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Asia Tax Bulletin - Summer 2025

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We present to you the Summer 2025 edition of the Asia Tax Bulletin. It contains tax developments in Asia on a host of topics, such as Hong Kong’s and Japan’s tax legislation to implement the Minimum Global Tax (also referred...more

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APAC AI Monitor Series | Japan

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As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, understanding the evolving regulatory landscape is more critical than ever. Our APAC AI Monitor series offers in-depth analysis of key legal developments across...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Japan

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Japan adopts a soft law approach to AI governance but lawmakers advance proposal for a hard law approach for certain harms. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (“AI Regulations”) On May 28, 2025, Japan's Parliament...more

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Japan’s Approach to AI Regulation in 2025

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Following Shigeru Ishiba’s appointment as Prime Minister on October 1, 2024, Japan has been charting a cautious but innovation-friendly AI regulation strategy, culminating in a public announcement by the Prime Minister...more

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Japan Introduces Changes to Child and Family Leave

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On 1 April 2025, several important amendments to Japan’s legislation on childcare leave, caregiver leave, and related measures will come into effect, with other provisions taking effect on 1 October....more

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Japan’s Hydrogen Society Promotion Act comes into effect

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Further to its enactment and promulgation in May 2024, the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act (the "Act") – Japan's first law regulating businesses relating to hydrogen and its derivatives – came into effect on October 23, 2024....more

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Asia Pacific antitrust update – July 2024

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As we move into the second half of 2024, the competition law landscape across the Asia-Pacific region continues to shift towards tighter regulation and increased enforcement. Faced with the intricate challenges of modern...more

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On the path to decarbonisation: Japan enacts its first legislation on hydrogen and CCS

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On 17 May 2024, the Japanese parliament approved two energy-related bills into law: - the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act1; and t - he CCS Business Act.2 These are Japan's first laws relating to the business of hydrogen...more

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Japan adopts LGBTQ awareness legislation

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In June 2023, the ‘Act on the Promotion of Citizens’ Understanding of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’ was enacted by the Japanese legislature (the Diet)....more

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Eye on AI: AI Governance and Regulation

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Even as the "godfathers" of generative AI (Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun) disagree about the potential threat to humanity, policymakers, researchers and leading tech executives are calling for government...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

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Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

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Japan Enacts Economic Security Law

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The Japanese parliament has enacted the first comprehensive economic security legislation to enhance Japan's national security from an economic activities perspective, especially focusing on sensitive industry sectors such as...more

Littler

Littler Global Guide - Japan - Q4 2021

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New Paternity Leave Law - New Legislation Enacted - The Child and Family Member Care Leave Act has been revised mainly to create more accessible leave for fathers. The revisions include: (i) a leave of four weeks that can...more

Morgan Lewis

New Laws And Regulations: Insights For 2020

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A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more

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Littler Global Guide - Japan - Q4 2019

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Employment Security Up to the Age 70 - Proposed Bill or Initiative - On December 25, 2019, Labor Policy Council has proposed to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare to take legislative actions to provide measures...more

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Littler Global Guide - Japan - Q2 2019

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New Anti-Power Harassment Law (Anti-Bullying Law) in Japan - New Legislation Enacted - On May 29, 2019, a new anti-bullying law, known as “Anti-Power Harassment Law,” was enacted and will take effect within one year...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - August 2018

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Ohio Enacts Cybersecurity Law with addition of Blockchain to Ohio’s Uniform Electronic Transactions Act - On August 7, 2018 Ohio Governor John Kasich signed SB 220, which adds “blockchain technology” to the definition of...more

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Littler Global Guide - Japan - Q1 2017

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Amendment of Act Expands the Benefit of Employees with Child or Family Member who Needs Care - Enacted Legislation - The revision of Act on Child Care Leave and Family Care Leave, which becomes effective on January...more

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What Foreign Investors Must Know About Japanese Casinos

Foreign investors interested in the hospitality and tourism sectors and related opportunities in real estate, retail and finance have welcomed legislation passed late last year in Japan to open the world’s third - largest...more

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Blockchain Week in Review – April 2017 #3

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Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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Class Actions Now Available in Japan

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Japan has enacted its first class actions legislation, following an international trend seen in the European Union and some other countries in Asia. The new class actions law (the Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil...more

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Energy & Environment Update - November 2015

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Energy and Climate Debate - In his final major effort prior to retiring last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) reached a bipartisan agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, with other House and Senate...more

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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

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US CHINA TRADE WAR–CHINA STOCK MARKET CRASH, TRADE, IP/PATENT, SECURITIES

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Since the last blog post focused on trade policy and trade and customs issues, with extensive coverage of the Trade Promotion Authority fight in the US Congress, after addressing the trade area briefly, this blog post plays...more

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Energy & Environment Update - July 2015 #3

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Energy and Climate Debate - With just two or three weeks before the August recess – two for the House, three for the Senate – Congress has a full schedule. The Senate will devote much of this week to the Highway bill,...more

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