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Refueling Mission in the Indian Ocean Extended (Dec. 19, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Japan's Self Defense Forces have refueled other countries' vessels in the Indian Ocean to support the U.S.-led effort in Afghanistan since 2001, under Japan's limited-term anti-terrorism ...
Topic: Military
Jurisdiction: Japan
Nationality Law Amended (Dec. 17, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Diet (Japan's parliament) passed a bill to revise the Nationality Law on December 5, 2008. It was promulgated December 12 as Law No. 88 of ...
Topic: Citizenship and Nationality
Jurisdiction: Japan
Official Address of Homeless Persons (Nov. 19, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
On October 3, 2008, the Supreme Court of Japan affirmed the Osaka High Court decision that a homeless person cannot register a public park as his ...
Topic: Public Welfare
Jurisdiction: Japan
Official Recognition of Ainu as Indigeneous People (Sep. 05, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Diet (Japan's parliament) passed a resolution on June 6, 2008, to recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people. On the same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...
Topic: Human Rights
Jurisdiction: Japan
Foreign Ship Navigation Within the Territorial Waters Law (Jul. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Diet (Japan's Parliament) passed a new law on June 5, 2008, to regulate foreign ships' navigation within Japan's territorial waters. Japan did not previously have ...
Topic: Maritime Law
Jurisdiction: Japan
New Insurance Law (Jul. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Diet (Japan's Parliament) passed the new Insurance Law on May 30, 2008. The old law was enacted in 1911. At that time, the legislature did ...
Topic: Insurance
Jurisdiction: Japan
Acceptance of Indonesian Healthcare Workers Based on Agreement (Jun. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Japan and Indonesia signed the Agreement for an Economic Partnership (EPA) on August 20, 2007, under which Japan agreed to issue visas and allow resident status ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: Japan
Controversy over Payment for U.S. Military Bases (Jun. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Japanese government has paid a large part of the expenses for U.S. military bases in Japan since 1978. Those expenses include housing, schools, and recreational ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: Japan
High Court Calls Air Self-Defense Force Activities in Iraq Unconstitutional (May. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution renounces war and states: "land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained." The ...
Topic: War
Jurisdiction: Japan
Videotaping Questioning of Suspects (Apr. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
It has sometimes been argued in court proceedings that police officers or public prosecutors forced or led certain contents of written declarations of suspects. In Japan, ...
Topic: Criminal Procedure
Jurisdiction: Japan
Executives Responsible for Damage Caused by Concealing Use of Unauthorized Food Additive (Apr. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Shareholders of a Japanese company recently sued the company's former president and directors, alleging that they caused damage to the company by concealing the use of ...
Topic: Consumer Protection
Jurisdiction: Japan
Victims to Receive Money Deposited by Criminals (Mar. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
New legislation, the Law Concerning the Distribution in Payments to Victims of Crime-Related Deposits in Financial Institutions, was promulgated in Japan on December 21, 2007. This ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Japan
McDonald's Manager Not Considered a Manager Under Labor Law (Mar. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
On January 28, 2008, the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay 7.55 million yen (US$70,000) in overtime allowance and "additional pay" ...
Topic: Employment
Jurisdiction: Japan
Basic Information on Executed Criminals Now Available (Feb. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
On December 7, 2007, the Ministry of Justice of Japan released the names of three executed criminals, together with information on the crimes they committed and ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Japan
New Lost Goods Law in Effect (Jan. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
An American university professor dropped mobile phones and wallets containing cash in Tokyo and New York. The return rate in Japan was higher. Because lost items ...
Topic: Property
Jurisdiction: Japan
Korean A-Bomb Survivors (Dec. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
Although Japan's A-Bomb Special Measures Law of 1968 did not clearly exclude A-bomb survivors who lived outside Japan from being recipients of health maintenance allowances, the ...
Topic: Administrative Law
Jurisdiction: Japan
Defectors Return to Japan (Dec. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
After Japan's defeat in the Second World War, Koreans who had entered Japan during the war, in many cases against their will, returned to the Korean ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: Japan / North Korea
10 Years Since Organ Transplant Law?s Effective Date (Nov. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
Under Japan's Law Concerning Organ Transplant (Law No.104 of 1997), the donation of organs is permitted from a dead or brain-dead donor. The criteria for establishing ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Japan
Children of Japanese Who Emigrated to Philippines before WWII (Nov. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
All Japanese people have records in the Family Register. Therefore, it is easy to prove that a person is Japanese by submitting an official copy of ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: Japan
Last updated: 12/19/2008