assets (Crypto assets): Securities Applicability and Points of Caution for Operators

[2025 Latest Edition] Legal Interpretation of Crypto Assets (Crypto assets): Securities Applicab.

Crypto assets, also known as digital assets, are subject to constantly evolving legal interpretations due to their diverse types, uses, and the adv...

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What is an OSS License Violation? Explaining the Risks and Countermeasures Companies Should Know, Based on Case Studies

What is an OSS License Violation? Explaining the Risks and Countermeasures Companies Should Know.

Open Source Software (OSS) is widely used by companies and developers as a means to achieve low-cost and high-quality software development. OSS all...

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Understanding the Corporate Governance Requirements for NASDAQ Listing

Understanding the Corporate Governance Requirements for NASDAQ Listing

Some may perceive that listing on NASDAQ requires higher standards of corporate governance than listing on Japanese stock markets. However, the con...

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What is the 'Cloud Exception' in the Personal Information Protection Law? Explaining Based on Actual Cases of Administrative Guidance Received by Cloud Service Providers

What is the 'Cloud Exception' in the Personal Information Protection Law? Explaining Based on Ac.

Business operators handling personal information are subject to various regulations under the Japanese Personal Information Protection Act. Our per...

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Attorney Explains the Quantitative Listing Requirements for NASDAQ

Attorney Explains the Quantitative Listing Requirements for NASDAQ

When compared to the Japanese securities market, one of the most significant personalityistics of listing on NASDAQ is that "the listing criteria a...

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