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What is the Electronic Provision System for Shareholders' Meeting Materials? Explaining the Key Points of the Amended Japanese Companies Act Enforced in 2022 — 2023.09.22
What is the Electronic Provision System for Shareholders' Meeting Materials? Explaining the Key .
As of September 1, 2022 (Reiwa 4), a system for the electronic provision of shareholder meeting materials has been initiated. By following the pres...
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What is an Internal Control System? Obligations Under the Japanese Companies Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and the Responsibilities of Directors — 2023.09.22
What is an Internal Control System? Obligations Under the Japanese Companies Act and Financial I.
An internal control system refers to the mechanisms within a company designed to prevent illegal activities and information leaks. The internal con...
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What is a 'Utility Model Patent'? Explanation of the Differences from 'Patent Rights' in Japan — 2023.09.22
What is a 'Utility Model Patent'? Explanation of the Differences from 'Patent Rights' in Japan
"Plastic bottle caps", "futon beaters", and "inkless seals (commonly known as: Shachihata)"... What these three have in common is that they are leg...
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What are the Criteria for Patent Infringement? An Explanation of Case Law — 2023.09.22
What are the Criteria for Patent Infringement? An Explanation of Case Law
The patent system is a system in which the government grants a "patent right" to those who have made inventions that contribute to industrial devel...
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Selling Food Products on Online Stores: An Explanation of the Japanese Food Sanitation Law — 2023.08.25
Selling Food Products on Online Stores: An Explanation of the Japanese Food Sanitation Law
Online shopping has now become a familiar part of our lives. While anyone can easily set up an online shop, there are various laws involved in oper...
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Enabling Virtual-Only Shareholders Meetings: Explaining the New System of 'Shareholders Meetings Without a Specified Location' — 2023.08.25
Enabling Virtual-Only Shareholders Meetings: Explaining the New System of 'Shareholders Meetings.
In recent years, it has become difficult to hold traditional shareholder meetings that gather shareholders in a large venue. As a result, many comp...
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Legal Considerations for Operating an eSports School — 2023.08.25
Legal Considerations for Operating an eSports School
Recently, opportunities to see e-sports on television and other media have been increasing.Originally popular in Western countries and China, e-spo...
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What is the Prize Money Limit in eSports Tournaments? — 2023.08.25
What is the Prize Money Limit in eSports Tournaments?
"eSports" is an abbreviation for "Electronic Sports". Broadly speaking, it refers to any form of entertainment, competition, or sport that utilizes...
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Issuance and Contents of Preferred Shares in Venture Investment Contracts — 2023.08.25
Issuance and Contents of Preferred Shares in Venture Investment Contracts
When an investor invests in a company, shares are issued by the company to the investor in accordance with the amount of money invested. Although w...
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Key Points to Consider When Opening an Online Shop: An Explanation of the Japanese 'Secondhand Dealer Act' — 2023.08.25
Key Points to Consider When Opening an Online Shop: An Explanation of the Japanese 'Secondhand D.
Nowadays, internet shopping has permeated our daily lives. Consequently, anyone can easily set up an online shop. However, various laws are involve...
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Expanding the Scope of Use with Level 4 Drone Flights: Explaining Two Systems of Aircraft Certification and Skill Verification — 2023.08.25
Expanding the Scope of Use with Level 4 Drone Flights: Explaining Two Systems of Aircraft Certif.
With the amendment of the Japanese Aviation Law, new regulations have been added to the outdoor flight of drones. From June 20, 2022, an aircraft r...
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Why are Excessive Cashback Campaigns (Point Return) Illegal? — 2023.08.25
Why are Excessive Cashback Campaigns (Point Return) Illegal?
Smartphone payment services such as LINE Pay and PayPay, as well as cashless payment services like credit cards, often run limited-time cashback (p...
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When Do Self-issued Points Fall Under the Category of Prepaid Payment Instruments as Defined by the Japanese Payment Services Act? — 2023.08.18
When Do Self-issued Points Fall Under the Category of Prepaid Payment Instruments as Defined by .
According to a survey conducted by a major think tank, the total number of points and miles issued by key companies across 11 industries in Japan i...
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Legal Issues to Consider When Launching a Point Service — 2023.08.17
Legal Issues to Consider When Launching a Point Service
It is very common to see companies providing web services implementing their own point-based reward systems. These systems are attractive to consum...
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What are the Legal Issues and Necessary Conditions for Introducing a Tipping Service via Streaming? — 2023.08.17
What are the Legal Issues and Necessary Conditions for Introducing a Tipping Service via Streami.
Recently, live streaming apps that allow tipping, such as 17LIVE and Pococha, have become popular.Nowadays, the tipping service, introduced as "Sup...
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Legal Issues in Game App Management Regarding the Funds Settlement Act and the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums — 2023.08.17
Legal Issues in Game App Management Regarding the Funds Settlement Act and the Act against Unjus.
The domestic market size for online games in Japan is estimated to be around 1.5 trillion yen in 2020. Among them, smartphone game apps are showing...
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