Links to information on the former Institute of Comparative Law website

Topics of Japanese Law>Recent Legislations in Japan
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/jalaw_contents.html#topics3

Topics of Japanese Law>Noticeable Judicial Precedents https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/jalaw_contents.html#legislations3

Current Topics of Japanese Law
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/jalaw_contents.html#topics3

Noticeable Judicial Precedent (Civil Procedure Law)>
Supreme Court Judgment on the Qualification for Claim Concerning Action for Future Performance
Supreme Court Reports (civil cases) No. 242 p.117; Hanrei Times No. 1386 p. 179: Decision of the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court, dated December 21, 2012 (case number 2011 (Ju) No. 1626)
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/precedent/001matsumura.html

Current Topics of Japanese Law (Civil Procedure Law)>
Great East Japan Earthquake and Economic Revitalization of Enterprises and Individuals
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/topic/001kato.html

Recent Legislations in Japan (Civil Procedure Law)>
Accession to the Hague Convention (Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction) and Establishment of Domestic Acts of Such Convention
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/legislation/002uchida.html

Recent Legislations in Japan (International Law)>
Act of Partial Revision of the Establishment of the National Security Council of Japan and a Related Act
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/legislation/004hiromi.html

Recent Legislations in Japan (International Law)>
The Use of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel (PCASP) on Board Japanese Flagged Vessels
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/legislation/003seta.html

Noticeable Judicial Precedent (Criminal Law)>
Railway Accidents and the power of prosecution
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/precedent/002kitagawa.html

Current Topics of Japanese Law (Commercial Law)>
Amendment to the Company Law and Corporate Governance Reform of Listed Companies
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/topic/002nakamura.html

Recent Legislations in Japan (International Transactions)>
The Japanese 24 hour Rule for Imported Cargo, Effective March 10, 2014
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2013/legislation/001tsubaki.html

Topic No.3 “In Remembrance of Professor Seok In Huang (Professor Michitaro Urakawa, Faculty of Law)”, Japanese Law Information Vol.4,
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2014/topic/001urakawa.html

Precedent No.3 “Payment of guarantee obligation, made after a guarantor has inherited principal obligation, can interruput the extinctive prescription of the principal obligation” (Associate Professor Dai SHIRAISHI, Waseda Law School), Japanese Law Information Vol.4,
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2014/precedent/001shiraishi.html

Precedent No.6 “Prohibition of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities in Employment” (Professor Mutsuko ASAKURA, Faculty of Law), Japanese Law Information Vol.4,
https://hiken.w.waseda.jp/en/jalaw_inf/topics2014/legislation/001asakura.html