Organization that holds seminars discussing Japanese copyright laws, conducts research and maintains legal database, and creates international internships.

Links to more than 100 Japanese laws in English.

English language translations of major Japanese laws.

Speech given to Asia Society on legal respresentation in Japan, its historical origins, and current reforms.

Japanese financial laws in English.

Extensive collection Japanese law and case-law related sites from Kyushu University.

Introduces Japanese law and practices, focusing on how to incorporate a business, insurance business law, and the code of civil procedures.

Extensive list of links on Japanese law from Tohoku University.

US Embassy in Japan information on marrying a Japanese national.

Step by step procedures on registering a marriage in or out of Japan.

Provides summaries of recent constitutional, civil and commercial case law in Japan, and articles on various aspects of the legal system. Good resource to pinpoint legal resources for further study.

Law professor's essay on tobacco regulations in Japan and the government's conflicts between protecting citizen's health and the massive cigarette tax revenues it receives. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

Information on Japanese income taxes: the principles, the rates, some examples, a glossary and the references.

Lists the first constitution of Japan written in 604 A.D., showing both the first concepts of society and government, as well as its Confuscian and Buddhist influences.

Legal service and information to obtain visas for Japan.

Provides information on the legal aspects of war compensation claims against Japan in view of international law of wars.

Story and advice on fighting rip-offs of apartment tenant deposits.

Contains English translations of several new and frequently applied Japanese laws.