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METI pressures JFTC to apply Antimonopoly Act to foreign companies

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 19 2008

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced that it will seek to allow the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) to regulate foreign companies’ violations of Japan’s Antimonopoly Act by actively pursuing extraterritorial application of the law

Japan's equivalent to the FCPA mere paper compliance with the Anti-Bbribery Convention?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 1 2008

In November, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (officially the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions) celebrated its 10th anniversary

Japan to consider cap-and-trade

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 25 2008

Japan officials announced last week that they will be looking into a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Amendment to JCAA rules and regulations

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 26 2008

On 1 January 2008 the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association issued amended versions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules ("the Rules") and Regulations for Arbitrator's Remuneration ("the Regulations"

NTT plans expansion of non-core business lines

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • July 6 2007

Citing a trend toward declining revenues in its principal communications businesses, NTT of Japan has signaled a new growth strategy that includes a shift in focus toward non-core business lines that fall outside of the telecom sector

Recent revisions to Japanese tender offer rules: toward transparency and fairness

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • June 27 2007

Japanese tender offer regulations were substantially amended in December 2006 in the wake of recent hostile-takeover activities in Japan

Japan launches super high speed Internet satellite

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 29 2008

Japan tossed its hat into the ring with the world’s major providers of satellite-based Internet services with the successful launch last Saturday of a satellite that would deliver “super high speed” Internet connectivity throughout Japan and the Asia Pacific region

Hostile takeover offers in Japan

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • July 12 2007

Only in recent years have hostile takeovers become more common in Japan

Docomo to test super 3G system

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • Japan, USA
  • -
  • July 20 2007

NTT DoCoMo confirmed plans this week to conduct a month-long test of a “super 3G” cellular system that the Japanese wireless giant hopes will form the bridge between current third-generation and future fourth-generation (4G) wireless networks

ICC arbitration: the arbitration process

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • March 5 2008

There are many forms of arbitration