This is the presentation slide on the main points of New Japan's Corporate Governance Code (2021 Revision). It consists of the description on the background, transition, and scrutiny of the Code and scrutiny from the from the Perspective of 'Sustainable Growth of the Company and Improvement of...

Understanding of the entire picture of the share ownership structure of listed companies in each country in general will provide an important perspective for analyzing the present takeover rules in that country, and also for considering appropriate regimes for takeover rules for the future. This...

This paper presents a solution for Japanese Companies Act and comparative law analysis on hypothetical case regarding “abuse of shareholder rights”. It is based on “Mathias Siems and David Cabrelli (eds), Comparative Company Law - A Case-Based Approach, 2nd edition (Oxford, Hart...

Trust Act 2006 was the first full-fledged revision in 84 years since the enactment of the Former Trust Act, with no significant revision having been made during this period. This revision scaled up the Former Trust Act, which contained 75 Articles, into the one with as many as 271 Articles...

(※under revision)This paper describes the history of the academic theories on Trusts in Japan, focusing on how the theories have understood the fundamental construction of Trust.Ever since the enactment of the former Trust Act, the characteristics and essential elements of the act of creating...

This paper presents a solution for Japanese Companies Act and comparative law analysis on hypothetical case regarding “obligations of directors in takeovers”. It is based on “Mathias Siems and David Cabrelli (eds), Comparative Company Law - A Case-Based Approach, 2nd edition (Oxford, Hart...

This paper presents a solution for Japanese Companies Act and comparative law analysis on hypothetical case regarding “cross-border takeovers and takeover defences”. It is based on “Mathias Siems and David Cabrelli (eds), Comparative Company Law - A Case-Based Approach, 2nd edition...

This paper deals with the "Tender Offer" system and the "Large Shareholding Report" system under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan. Before explaining the details of regulations, an introduction to the situation in Japan regarding tender offers and corporate takeovers is given