Japan is preparing antitrust legislation to force Apple to allow app sideloading and alternative payment methods for in-app purchases, Nikkei Asia reports. The plans by Japan's Fair Trade Commission ...

A victim of Japan’s long-abolished Eugenic Protection Law recently shared her haunting story, shedding light on the abuse, injustice, and discrimination she endured for decades due to the law aimed at ...

Nishimura became the second Big Four Japanese law firm to adopt a foreign law joint enterprise structure, enabling it to hire and promote foreign-qualified lawyers as equity partners and attract the ...

Japan's Mobile Software Competition Act will require Apple to allow non-WebKit web browsers in the App Store on the iPhone later this year. Specifically, the law ...

In June, the Japanese Diet, the national legislature of Japan, passed its first-ever law on sexual orientation and gender identity. It seeks to “promote understanding” and avoid “unfair discrimination ...

You might think anime creators have it easy, but such a belief could not be more incorrect. Over the past decade, unfair wages and deeply upsetting work conditions have plagued workers in the anime ...

For decades, Japanese law said children as young as 13 were old enough to consent to sexual activities. The country also only convicted cases of rape that proved the victim tried to fight back. These ...

International law firms in Japan have been revving up their hunt for both foreign-registered and Japan-qualified partners since August, senior recruiters in the country said. An increasing focus on ...

But Japan also shows that regulating stablecoins is not easy. Until recently this flavor of cryptocurrencies, which are designed to hold their value against a real-world asset like the U.S. dollar or ...