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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Making Japan a More Attractive Center for International Arbitration

Since 2017, Japan has been actively working to promote international arbitration. The updates to the Arbitration Act of Japan should help boost the country’s popularity as an arbitration seat....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Summary Update on Enforcement of Commercial Registration System for Foreign Companies

Recently, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) of Japan, which has jurisdiction over the commercial registration system, has taken measures to require certain foreign companies to file for commercial registration pursuant to the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 109: Asia Q1 Check In: China’s Emergence as the Number One World Economy and New Hegemonic Role in Asia with...

The relationship between the U.S. and China has deteriorated over the last four years. Barely missing a beat from the coronavirus pandemic, China is the only major world economy to post positive growth during the pandemic...more

Jones Day

Japan Introduces Temporary Exemption for Foreign Fund Managers

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The Japanese Financial Services Agency released a new regulation allowing foreign fund managers and securities brokers to transfer their operations to Japan temporarily and without registration in certain emergency...more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19’s Impact on Article 63 Notification Filings in Japan: Regulators Face New Normal

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This alert provides a summary of the announcement (Announcement) issued by the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (KLFB) at the beginning of August 2020. Responding to the Japanese government’s “Report concerning Promotion of...more

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Foreign Managers Allowed to Temporarily Manage Assets from Japan in Emergency Situations

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Subordinate regulations under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended (FIEA), were amended on July 22 to allow foreign business operators to temporarily conduct business in Japan upon...more

King & Spalding

Tokyo Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management Newsletter – August 2019

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The Philippines has become a favoured destination for foreign investors despite global and domestic risks. Foreign direct investment in the Philippines in the last two years was at approximately $10 billion per year, with...more

Hogan Lovells

Japan: Nikkei interviews Theodore Essex – ITC puts weight on the actual situation of patentees

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Last month, Nikkei interviewed Senior Counsel Theodore (Ted) Essex on the importance of The United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) for Japanese companies....more

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Multi-Billion Dollar Japanese Tech Conglomerate to Process Salaries in Bitcoin

GMO Internet Inc. (“GMO”) is a Japanese-based tech conglomerate with over 4,700 full-time employees and a market cap of over 200 billion yen. Since May 2017, the organization has taken steps to enter the cryptocurrency space,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Japanese ECommerce Consumption Tax Commences Effect on October 1, 2015

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On October 1, 2015, Japan commences application of its business-to-consumer (“B2C”) ecommerce consumption tax (“JCT”), analogous to the EU electronic services VAT which commenced January 1 of this year. The JCT will require...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Far Beyond the Valley

Global tech hubs are a source of technology, talent, and funding - While media coverage of the technology industry focuses largely on Silicon Valley, savvy tech and life sciences executives have been looking much...more

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