| Japanese Legal Research at the University of Washington ワシントン大学の法律学校アジア法学部門での 日本の法律研究 |
Web Resources
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June 25, 2009)
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Search Engines
Using Google and other web search engines can be very useful for tracking down information bout Japanese law, in English or in Japanese. When using Japanese text terms in your search, it's a good idea to specify that you're looking for Japanese language materials. Otherwise, your results may include many unrelated materials form other East Asian languages.
- JAIRO (Japanese Institutional Repositories Online)
What is JAIRO?
http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/en/ (English)
http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/ (Japanese) - Google
http://www.google.com/ - Google Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_search - MSN Search
http://search.msn.com/ - MSN Search Builder
(specify language and other parameters)
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?qb=1
For Japanese language searching, try for example: the "Goo" search engine at: http://www.goo.ne.jp/. Google also works for Japanese searches when configured properly (see the Google Preferences page at: http://www.google.com/preferences) .
Major Online Resources For Japan-Related Research
Please note that most of these resources are available to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Washington only when connecting from University of Washington IP addresses.
- Bibliographic Databases
- United States
OCLC (see below) is a major database of books, serials, and other materials. It contains records for millions items relevant to Japanese law in English, Japanese, and other languages.- OCLC FirstSearch (UW Restricted)
Connect via the University of Washington "Library Databases" page ("O" section):
http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/databases/O.html - UW Library Catalogs
- The Law Library Catalog (Marian) is accessible on the World Wide Web at the following address:
http://marian.law.washington.edu/. Web access terminals, located in the Law Library and other libraries across the University of Washington campus provide access to the Law Library Catalog ("Marian"), the University of Washington Libraries Catalog
(http://catalog.lib.washington.edu:1087/search/), and a wide range of other databases. - UW Libraries Catalog
http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/
- The Law Library Catalog (Marian) is accessible on the World Wide Web at the following address:
- OCLC FirstSearch (UW Restricted)
- Japan
- Waseda University Library Catalog (English Interface)
A very useful resource; easy to search for many Japanese legal titles.
http://wine.wul.waseda.ac.jp/screens/mainmenu.html - Waseda University Library Catalog (Japanese Interface)
Same as above, with Japanese language http:h//wine.wul.waseda.ac.jp/screens/mainmenu_jpn.html - NDL OPAC
(Click here for more information on Inter-Library Loan from NDL for UW Law School)
National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog
Includes: 一般資料の検索 (General Materials [Library Catalog]) and
雑誌記事索引 (Index to Journal Articles)
http://opac.ndl.go.jp/ - Webcat Plus
From Japan's NII, the National Institute of Informatics. This is a "union" library catalog that combines most of Japan's major library catalogs, in one search. Includes the holdings of these libraries for serial publications
http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/
- Waseda University Library Catalog (English Interface)
- Australia
- Asian Law Online (Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne Law School)
"The Asian Law Centre bibliographic database is offered to the public as a service to assist students and scholars of Asian legal systems. It is a collection of English language materials on Asian laws available throughout the world and includes books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses. It does not include newspapers, magazines, conference papers or unpublished articles."
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/bibliography
- Asian Law Online (Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne Law School)
- United States
- Database Portals
- University of Washington
- UW Libraries Resource Databases Page
http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/databases/ - UW Libraries Japanese Studies Resources Page
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/JapaneseStudies/
- UW Libraries Resource Databases Page
- Japan
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
This Kyushu University-based project provides English translations for many Japanese laws and court decisions in the fields of Corporate Law, Goods and Services Transaction Law, Financing Law, Intellectual Property Law, Insolvency law, Arbitration law, Civil litigation law, and Public International law. According to the website's home page, "The Transparency of Japanese Law Project aims to provide legal information on international transactions in Japan to the overseas community by organizing and translating into English, information which includes: overviews of Japanese law, specific Japanese legislation, doctrines, and case law."
http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.html - GeNii (Global Environment for Networked Intellectual Information)
(See also CiNii)
This portal site, run by the Japanese government's National Institute of Informatics (NII), has a variety of online resources for research on Japan. Some of these are free, others require a fee.
http://ge.nii.ac.jp/genii/jsp/index-e.jsp (English)
http://ge.nii.ac.jp/genii/jsp/index.jsp (Japanese)
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
- University of Washington
- Encyclopedis, etc.
- Japan Knowledge (UW Restricted)
This online mostly Japanese-language portal Provides access to various Japanese language resources, including:- 日本大百科全書 [Nihon dai hyakka zensho]
- 現代用語の基礎知識 [Gendai yōgo no kihon chishiki]
- 日本人名大辞典 [Nihon jinmei daijiten]
- 辞書（和英、英和、日本語）[Japanese-English, English Japanese and Japanese Dictionaries]
- JK Who's Who
- Screenshot
- Japan Knowledge How-to Guide (PDF)
- (also includes the English-Language Encyclopedia of Japan)
Connect to Japan Knowledge (UW Restricted)
- Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan (Online Version). (UW Restricted)
This English-language resource Includes the text of many laws, references to famous cases and other important topics concerning law in Japan.
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http://www.ency-japan.com/ - Foreign Press Center, Japan (FPCJ)
Provides updated information on Japanese society (including new laws and cases in the news.) Also includes a directory major institutions and a "Facts and Figures of Japan" page.
http://fpcj.jp/?ml_lang=en - Wikipedia on Japanese law
This online "free encyclopedia" has many detailed Japanese-law related articles, most linked from the main article on Japanese law:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_law (English)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B (Japanese)
- Japan Knowledge (UW Restricted)
- LexisNexis (English version)
- Includes some useful resources for Japanese legal research, in English. Allows full text searching of law review articles, newspapers, magazines, and wire services such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kyodo Newswire, and the Nikkei Weekly. UW Law students may access these services at the terminals available in the Law Library.
Non-UW law students may use LEXIS®-NEXIS® UNIVerse at:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
- Includes some useful resources for Japanese legal research, in English. Allows full text searching of law review articles, newspapers, magazines, and wire services such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kyodo Newswire, and the Nikkei Weekly. UW Law students may access these services at the terminals available in the Law Library.
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Legal Databases in Japan (Pay)
See also CD ROMs on Japanese Law- LexisNexisJP
Has full-text Japanese cases going back to Meiji period. Free trial available.
http://legal.lexisnexis.jp/ - LEX/DB Internet
For information about this pay service, which includes the full text of laws and cases, go to:
https://www.tkclex.ne.jp/index.html
LEX/DB 無料体験コーナー [Free Hands-on Trial]
https://www.tkclex.ne.jp/trial.html - MasterLibrary
This is the web version of the "Hanrei Master" CDROM product. It has the text of cases and laws.
http://www.e-hoki.com/index.html - Legalbase (Web version)
http://jlic.softhouse-ilu.com - D1-Law.com
This is Daiichi Hōki Co.'s online legal portal, launched in April 2005. It includes the formerly CD-ROM and Paper index, "法律判例文献情報" (Hōritsu hanrei bunken jōhō [HHBJ]) plus the text of current laws and decisions.
https://www.d1-law.com/d1w2_portal/index.html
- LexisNexisJP
- Periodical Indexes
- English
- LegalTrac (Legal Resource Index), 1980-
An index of Law-related journals. Covers over 800 major English language law-related journals. Has records for articles and cases in these journals. Available to UW Law users at:
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu - Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, 1985-
The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals covers the law of countries other than the United States, the British Isles, and the British Commonwealth. 1985 to the present. Updated quarterly.
(IFLP also has limited indexing in romanization of selected Japanese legal periodicals through about 1992.)
Connect to IFLP (UW Restricted) - Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), 1980-
Indexes over 1400 periodicals and thousands of government documents, statistical reports and other information relating to a wide range of public and social policy issues. For materials in English and several other European languages.
Connect to PAIS (UW Restricted) - JSTOR
"Journal STORage", a database mainly English language journal articles focusing on older volumes rather than current issues. Coverage starts from first issues and runs up t between 1 and 7 years before current publication.
http://www.jstor.org/search/
- LegalTrac (Legal Resource Index), 1980-
- Japanese
- CiNii (Citation Index of the National Institute of Infomatics) Search Page
CiNII (pronounced "sign-ee") is the NII's index to journals included in it's huge full-text database (over 6000 titles). Full-text Law related titles available free to all users are listed here.
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/en?TZ=20070213091919500 (English)
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/?TZ=20070213091922333 (Japanese) - Magazineplus
In addition to indexing over 4.7 million articles in 8,500 journals and magazines from 1981 to the present, Magazineplus also indexes about 6,000 annual reports and collections of academic articles ("ronbunshu") published by Japanese academic institutions. Magazineplus is the largest database of periodicals and academic articles in Japan. Areas covered include medicine, science, law, humanities, popular culture, business and social sciences. Updated weekly.
Magazineplus includes the following two important periodical indexes- Japanese Zasshi Kiji Sakuin
(NICHIGAI/WEBサービス、雑誌記事索引フィル (Nichigai Web Service Zasshi kiji sakuin fairu))
Indexes over 5,607academic journals published in Japan and collected by the National Diet Library. Areas covered include medicine, science, humanities, and social sciences. Updated biweekly. - Japanese Journal Index
(NICHIGAI/WEBサービス （ジャーナルインデックス）(Nichigai Web Service Journal Index File))
Covers articles from more than 155 popular, business and general magazines published in Japan since 1981.
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Connect to Magazineplus (UW Restricted)
- Japanese Zasshi Kiji Sakuin
- CiNii (Citation Index of the National Institute of Infomatics) Search Page
- Specialized Book Lists
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
References western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia. 1971 to present.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bas/ - Proquest Dissertations (UW Restricted)
Indexing and abstracts for dissertations from North American and European universities; recent UW dissertations available online to UW users free of charge
Proquest Dissertations (Full Text)
Dissertations Abstracts
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- English
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Japanese Law-Related Web Resources by Subject (A-Z)
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Administrative Scriveners [行政書士 (Gyōsei Shoshi)]
(See also the Legal Workers chart on the Introduction page)
- IGLA 国際行政書士協会 [Kokusai Gyōsei Shoshi Kyōkai] ("International Gyoseisyoshi [ie: gyōsei shoshi] Lawyer Association" [International Administrative Scrivener Association])
http://www.igla.jp/
- アジア歴史資料センター（国立公文書館）[Ajia Rekishi Shiryō Sentā (Kokuritsu Kōbunshokan)] (Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (National Archives of Japan))
(Interface in Japanese, English, Chinese, or Korean; Includes a search interface, and displays images of archival records from the Japanese government and other sources.)
http://www.jacar.go.jp/ - 国立公文書館 = National Archives of Japan [Kokuritsu Kōbunshokan]
http://www.archives.go.jp/
English page: http://www.archives.go.jp/index_e.html
Banking Law
- Bank of Japan "Law and Rules" Page
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/law/index.htm - The Bankers Library
"The Bankers Library mainly collects the materials on money, banking and finance. Among them, a typical collection is the books on histories of individual banking institutions and bankers associations as well as of periodicals published by financial institutions around the world."
http://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/en/library/about/index.html
Bar Associations
- 日本弁護士連合会 [Nihon Bengoshi Rengōkai] (Japan Federation of Bar Associations Homepage)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/ - 日本女性法律家協会 [Nihon Josei Hōritsuka Kyōkai] (Japan Women's Bar Association)
http://www.j-wba.com/ - 東京弁護士会 [Tōkyō Bengoshikai] (Tokyo Bar Association)
http://www.toben.or.jp/ - 第一東京弁護士会 [Daiichi Tōkyō Bengoshikai] (First Tokyo Bar Association)
http://www.ichiben.or.jp/ - 第二東京弁護士会 [Daini Tōkyō Bengoshikai] (Second Tokyo Bar Association)
http://niben.jp/ - 大阪弁護士会 [Ōsaka Bengoshikai] (Osaka Bar Association)
http://www.osakaben.or.jp/ - 名古屋弁護士会 [Nagoya Bengoshikai] (Nagoya Bar Association)
http://www.nagoya-ben.or.jp/
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Bills (Draft Legislation) [法律案]
- 国会提出法案など [Kokkai teishutsu hōan nado] (Bills submitted to the legislature, etc)
Includes links to 1) detailed outlines and 2) the full text of bills submitted to the legislature, beginning with Heisei 11 [1999].
http://www.moj.go.jp/HOUAN/index.html - 内閣法制局(Naikaku Hōseikyoku)
Includes a list of bills introduced in chronological order. Gives a summary of the content of each bill, and indicates whether or not it has been implemented. The page also gives background on the legislative process.
http://www.clb.go.jp/contents/index.html (Japanese) - 最近における法律案の提出・成立件数 [Saikin ni okeru hōritsuan no teishutsu, seiritsu kensu] (Number of bills recently submitted and enacted)
Gives statistics on the number of recent bills and the outcomes.
http://www.clb.go.jp/contents/all.html - The Law-making Process
From the Cabinet Legislation Bureau [内閣法制局]; includes flow chart in English
http://www.clb.go.jp/english/process.html
CD ROMs on Japanese Law (Websites with More Information)
(See also Pay Online Legal Databases in Japan)
- リーガルベース[Rīgarubēsu] (Legalbase CDROM)
http://www.legalbase.co.jp/) - 第一法規出版法令情報データベース [Daiichi Hōki Shuppan Hōrei Jōhō dētabēsu] (Daiichi Hoki Publishing Law-related Database Page)
Includes information on various law-related products, including 判例体系CDROM [Hanrei Taikei CD ROM], 法律判例文献情報CDROM [Hōritsu hanrei bunken jōhō CD ROM]], 現行法規CDROM, [Genko Hōki CDROM], and others.
http://www.daiichihoki.co.jp/dhweb/cdrom/db_index.asp - 判例ＭＡＳＴＥＲ CD ROM [Hanrei Master CD ROM]
http://www.sn-hoki.co.jp/
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Commercial Arbitration
- CISG (Contract for International Sale of Goods) Database -- Japan
General editor: Hiroo Sono (Hokkaido University)
http://www.law.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~sono/cisg/english.htm (English)
http://www.law.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~sono/cisg/index.htm (Japanese) - Commercial Arbitration Rules (English)
http://www.jcaa.or.jp/e/arbitration-e/kisoku-e/shouji-e.html
Commercial law, Corporation Law
(See also print resources under the subject "Commercial law--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)"
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(See also print resources under the subject "Corporation law--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- Doing Business in Japan (Zentaro Kitagawa)
(Includes commentary on business related law, plus translations of sone relevant statues. This Matthew Bender loose-leaf is now partially available on the web ("Under Construction," 12/99); in Japanese, some parts in English):
http://www.kclc.or.jp/japanese/dbj/index.htm
Also note that the English language loose-leaf is available on Lexis (for those with access, including University of Washington Law faculty and students.) See: File Name: DBJAPN.
Also available in paper at: KNX920 .D64 1980 at REF (Reference) - 商事法務 Publications [Shōji hōmu] (Commercial law)
Go to this link to find tables of contents for the Shōji hōmu publications noted below:
http://www.shojihomu.co.jp/- 旬刊商事法務 [Junkan shōji hōmu]
(See also the full run of Junkan Shōji hōmu in the library at: KNX911.3 .J86) - NBL [エヌ ビー エル (New Business Law)]
(See also the full run of NBL in the library at: KNX911.3 .N35)
- 旬刊商事法務 [Junkan shōji hōmu]
Comparative law
- Kyoto Comparative Law Center, Legal Information System
http://www.kclc.or.jp/home.htm
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Constitutional law
(See also print resources under the subject "Constitutional law--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- 日本国憲法の誕生 [Nihonkoku Kenpō no tanjō] (Birth of the Constitution of Japan) (National Diet Library Website)
- Japanese Version
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/index.html - English Version
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/index.html
- Japanese Version
- Constitutional Revision in Japan Research Project
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/collection.do;jsessionid=702B485A310237B0E2440D2D507548C5?coll=101&lang=eng
Court Decisions in English
(see also Decisions In English on the Finding Cases page)
- General Decisions
- Judgments of the Supreme Court, 1952-
This Japanese government website includes the same translations in the print version (which ceased publication with no. 30 (1999)) plus many more summaries of cases (over 500).
http://www.courts.go.jp/english/judgments/index.html - Supreme Court of Japan
(Information in English about the Supreme Court)
http://www.courts.go.jp/english/ - Temple University Law Program web site; "Cases" section
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/law/lawresources/index.html
(For translations of cases on various topics, click on the links in the left frame ) - Senrei
Included are (1) summaries of important recent constitutional, civil and commercial law cases in Japan from 1995 to the present; (2) articles and essays on a variety of topics relating to law in Japan; and (3) links to other sites relating the Japanese law.
http://www.senrei.com/
- Judgments of the Supreme Court, 1952-
- Intellectual Property Decisions
(See: Court Decisions under Intellectual Property) - Business-Related
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
This Kyushu University-based project provides English translations for many Japanese laws and court decisions in the fields of Corporate Law, Goods and Services Transaction Law, Financing Law, Intellectual Property Law, Insolvency law, Arbitration law, Civil litigation law, and Public International law. According to the website's home page, "The Transparency of Japanese Law Project aims to provide legal information on international transactions in Japan to the overseas community by organizing and translating into English, information which includes: overviews of Japanese law, specific Japanese legislation, doctrines, and case law."
http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.html (Home Page)
http://tomeika.jp/search/search.php (Search Screen)
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
- Other Materials
- Supreme Court Justices
http://www.courts.go.jp/english/justices/
- Supreme Court Justices
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Court Decisions in Japanese
(see also Decisions In Japanese on the Finding Cases page, and under "Legal History")
- 判例検索システム [Hanrei Kensaku Shisutemu]
(Search all decisions of various courts on the Supreme Court website)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0010?action_id=first&hanreiSrchKbn=01 - リーガルベース判例検索 [Rīgarubēsu hanrei kensaku] (Case Searching on Legalbase)
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library subscribes to the Legalbase CD ROM index to Japanese cases (click here for more information on the Legalbase CDROM), from 1948 to the present.
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How to Use Legalbase
With a login and password from the East Asian Law Department, cases may be searched at the Legalbase website (click "ログイン"):
http://jlic.softhouse-ilu.com/doc/index.php - HHBJ online (D1 Law)
See under Legal Databases in Japan (Pay) - 裁判所 Courts in Japan
(Introductory page for the Japanese court system)
http://www.courts.go.jp/ - 最近の判例一覧 [Saikin no hanrei ichiran]
(Lists of recent court decisions)
http://www.courts.go.jp/saisinhanrei.html - 最高裁判例集 [Saikōsai hanreishū]
(Includes full text of Japan Supreme Court Cases, taken from the print publications, Saikō Saibansho Minji hanreishū and Saikō Saibansho Keiji hanreishū)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0010?action_id=first&hanreiSrchKbn=02 - 最近の判例一覧 [Saikin no hanrei ichiran]
(List of recent cases)
http://www.courts.go.jp/saisinhanrei.html - 知的財産権判決速報 [Chiteki zaisanken hanketsu sokuhō]
(Summaries of recent Intellectual property decisions in various courts (High courts and district courts)
http://www.hanketsu.jiii.or.jp/hanketsu/ - 知的財産権裁判例集 [Chiteki zaisanken saiban reishū]
(Full text of intellectual property cases.)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0010?action_id=first&hanreiSrchKbn=07 - 労働事件裁判判例集 [Rōdō jiken saiban reishū]
(Full text of labor law cases.)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0010?action_id=first&hanreiSrchKbn=06 - 下級裁主要判決情報 [Kakyūsai shuyō hanketsu jōhō]
(Summaries of High Court and District Court cases)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jhsp0010?action_id=first&hanreiSrchKbn=04
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Court System
(See also Judges)
- The Japanese Judiciary: Maintaining Integrity, Autonomy and the Public Trust by John O. Haley
(Lectures & Occasional Papers - 2003 - No. 3) Washington University in St. Louis, Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies
This article includes a detailed overview of the organization of the court system in Japan.
http://law.wustl.edu/higls/papers/lectures/2003-3HaleyJapaneseJudiciary.html
Dictionaries and Glossaries
(See also Dictionaries under Basic Materials for Japanese Legal Research)
- Law-Related Dictionaries
- 法令用語日英標準対訳辞書 (平成２０年３月改訂版) = Standard bilingual dictionary (March 2008 Revised Edition)
This dictionary was created in March 2006, and revised in March 2008 by the Japanese government as part of its new law translation policy
PDF
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/0803dictionary.pdf - Japanese-English Legal Glossary
University of Washington Law School-produced glossary, mounted on Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server
Note: This glossary was compiled by students at the University of Washington and elsewhere.
See explanatory information about the Japanese-English Legal Glossary here:
ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/lawgldoc.euc
To search the dictionary online, connect to this site: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1A, select "MISCDIC" from the drop-down list, and click on "proceed." You can now search for legal terms in Japanese.
Click here for information about the print version of this glossary. - Japanese-English Patent Glossary 特許用語辞典 [Tokkyo yōgo jiten]
http://www.horsefrog.com/japanese-translator-patent/
- 法令用語日英標準対訳辞書 (平成２０年３月改訂版) = Standard bilingual dictionary (March 2008 Revised Edition)
- General Dictionaries
- Moji
Moji is an add on to the Mozilla Firefox Browser. It allows users to easily search for any text on the web, and any text that can be copied and pasted. It can be downloaded free. See:
http://moji.mozdev.org/ - Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server
Very useful dictionary that includes lookup by on and kun readings, radical, and cut and paste kanji.
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html - Goo 和英 英和辞典 (Goo Wa-Ei Ei-Wa jiten)
(Goo Japanese-English Dictionary (Online))
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/index.html?kind=je&mode= - je海 (jeKai)
Although limited in coverage, this list of terms and phrases can be useful.
http://www.jekai.org/index.htm - Rikai.com
This free website provides a pop-up pronunciation aid and English translation of Japanese text from any other website. It seems to work very well!
http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl
- Moji
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Digital Resources
(Summary of Major Digital Resources Available for Japanese Legal Research at the University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library)
Directories
(See also Directories on the "Finding Other Types of Materials" page)
- ReaD (Japan) Directory Database of Research and Development Activities
This Japanese government website, available in English and Japanese, provides contact information for Japanese academics and information on their research interests. It allows searches by name, field of study, and keyword, and provides phone number, email address, and details about current research.- English Interface (ReaD (Japan) Directory Database of Research and Development Activities)
http://read.jst.go.jp/index_e.html - Japanese Interface (ReaD研究開発支援総合ディレクトリ)
http://read.jst.go.jp/
- English Interface (ReaD (Japan) Directory Database of Research and Development Activities)
- AccessAsia (Access Asia, from the National Bureau of Asian Research)
Has extensive listings of American Asia scholars. Search by discipline and geographic region.
http://www.accessasia.org/ - Online FPC (Foreign Press Center) Media Directory
Contact information for Government and other bodies (including courts)
http://fpcj.jp/modules/news16/index.php
Encyclopedias
Environmental Law
(See also print resources under the subject "Environmental law--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- Laws and Regulations (English)
http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/ - 環境法令データベース [Kankyo hōrei dētabēsu] (Environmental law database)
http://www.env.go.jp/hourei/index.html
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Family Law
- Japanese Family Law (Children's Rights Network of Japan)
CRN Japan statement: "We want to restore the rights of children in Japan with separated parents, such as in divorce, international parental abduction to Japan, parental kidnapping within Japan and birth out of wedlock."
http://www.crnjapan.com/japan_law/en/ - U.S. Embassy Information on Japanese Family Law
Fair Trade
(See also print resources under the subject "Antitrust law--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- Organizations and Offices
- 公正取引協会 [Kōsei Torihiki Kyōkai] (Fair Trad e Ins t itute of Japan)
http://www.koutori-kyokai.or.jp/ - 公正取引委員会 [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai] (Japan Fair Trade Commission [JFTC])
http://www.jftc.go.jp/index.htm
- 公正取引協会 [Kōsei Torihiki Kyōkai] (Fair Trad e Ins t itute of Japan)
- Databases and Materials
- 公正取引委員会審決データベースシステム [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai shinketsu dētabēsu shisutemu] (JFTC Decisions Database System)
Search for decisions of the Japan Fair Trade Commission by Incident number and date or full text.
http://snk.jftc.go.jp/ - 公正取引委員会報道発表資料 [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai hōdō happyō shiryō] (Fair Trade Commission Press Releases Page)
Press releases from the commission explaining their inter
http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/pressreleases/index.html - 公正取引委員会年次報告検索システム [[Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai nenji hōkoku kensaku shisutemu] (JFTC Annual Reports Search System)
http://snk.jftc.go.jp/cgi-bin/NKensaku.cgi
- 公正取引委員会審決データベースシステム [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai shinketsu dētabēsu shisutemu] (JFTC Decisions Database System)
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Freedom of Information
(See also print resources under the subject "Freedom of information--Japan" in the Marian catalog)
- 情報公開審査会答申タイトル検索システム [Jōhō Kōkai Shinsakai tōshinn taitoru kensaku shisutemu]
Database for searching freedom of information decisions of various local bodies
http://www.clearing-house.org/sys/html/ordinary_people.html - Freedominfo.org Country Page: Japan
"The online network of freedom of information advocates"
http://www.freedominfo.org/countries/japan.htm - Local Government Disclosure Systems in Japan / Lawrence Repeta
http://www.nbr.org/publications/executive_insight/no16/ei16.pdf - 情報公開審査会 [Jōhō Kōkai Shinsakai] (Freedom of Information Research Council)
http://www8.cao.go.jp/jyouhou/ - 情報公開市民センター
http://www.jkcc.gr.jp/ - Information Clearinghouse, Japan page (links)
http://www.foi-asia.org/Japan/Japan_Index.html - 情報公開クリアリングハウス [Jōhō Kōkai Kuriaringuhausu] (Information Clearinghouse Japan Home page)
http://homepage1.nifty.com/clearinghouse/index.html - 情報公開DIGEST
Library has no. 9-16 (2003-2006) Ceased?
Table of contents of back issues: http://homepage1.nifty.com/clearinghouse/toppage/digest.html - 情報公開制度 [Jōhō Kōkai seido] (The Freedom of Information System)
http://www.soumu.go.jp/gyoukan/kanri/jyohokokai/index.html
Human Rights
(See also print resources under the subject "Civil rights--Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- ヒューライツ大阪 [Hūraitsu Ōsaka] (Human Rights Osaka)
アジア・太平洋人権情報センター [Ajia, Taiheiyō Jinken Jōhō Sentā] (Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center)
http://www.hurights.or.jp/index_j.html
English Edition: http://www.hurights.or.jp/index_e.html - Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (BLHRRI)
部落開放・人権研究所
http://blhrri.org/index_e.htm (English)
http://blhrri.org/ (Japanese) - Human Rights
(Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/human/index.html - Children's Rights
The Children's Rights Network
http://www.crnjapan.com/about/en/
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Intellectual Property
(See also print resources under the subject "Intellectual property --Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
- Databases and Materials
- Court Decisions
- IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library)
特許電子図書館
Includes: "審決広報ＤＢ" [Shinketsu kōhō] and "審決速報" [Shinketsu sokuhō] Databases. "Published decision on appeal/trial in patent, utility model, design and trademark."
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg.ipdl (Japanese)
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl (English) - Japanese Cases in English Presented by IIP (Institute of Intellectual Property) [知的財産研究所]
http://database.iip.or.jp/cases/ - Japanese Court Cases and Analysis
SOFTIC (Software Information Center) Website
http://www.softic.or.jp/en/cases/courtcases-en.html - Database of Asian Law Precedents
(See also RCLIP, below)
"... [The English Database] project [provides] a useful means for researchers and practitioners to develop an international legal framework for intellectual property rights ... [using] common materials written in English ... [T]he project will select important judicial precedents of Asian IPR cases acknowledged by the researchers and practitioners in each country, add summary and notes, and then translate everything into English ... This project will also include the English translation of Japanese IPR judicial precedents ..."
http://www.21coe-win-cls.org/rclip/db/search_form.php
- IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library)
- Other
- IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library) 特許電子図書館トップページ [Tokkyo Denshi Toshokan Toppupēji]
"The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) offers the public access to IP Gazettes of the JPO free of charge through the Internet."
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl (English)
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg.ipdl (Japanese) - Yuasa and Hara Intellectual Property News (PDF files of back issues, 2002- )
(Library also has paper version: KNX1194.A13 I58 at CLAS (Classified Stacks).)
http://www.yuasa-hara.co.jp/english/news/index.htm
- IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library) 特許電子図書館トップページ [Tokkyo Denshi Toshokan Toppupēji]
- Court Decisions
- Organizations and Offices
- JPO (Japan Patent Office)
http://www.jpo.go.jp/ (English)
http://www.jpo.go.jp/indexj.htm (Japanese) - 工業所有権情報・研修館 [Kōgyō Shoyūken Jōhō, Kenshūkan] (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training)
http://www.inpit.go.jp/ - National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (NCIPI) (English page)
http://www.inpit.go.jp/english/index.html - CASRIP Newsletter (from the Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property, University of Washington School of Law)
http://www.law.washington.edu/casrip/newsletter/
(See also CASRIP under Law-related Organizations) - Japan IP Resources
http://www.okuyama.com/ - Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
http://www.jpaa.or.jp/english/ - RCLIP (Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property)
http://www.21coe-win-cls.org/rclip/e_index.html
- JPO (Japan Patent Office)
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Japan Area Studies Sites
- Japanese Studies Databases and Resources Page
(University of Washington Libraries)
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/JapaneseStudies/ - Japan Documentation Center, JDC Database
"With the closing of the Japan Documentation Center (JDC) on March 31, 2000, the JDC database will not be updated."
(From their web page:
"The Japan Documentation Center was established in 1992 [by the Library of Congress] to collect and disseminate Japanese public policy information. The project successfully developed an information management system and a database of over 5,000 items that includes source materials in fields such as economics, commerce and industry, law, politics, the environment, and social conditions. The collection will be serviced by the Japanese Section staff. The JDC collected difficult-to-obtain unpublished literature, often referred to as "grey literature." The collection included policy studies and reports, white papers and annual reports, draft legislation, think-tank reports, and public opinion polls. The bulk of materials were issued between 1993 and 1999, and about 95% are in Japanese. Each record in the bibliographic database has a detailed English abstract, and the web index file allows full text searching. Researchers can identify useful materials and request copies from the Asian Division.")
http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/jdc.html - Academic Info: Japan Studies
http://www.academicinfo.net/japan.html - Japan Information Access Project
"The Japan Information Access Project is a Washington, DC-based, independent, nonprofit research center to strengthen international understanding of Japanese science, technology, industry, security, and policy."
http://www.jiaponline.org/ - National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
http://www.nbr.org/
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Japanese Era Names
- Japanese Era Names
Conversion to western years.
A quick conversion formula is to add 88 to Heisei years, 25 to Shōwa years, 11 to Taishō years, and 67 to Meiji years.
(see also: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name#Neng.C5.8D_in_Modern_Japan, and individual articles for each era)平成 (Heisei) 1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
Gregorian
(Add 88 to Heisei)1989
1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 昭和 (Shōwa)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
10th
15th
20th
25th
30th
35th
40th
45th
50th
55th
60th
64th
Gregorian
(Add 25 to Shōwa)1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1989 大正 (Taishō)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
Gregorian
(Add 11 to Taishō)1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 明治 (Meiji)
1st
2nd
3rd
8th
13th
18th
23rd
28th
33rd
38th
43rd
45th
Gregorian
(Add 67 to Meiji)1868 1869 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1912 (Source for charts: Wikipedia articles for Heisei, Shōwa, Taishō, and Meiji)
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Japanguide.com Japanese/Western Year Converter
All in English. Converts Japanese era years to western and western years to Japanese era years
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2272.html -
Nengocalc
Web program that converts Japanese and/or Western year. Displays kanji (Chinese characters) for Japanese years (so only for those who read some kanji)
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm
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Japanese Government Sites
- Names of Government Organizations and positions (Bilingual Japanese/English) [関係省庁部局課名・官職名英訳名称一覧]
(PDF)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/name.pdf - 電子政府の総合窓口 [Denshi seifu sōgō madoguchi] (General Portal to the Japanese Government [Egov])
The main homepage of the Japanese government. It contains links to all other government departments. (In Japanese).
http://www.e-gov.go.jp/ - Search Japanese Government Websites
The main homepage for searching Japanese government websites in English.
http://websearch.e-gov.go.jp/cgi-bin/common.cgi?CONFFILENAME=common.conf.E&TEMPLATE=keyword_E.html - 各省庁のホームページ [Kakuchō no hōmupēji] (Websites for various Government Departments)
http://www.e-gov.go.jp/link/link.html - 最高裁判所ホームページ [Saikō Saibansho hōmupēji] Supreme Court of Japan (Japanese)
http://www.courts.go.jp/ - 法務省 [Hōmushō] (Ministry of Justice)
http://www.moj.go.jp/ - 国会図書館 [Kokkai Toshokan] (National Diet Library [NDL])
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html - National Diet Library (NDL) Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Room
http://www.ndl.go.jp/horei_en/index.html - National Diet Library (NDL) Statutes and Parliamentary Documents Room
http://www.ndl.go.jp/horei_en/09_link.html - 国会会議録検索システム [Kokkai Kaigiroku kensaku shisutemu]
(Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet)
http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/ - National Diet Library Diets and Parliaments Page
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/diet.html - 政府刊行物 [Gyōfu kankōbutsu] (Japanese Government Publications Website)
http://www.gov-book.or.jp/ - 公正取引委員会 [Kōsei Torihiki Kyōkai] (Fair Trade Commission of Japan)
http://www.jftc.go.jp/ - 金融庁ホームページ [Kin'yūchō hōmupēji] (Financial Services Agency homepage)
http://www.fsa.go.jp/ - 外務省ホームページ分野別外交政策 [Gaimushō hōmupēji bunyabetsu gaikō seisaku]
(Has the text of many international treaties)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/
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Japanese Law Guides
(see also Guides to Research on the Basic Materials for Japanese Legal Research page)
- English
- KITIE (Keio Interactive Tutorial on Information Education)
Keio University Hiyoshi Media Center- Searching for a Law
http://project.lib.keio.ac.jp/kitie_en/search/law/index.html - Searching for Cases
http://project.lib.keio.ac.jp/kitie_en/search/precedent/index.html
- Searching for a Law
- Links on Japanese Law (Tohoku University School of Law)
http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/link/jplaw-e.html - Japan Law via the Internet (at the Globalex website)
by Makoto Ibusuki
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Japan.htm - Presentations on Japanese Legal Materials by Rob Britt
http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/presentations.htm - How-to Guides for Japanese Research Tools by Rob Britt
- Temple University Law Program in Japan Legal Resources Page
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/law/lawresources/index.html - Washburn University Japanese Law Homepage
http://www.washlaw.edu//forint/asia//japan.html - Stanford University Japanese Law And Regulation Information
http://jguide.stanford.edu/site/law_regulation_19.html - Duke University WWW Sites for Japanese Law
http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/japan/subject/law/index.html - Law Library of Congress: Japan
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/japan.html - Waseda University Institute of Comparative Law
http://www.waseda.jp/hiken/index.html
Japanese
- 法律情報サービス [Hōritsu jōhō sābisu] (Legal Information Service)
Created by the Tokyo Metropolitan Library, this is a very useful and informative page. It includes guides (all in Japanese) on how to do various types of legal research in Japan.
http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/1h/index.html - 法律便利帳 [Hōritsu benrichō] (Convenient Law list)
http://www2.gol.com/users/nfujita/index.htm - 法情報の検索ページ [Hōjōhō no kensaku pēji] (Search Page for legal information)
http://www.rompal.com/kensaku.htm - わが国の法学関係文献の検索ツール（抄）[Wagakuni no hōgaku kankei bunken no kensaku tsūru] (Search tool for Japanese legal books)
http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/~kado/ebs/lrjpntl.htm - 法律の現在がわかる "新日本法規出版株式会社が提供する法律情報サイト" [Hōritsu no ima ga wakaru "Shin Nihon Hōki Shuppan Kabushiki-gaisha hōritsu jōhō saito"]
(Understanding Current Law "Shin Nihon Hōki Publishing Co.'s Legal Information website")
http://www.e-hoki.com/ - 官報・法令・判例検索（日本） [Kanpō, hōrei, hanrei sakuin (Nihon)]
(National Diet Library's Gazette, Statutes, and Cases List of Links for Japan)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/horei_jp/Links/link_gazette_j.htm - テーマ別調べ方案内 [Tēma-betsu shirabekata annai]
(the National Diet Library's Links to Japanese Law by Topic)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/theme/political/link.html - Update to Japanese Law via the Internet. By Makoto Ibusuki
http://www.llrx.com/features/japan2.htm - 法令及び判例関係リソース [Hōrei oyobi hanrei kankei risōsu] (Laws and Decisions related resources)
Okamura Law Office, Osaka
http://www.law.co.jp/link.htm - The Universe of Legal Information
Created and maintained by Prof. Noboru Kado at Osaka University
In Japanese; Updated frequently; includes useful bibliographies for Japanese law.
http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/~kado/contents.htm - 学部生のための文献資料の探し方 [Gakubusei no tame no bunken shiryō no sagashikata] Kobe University Law Faculty
(Guide to searching legal literature for law students)
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/bunkensiryo/index.html - 早稲田大学比較法研究所 [Waseda Daigaku Hikakuhō Kenkyūjo]
http://www.waseda.jp/hiken/index-j.html
- KITIE (Keio Interactive Tutorial on Information Education)
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Judges
(See also Court System and the Legal Workers chart on the Introduction page)
- 最高裁判所判事一覧表 [Saikō Saibansho Hanji Ichiranhyō] (List of Supreme Court Judges)
List of all Japan Supreme Court Judges, including their name in kanji, pronunciation of the name, and dates of tenure
http://www.courts.go.jp/saikosai/about/saibankan/hanzi_itiran.html - 日本裁判官ネットワーク[Nihon saibankan nettowāku] (Japan Judges' Network)
http://www.j-j-n.com/
Judicial Reform
- In Japanese
司法制度改革審議会 [Shihō Seido Kaikaku Shingikai] (Judicial Reform Council)
http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/sihouseido/index.html - In English
The Judicial Reform Council
http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/sihouseido/eng-dex.html- Also available in print:
司法制度改革審議会義事記録 [Shihō Seido Kaikaku Shingikai giji kiroku]. KNX1572 .S554 1999 (CLAS (Classified Stacks))
- Also available in print:
Judicial Scriveners and other legal workers
(See also the Legal Workers chart on the Introduction page)
- What is a "Gyoseishoshi Lawyer"?
This is a useful English language summary that explains the difference between the legal job categories 弁護士 [bengoshi], 行政書士 [gyōsei shoshi] and 司法書士 [Shihō shoshi].
http://www.crnjapan.com/lawyers/en/gyoseishoshi.html - 日本司法書士会連合会 [Nihon Shihō Shoshikai Rengōkai] (Japan Federation of Judicial Scrivener Associations)
http://www.shiho-shoshi.or.jp/index.html
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Labor Law
(See also print resources under the subject "Labor laws and legislation --Japan" in the Marian Catalog)
(See also Labor under Laws on Specific Topics)
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
労働政策研究・研修機構 [Rōdō Kenkyū, Kenshū Kikō]- English Page: http://www.jil.go.jp/english/index.html
- Japanese Page: http://www.jil.go.jp/index.htm
Law Faculties and Law Schools
- Law Faculties (法学部)
- 金沢大学法学部 [Kanazawa Daigaku Hōgakubu] (Kanazawa University Law Department)
http://www.law.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/ - 早稲田大学法学部[Waseda Daigaku Hōgakubu] (Waseda University School of Law)
http://www.waseda.jp/hougakubu/main/index.html - Tokyo University Law Faculty
http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ - 大阪大学法学部 [Ōsaka Daigaku Hōgakubu] (Osaka University Faculty of Law)
http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/ - Tohoku University Links on Japanese Law
http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/link/index-j.html
- 金沢大学法学部 [Kanazawa Daigaku Hōgakubu] (Kanazawa University Law Department)
- Law Schools (法科大学院)
- General Information
- 法科大学院ガイド [Hōka daigakuin gaido]
(Guide to the new Law Schools)
http://www.law-school.jp/ - 法科大学院協会 [Hōka Daigakuin Kyōkai]
(Association of Law Schools)
http://www.lawschool-jp.info/ - 協会会員校 （規約別表）（2005年4月1日現在）
(Association of Law Schools; List of law schools as of 4/1/2005)
http://www.lawschool-jp.info/kaiin.html
- 法科大学院ガイド [Hōka daigakuin gaido]
- Law School Websites
- 慶應義塾大学大学院法務研究科（法科大学院）[Keiō Gijuku Daigaku Daigakuin Hōmu Kenkyūka (Hōka Daigakuin)]
(Keio University Law School)
http://www.ls.keio.ac.jp/ - 早稲田大学大学院法務研究科（法科大学院）[Waseda Daigaku Daigakuin Hōmu Kenkyūka (Hōka Daigakuin)]
(Waseda University Law School)
http://www.waseda.jp/law-school/ - 東京大学法学部・大学院法学政治学研究科 [Tōkyō Daigaku Hōgakubu, Daigakuin Hōgaku Seijigaku Kenkyūka]
(Tokyo University Law Faculty, Law and Politics Research Center)
http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/about/course.html - 大宮法科大学院大学 [Ōmiya Hōka Daigakuin Daigaku] (Omiya Law School)
http://www.omiyalaw.jp/
- 慶應義塾大学大学院法務研究科（法科大学院）[Keiō Gijuku Daigaku Daigakuin Hōmu Kenkyūka (Hōka Daigakuin)]
- General Information
- Law Schools and Law Faculties With Japan-related Programs Outside Japan
- ANJeL (The Australian Network for Japanese Law)
(ANJeL is an initiative of the law faculties at the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Sydney (USyd))
http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/ - Asian Law and Policy Studies Program
(Georgetown University Law School)
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/intl/alps.html - Asian Law Center
(University of Washington School of Law)
http://www.law.washington.edu/AsianLaw/teach/ - Asian Law Centre (University of Melbourne School of Law)
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/ - Center for Japanese Legal Studies
(Columbia University Law School)
http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/japanese_legal - Centre for Asian Legal Studies
(University of British Columbia Faculty of Law)
http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/calsweb/ - Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture
(Cornell University)
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/international/clarke_program/ - Law Program in Japan
(Temple University)
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/law/ - Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies
(Washington University in St. Louis School of Law)
http://law.wustl.edu/higls/
- ANJeL (The Australian Network for Japanese Law)
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Law Reviews and Journals (Online)
(See also Finding Articles in Journals, Newspapers and Edited Volumes)
- English and German
- 21世紀型法秩序形成プログラム（京都大学大学院法学研究科）
[21-seikigata Hōchitsujo Keisei Puroguramu (Kyōto Daigaku Daigakuin Hōgaku Kenkyūka)]
(Law and Politics 21st Century COE (Program for the Reconstruction of Legal Ordering in the 21st Century))
Program Newsletter PDF files:
http://lp21coe.law.kyoto-u.ac.jp/newsletter/index.html - Asian Law Publications List (English)
- Australian Journal of Asian Law
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/ajal/ - Kobe University Law Review
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/lawrev/mokuji.htm - Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht (Journal of Japanese Law)
http://www.djjv.org/japrecht/japrecht.html
- 21世紀型法秩序形成プログラム（京都大学大学院法学研究科）
- Japanese
(For full-text online journals, see the Electronic Japanese Law Journals page)- 判例タイムズ [Hanrei taimuzu] (Current issue, information on back issues)
http://www.hanta.co.jp/ - 法律雑誌のインターネット・サイト [Hōritsu Zasshi no Intanetto Saito]
(Law Journal Internet Sites)
This is a handy list of links to websites for over 70 Japanese law journals with either full text or table of contents access. (Maintained by Noboru Kado of the Osaka University Faculty of Law)
http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/~kado/lr/lawjnl.htm - ジュリスト[Jurisuto] (Table of Contents, search recent issues)
http://www.yuhikaku.co.jp/jurist/jurist02.html - 自由と正義 [Jiyū to seigi] (Current issues)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/ja/publication/jiyutoseigi/index.html - 商事法務 [Shōji hōmu] (Commercial Law)
http://www.shojihomu.co.jp/
Publishers of the two commercial law periodicals noted below. Click the links to view tables of contents of issues.- 旬刊商事法務 [Junkan shōji hōmu]
- NBL (New Business Law)
- 判例タイムズ [Hanrei taimuzu] (Current issue, information on back issues)
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- Japanese Government Law Translation Policy
The Japanese government has implemented a policy to translate as many as 200 laws into English, and provide a website with side-by-side Japanese-English translations. Below are links to information about the policy.- Law Translation Policy (Cabinet Secretariat)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/index.html - 法令翻訳データ集 [Hōrei honyaku dētashū] Japanese Government Law Translation Links
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data1.html - Interim Report of the Study Council for Promoting Translation of Japanese Laws and Regulations into Foreign Languages (法令外国語訳・実施推進検討会議) published September 30, 2005.
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/pc/houkoku_e.pdf (English version)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/pc/houkoku.pdf (Japanese version)
- Law Translation Policy (Cabinet Secretariat)
- Nagoya University's Law Translation Project
In Cooperation with Japanese Government- 日本法令英訳プロジェクト [Nihon Hōrei Eiyaku Purojekuto] (The English Translation of Japanese Laws Project)
This page provides more information about the translation project, links to newly translated laws, and to the dictionaries and software developed to facilitate the translation work.
http://www.kl.i.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp/told/index.html
- 日本法令英訳プロジェクト [Nihon Hōrei Eiyaku Purojekuto] (The English Translation of Japanese Laws Project)
Law-Related Organizations (Acronyms)
For a list of Links to Academic Society websites, see:
Academic Society HomeVillage (国立情報学研究所(NII), "学協会情報発信サービス")
Useful site created by Japan's NII (National Institute of Informatics). List academic societies by field. For law-related organization websites, in the left frame click "Classified by Field," and then click "Section 2, Law, Political Science"
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/index-e.html
- 21世紀型法秩序形成プログラム（京都大学大学院法学研究科）
[21-seikigata Hōchitsujo Keisei Puroguramu (Kyōto Daigaku Daigakuin Hōgaku Kenkyūka)]
(Law and Politics 21st Century COE (Program for the Reconstruction of Legal Ordering in the 21st Century))
http://lp21coe.law.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
Program Newsletter PDF files: http://lp21coe.law.kyoto-u.ac.jp/newsletter/index.htmlANJeL (The Australian Network for Japanese Law)
"ANJeL) is an initiative of the law faculties at the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Sydney (USyd). The core aim of ANJeL is to promote scholarly engagement with Japanese law, especially in Australia."
http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/ - ALC (Asian Law Center) (University of Washington School of Law)
http://www.law.washington.edu/AsianLaw/ - BLHRRI (Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute)
- CASRIP (Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property, University of Washington School of Law)
http://www.law.washington.edu/casrip/
(See also CASRIP Newsletter under Intellectual Property) - CLAW (Waseda Institute of Comparative Law)
http://www.waseda.jp/hiken/index.html - CRIC (Copyright Research and Information Center) [著作権情報センター] (Chosakuken jōhō sentā)
http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/index.html - CRN Japan (Children's Rights Network of Japan)
http://www.crnjapan.com/about/en/ - Copymart (= Kopimart) [コピーマート]
(Prof. Zentarō Kitagawa's project to place legal articles on the web (some for a fee, some free))
http://www.copymart.jp/cmi/about_e_f.html - DJJV, Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
The German-Japanese Association of Lawyers
http://www.djjv.org/ - EHS (英文法令社) [Eibun Hōreisha] (English Language Statutes Co.]
This organization publishes the most comprehensive collection of English translations of Japanese laws, "EHS Law Bulletin Series."
http://www.ehs.or.jp/ - Fair Trade Institute of Japan [公正取引協会] (Kōsei Torihiki Kyōkai)
http://www.koutori-kyokai.or.jp/ - ICCLP ([University of Tokyo] International Center for Comparative Law and Politics) [東京大学比較法政国際センター] (Tōkyō Daigaku Hōgaku Seijigaku Kenkyūka)
"The International Center for Comparative Law and Politics (ICCLP) was formally established within the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Law and Politics in April 1993. Since this time the aim of the center has been to promote international and interdisciplinary scholarship and education across the fields of law and politics."
http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~icclp/intro-e.html - IGLA (国際行政書士協会) [Kokusai Gyōsei Shoshi Kyōkai] ("International Gyoseisyoshi [ie: gyōsei shoshi] Lawyer Association" [International Administrative Scrivener Association])
http://www.igla.jp/ - INPIT (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training) [工業所有権情報・研修館] (Kōgyō Shoyūken jōhō, kenshūkan]
- IPDL (Industrial Property Digital Library) [特許電子図書館] (Tokkyo Denshi Toshokan)
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl (English)
http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg.ipdl (Japanese) - ISS (Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo) [東京大学社会科学研究所] (Tōkyō Daigaku Shakai Kagaku Kenkyūjo)
This research institute supports and publishes information about some research related to law, such as corporate governance, labor, and the financial system of Japan. Note especially their online publications, Social Science Japan Journal (SSJJ) (http://ssjj.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/) and Social Science Japan Newsletter (http://newslet.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/).
http://www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ (Social Science Japan Homepage) - JAIRO (Japanese Institutional Repositories Online)
http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/en/ - JAIWR (Japanese Association of International Women's Rights)[国際女性の地位協会](Kokusai Josei no Chii Kyōkai)
http://www.jaiwr.org/english/index.html - JBA (Japanese Bankers Association) [全国銀行協会連合会] (Zenkoku Ginkō Kyōkai Rengōkai]
http://www.zenginkyo.or.jp/en/index.html - JCAA (Japan Commercial Arbitration Association)
http://www.jcaa.or.jp/e/index-e.html (English)
http://www.jcaa.or.jp/index.html (Japanese) - JCLU (Japan Civil Liberties Union) [自由人権協会] (Jiyū Jinken Kyōkai)
http://www.jclu.org/index_e.shtml (English)
http://www.jclu.org/ (Japanese) - JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
(see also: under Laws in English)
http://www.jetro.go.jp/ - JFBA (Japan Federation of Bar Associations) [日本弁護士連合会] (Nihon Bengoshi Rengōkai)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/index.html - JFTC (Japan Fair Trade Commission) [公正取引委員会] (Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai)
http://www.jftc.go.jp/index.htm - JICPA (Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants) [日本公認会計士協会] (Nihon Kōnin Kaikeishi Kyōkai)
http://www.hp.jicpa.or.jp/ - JLAA (Japan Legal Aid Association) [法律援助協会] (Hōritsu Enjo Kyōkai)
http://www.jlaa.or.jp/index_e.html - JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
http://www.jpaa.or.jp/english/ - JWRC (Center of Research and Documentation on Japan's War Responsibility) [日本の戦争責任資料センター] (Nihon no Sensō Sekinin Shiryō Sentā)
http://www.jca.apc.org/JWRC/index-j.html - NCIPI SEE: INPIT (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training
- OTO (Office of Trade and investment Ombudsman)
Mission (From homepage):- We receive complaints from overseas and domestic enterprises concerning specific government regulations, which are obstacles to export or investment to Japan.
- In response to the complaints, we improve regulations and clear up any misunderstandings.
- In this way, we improve access to the Japanese market.
http://www5.cao.go.jp/access/english/oto_main_e.html
- PILAJ (Private International Law Association of Japan) [国際私法学会] (Kokusai Shihō Gakkai)
Japanese: http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/pilaj/index.html
English: http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/pilaj/index-e.html - RCLIP (Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property)
http://www.21coe-win-cls.org/rclip/e_index.html - SOFTIC (Software Information Center)
http://www.softic.or.jp/en/index.html - TOLD (Translation Of Legal Documents)
Research group at Nagoya University. The TOLD group is an informal collaboration between legal academics and computer scientists centered in Nagoya University...The group aims to develop support systems for the production and maintenance of English translations of the laws of Asia, including Japan. This archive is an early building block for a translation system envisioned by the TOLD group centered in Nagoya University.
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Laws in English (Collections)
(see also Laws In English on the Finding Laws page)
- Collections of Links to Laws in General
- Japanese Law Translation
This search interface for the Japanese governments online law translation project provides three search options: Law Search, Dictionary Search, and Keyword in Context Search.
http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/ (English)
http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/?re=01 (Japanese) - Translations of Japanese Laws and Regulations (in compliance with Standard Bilingual Dictionary) [法令翻訳データ(標準対訳辞書対応)]
(English Translations of Japanese law provided by the Japanese government's Cabinet Secretariat according to the Law Translation Policy (see above))
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data2.html - 日本法令英訳プロジェクト [Nihon hōrei eiyaku purojekuto] (The English Translation of Japanese Laws Project)
This page provides general information about the joint Japanese government-Nagoya University Project to provide standardized English translations of Japanese laws.
http://www.kl.i.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp/told/ - 法令翻訳に関する情報 [Information on Translations of Laws and Regulations]
"The following pages provide information on English translations of Japanese laws and regulations, which are
currently provided by ministries and agencies of Japan, and may have not been translated in compliance with
the Standard Bilingual Dictionary. 'Current through 4/2006'"
PDF file provided by the Cabinet Secretariat of the Japanese government.
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/rink.pdf - 日本の国内法の英訳
(English Translation of Japanese Laws [Mika's Homepage])
(Very useful list of links to at least 100 English translations of Japanese laws.)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/paper/lawcollection.htm - Roppō (6 major codes)
In English on the web- Civil Code
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/CC.pdf - Code of Civil Procedure
(articles 1-38 only)
http://www.japanlaw.co.jp/procedure/civilcode.html - Code of Criminal Procedure
[None available? note that the International Criminal Court lists Japanese criminal law and criminal procedure documents on their "Legal tools" page. But on our last attempt (Jan. 30, 2007), the entry there for the Japanese Code of criminal procedure was not linked. See:
http://www.icc-cpi.int/legaltools/] - Commercial Code
http://www1.oecd.org/daf/asiacom/pdf/japan_commercial_code.pdf - Constitution
http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/law/index.htm - Criminal Code (Penal Code)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/PC_2.pdf
- Civil Code
- EHS Law Bulletin Series
(See also EHS Law Bulletin Series on the "Finding laws" page)
This is the most comprehensive print collection of translations of Japanese laws into English.- Online list of EHS' translated laws:
https://www.ehs-tokyo.com (English)
http://www.ehs.or.jp/index.html (Japanese) - Information about ordering EHS:
http://lib.law.washington.edu/pubs/jle/index.html
- Online list of EHS' translated laws:
- WorldLII (Japan)
(List of links to Japanese Laws in English from the World Legal Information Institute)
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/234.html - Washburn University
(Very useful list of links to laws in English and Japanese, in subject categories)
http://www.washlaw.edu//forint/asia//japan.html - Temple University Law Program Website in Japan; Statutes (English)
(Links to translations of laws available on the Temple site, plus some links to translations on other sites.)
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/law/lawresources/index.html
(Click on the "Statutes" link) - JapanLaw (Roderick Seeman's translations of several laws concerning finance, banking, and foreign exchange)
http://www.japanlaw.info
- Japanese Law Translation
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Laws in English (By Subject)
(see also Laws In English on the Finding Laws page)
(Selected English translations by the Japanese government's Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房) available here:
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data2.html. Up to 200 laws are to be translated. As or 4/2/2007, 49 laws were available.)
- Automobiles
- Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification (CD ROM)
This CD ROM is commonly called "the Blue Book." It may be purchased at the Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) website:
http://www.jasic.org/e/index_e.htm
Includes these English translations of laws (plus additional information):- Road Vehicle Act (Law no. 185 of 6/1/1951)
道路運送車両法（昭和二十六年六月一日法律第百八十五号）
Dōro Unsō Sharyō Hō (Law No. 185 of Showa Year 26, June 1) - Road Vehicle Safety Regulations
- Road Vehicle Act (Law no. 185 of 6/1/1951)
- Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification (CD ROM)
- Building Standards
- Building Standard Law (Law no. 201 of 1950) = 建築基準法 [Kenchiku kijunhō].
A translation of the above law and related amendments (through November 2005) is available for purchase from the Building Center of Japan (日本建築センター):
http://www.bcj.or.jp/en/03/01_03.html
- Building Standard Law (Law no. 201 of 1950) = 建築基準法 [Kenchiku kijunhō].
- Business-related Laws
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
This Kyushu University-based project provides English translations for many Japanese laws and court decisions in the fields of Corporate Law, Goods and Services Transaction Law, Financing Law, Intellectual Property Law, Insolvency law, Arbitration law, Civil litigation law, and Public International law. According to the website's home page, "The Transparency of Japanese Law Project aims to provide legal information on international transactions in Japan to the overseas community by organizing and translating into English, information which includes: overviews of Japanese law, specific Japanese legislation, doctrines, and case law."
http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.html (Homepage)
http://tomeika.jp/search_law/search.php (Search Screen) - Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd
(Translations of Several Laws relating to Banking and Securities; Other materials in English relating to these topics and also taxation and the regulation of electronic commerce)
http://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/law.html - Fair Trade Commission of Japan
(Translations of several laws relating to fair trade, and some FTC Japan "Guidelines")
http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/legislation/index.html - Japanlaw.co.jp
(Translations of several business related laws)
http://www.japanlaw.co.jp/ - Japan Financial Translations Co.
http://www.jfti.org/
- Transparency of Japanese Law Project
- Civil Code
- Code of Civil Procedure
- Code of Criminal Procedure
- Commercial Arbitration Law
http://www.jcaa.or.jp/e/arbitration-e/kisoku-e/kaiketsu-e/civil.html - Commercial Code
- Constitution
- Constitutional Law
- The Constitution of Japan (1946)
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/constitution_and_government/frame_01.html - The Constitution of Japan (1946, Another Version)
http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Japan/English/english-Constitution.html - The Constitution of Japan (1889)
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1889con.html
- The Constitution of Japan (1946)
- Copyright Law
See Intellectual Property Law - Corporate Law
- Transparency of Japanese Law: Corporate Law
http://corporation.rikkyo.ac.jp/index_en.html - Corporations law
New Japan Corporations law (Law no. 86 of 2005)
会社法
http://www.japanlaw.info/japancommercialcode/NEWCOMPANIESLAW.html
- Transparency of Japanese Law: Corporate Law
- Criminal Code
- Japanese Government "Translations of Laws and Regulations"
See entry for "Penal Code" (刑法)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data2.html
- Japanese Government "Translations of Laws and Regulations"
- Domestic Violence
- Law for the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims (配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護に関する法律 [Haigūsha kara no bōryoku no bōshi oyobi haigūsha no hogo ni kansuru hōritsu]) (Law no. 31 of 2001)
http://www.gender.go.jp/dv/sv.pdf
- Law for the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims (配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護に関する法律 [Haigūsha kara no bōryoku no bōshi oyobi haigūsha no hogo ni kansuru hōritsu]) (Law no. 31 of 2001)
- Environmental law
- Basic Environment Law (Law No.91 of 1993)
http://www.erc.pref.fukui.jp/info/Eho.html
- Basic Environment Law (Law No.91 of 1993)
- Fair Trade
- Legislation Page (Japan Fair Trade Commission)
http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/legislation/index.html
- Legislation Page (Japan Fair Trade Commission)
- Freedom of Information Law
- Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (情報公開法 [Jōhō Kōkaihō]) English
http://www.foi-asia.org/Japan/Japan_Index.html
- Law Concerning Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (情報公開法 [Jōhō Kōkaihō]) English
- Intellectual Property Law
- CLEA (Collection of Laws for Electronic Access)
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Database of IP Laws Translated into English
http://www.wipo.int/clea/en/clea_tree1.jsp (Click on "Japan" for a list of Japanese laws) - Transparency of Japanese Law: Intellectual Property
Includes both laws and cases
http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/chizai/
- CLEA (Collection of Laws for Electronic Access)
- Jury Law
- Lay Assessor Act
裁判員の参加する刑事裁判に関する法律 [Saiban’in no sanka suru keiji saiban ni kansuru hōritsu], Law No. 63 of 2004
Translated in: JAPAN’S QUASI-JURY (SAIBAN-IN) LAW: AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION OF LAY ASSESSORS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS Kent Anderson and Emma Saint, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal vol 6, issue 1 (Winter 2005)
http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/pdfs/v6.01_Anderson.pdf
- Lay Assessor Act
- Lawyers and Legal Ethics
- Practicing Attorney Law (PDF)
弁護士法 [Bengoshihō], Law no. 205 of 1949
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/pdf/practicing_attorney_law.pdf - Japan Federation of Bar Associations Rules and Lawyers Regulations
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/regulations.html
- Practicing Attorney Law (PDF)
- Labor Law
- Labor Laws of Japan. The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Includes at least 19 English translations of Japanese labor-related laws, in PDF format.
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/Laws.htm
- Labor Laws of Japan. The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
- Ministries Websites [Homepages for Ministries and Independent Government Entities]) (各府省・独立行政法人等のホームページ [Kakushō, Dokuritsu hōjin tō no Hōmupēji])
Each Japanese Government ministry has its own website, which often provide up-to-date legislation relating to the ministry's area. This page (in Japanese) has links to each ministry. Some of the ministries have English pages, with laws translated into English.
http://www.e-gov.go.jp/link/link.html - Patents
- Japanese Government "Translations of Laws and Regulations"
See entry for "Patent Act" (特許法)
http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data2.html - Patent Law (WIPO CLEA (Collection of Laws for Electronic Access)
http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/jp/jp006en.html
- Japanese Government "Translations of Laws and Regulations"
- Penal Code
(See: Criminal Code) - Police
- National Police Agency
English Translations of over ten police-related laws
http://www.npa.go.jp/english/index.htm
- National Police Agency
- Standards and Regulations for the Japanese Market
- JETRO Standards and Regulations (full text, PDF)
http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/market/regulations/
- JETRO Standards and Regulations (full text, PDF)
- Women's Rights
- Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society (Law No. 78 of 1999)
http://www.gender.go.jp/english/basic_law/index.html - Law for Prevention of Spousal Violence
http://www.gender.go.jp/dv/sv.pdf
- Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society (Law No. 78 of 1999)
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Laws in Japanese
(see also Laws In Japanese on the Finding Laws page, and under "Legal history")
- Abolished and Historical Laws
(See under Legal History) - General Collections of Laws and Legislation
- 法令データ提供システム (Hōrei dēta teikyō shisutemu)
Japanese Government Website with the full text of all laws.
Screenshot
http://law.e-gov.go.jp/cgi-bin/idxsearch.cgi - 日本法令索引 (Nihon Hōrei Sakuin)
National Diet Library Statute Databases.
Includes:
現行法令, 廃止法令, 制定法令, 法律案, 条約承認案件, 横断検索
http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/index.jsp - 衆議院制定法律 (Shugiin Seitei hōritsu [House of Councillors Laws Enacted]) (Full text of laws enacted, listed by legislative session)
http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_housei.htm - 日本の法令 (Nihon no hōrei) [Japanese Laws] (The TOLD Group)
(See also Nagoya University's English Translation of Japanese Laws Project)
This website contains all the laws available from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), in a simple format designed to allow transfer of data to various digital platforms with minimal difficulties. The group providing this minimally formatted version of the Japanese laws (see below) plans to regularly download the latest laws from MIC, and to keep an archive of all downloaded laws.
More information from the website's "read more" pages: "The software used to download and generate this archive was written by Frank Bennett, as part of the work of the Translation Of Legal Documents (TOLD) research group at Nagoya University. The TOLD group is an informal collaboration between legal academics and computer scientists centered in Nagoya University...The group aims to develop support systems for the production and maintenance of English translations of the laws of Asia, including Japan. This archive is an early building block for a translation system envisioned by the TOLD group centered in Nagoya University...This archive of Japanese statutes and regulations was automatically generated from data made publicly available by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)..."
http://mcguffin.nomolog.nagoya-u.ac.jp/mic_nu_law/ - 法庫 (Hōko)
(Extensive collection of full-text laws; Access to text of laws restricted without paid account, but still useful as an index to laws)
http://www.houko.com/ - 愛大六法 (Aidai roppō) ["Aichi University Legal Search Engine")
http://roppou.aichi-u.ac.jp/ - 中野文庫法律目次 (Nakano Library; Law Table of Contents)
This database covers historic laws from Meiji 30 (1897) to current.
http://www.geocities.jp/nakanolib/hou/hou.htm#%E6%B3%95%E4%BB%A4 - 官報(Kanpō) ([Government Gazette]; Current Issues)
- http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/kanpo/digest.html
- Back issues: (Recent Back Issues)
http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/kanpo/digest-bk.html
- 法令データ提供システム (Hōrei dēta teikyō shisutemu)
- Laws on Specific Topics
- Court Rules
- 最高裁判所規則集 [Saikō Saibansho kisokushū]
(Collection of Court Rules at the Supreme Court website; Click here for more information on court rules.)
http://www.courts.go.jp/kisokusyu/
- 最高裁判所規則集 [Saikō Saibansho kisokushū]
- 各府省・独立行政法人等のホームページ (Kakufushō, Dokuritsu hōjin tō no Hōmupēji [Homepages for Ministries and Independent Government Entities])
Each Japanese Government ministry has its own website, which often provide up-to-date legislation relating to the ministry's area. This page has links to each ministry.
http://www.e-gov.go.jp/link/link.html - Fair Trade
- 公正取引委員会 [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai] (Fair Trade Commission; Has related laws and guidelines in Japanese)
http://www.jftc.go.jp/
http://www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/index.html (English page)
- 公正取引委員会 [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai] (Fair Trade Commission; Has related laws and guidelines in Japanese)
- Lawyers and Legal Ethics
- 日弁連のご紹介 [Nichibenren no go shōkai] (Introduction to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations; includes PDF links to the text of laws and rules governing lawyers and their conduct in Japan)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/ja/jfba_info/
- 日弁連のご紹介 [Nichibenren no go shōkai] (Introduction to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations; includes PDF links to the text of laws and rules governing lawyers and their conduct in Japan)
- Court Rules
- Legislation
- Legislative Record
- 国会会議録検索システム [Kokkai kaigiroku kensaku shisutemu] (Search System for the Legislative Record of the Diet)
http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/ - 帝国議会会議録 [Teikoku Gikai kaigiroku] ([Historical] record of the Imperial Legislature)
第88回～第92回（昭和20年9月～昭和22年3月）帝国議会会議録がご利用いただけます (Covers the 88th to 92nd legislature (9/1940-3/1947)
http://teikokugikai-i.ndl.go.jp/
- 国会会議録検索システム [Kokkai kaigiroku kensaku shisutemu] (Search System for the Legislative Record of the Diet)
- Legislature (Diet)
- Outline of the Legislative Bureau of the House of Councilors
http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/introduction/english.htm - 衆議院 [Shūgiin] (House of Representatives)
http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index.htm (Japanese)
http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm (English)
- Outline of the Legislative Bureau of the House of Councilors
- Bills
(Draft Legislation)
- Legislative Record
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Lawyers and Legal Ethics
- Japan Federation of Bar Associations JFBA Regulations
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/regulations.html
Legal Aid
Help with legal issues in Japan
- Japan Legal Support Center = 法テラス (日本司法支援センター) [Hō-terasu (Nihon Shihō Shien Sentā)]
This organization was created as a part of Japan's recent judicial reform (司法改革 [shihō kaikaku]). It replaces the Japan Legal Aid Association (法律扶助協会 [Horitsu Fujo Kyōkai].- Website
- Japanese
http://www.houterasu.or.jp/ - English
No English version of the website currently exists (as of July 2008).
- Japanese
- Japan Legal Support Center (PDF brochure in English)
- Government and Bar Association Policy Concerning the Japan Legal Support Center (in English)
- 日弁連 [Nichi-ben-ren] (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
Duties of the Japan Legal Support Center and the JFBA
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/legal_aid_and_jlsc.html - Ministry of Justice
Implementation of Comprehensive Legal Support by the Japan Legal Support Center
http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/issues/issues02.html
- 日弁連 [Nichi-ben-ren] (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
- Website
- Legal Help for US Citizens in Japan
(US Embassy)- Legal Counseling for Foreigners (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legal/counceling.html - Free / Low Cost Legal Advice (Embassy of the United States: Japan)
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-legal.html - English-speaking Attorneys in Japan (Embassy of the United States: Japan)
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7113.html
- Legal Counseling for Foreigners (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
- Your Rights in Japan
(Page from the Japan Children's Rights Network)
http://www.crnjapan.com/rights/en/
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- English
- International Citation Manual
(Washington University Law (St. Louis) (PDF)
http://law.wustl.edu/WUGSLR/CitationManual/countries/japan.pdf
- International Citation Manual
- Japanese
- 法律文献等の出典の表示方法 [Hōritsu bunken no shutten no hyōji hōhō]. (Methods of legal citation) (Online Version)
法律編集者懇話会 作成. Kobe University Law Faculty
(See also print version)
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/citation/mokuji.htm - Abbreviations Used in Citations
- Law names
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/citation/03.htm - Case collection names (Reporters)
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/citation/04.htm - Legal periodical names
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/citation/05.htm
- Law names
- 法律文献等の出典の表示方法 [Hōritsu bunken no shutten no hyōji hōhō]. (Methods of legal citation) (Online Version)
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Legal History
(See also Legal History under "Finding Other Types of Materials")
- Laws
- Abolished Laws Database [日本法令索引廃止法令検索] (Nihon Hōrei Sakuin Haishi Hōrei Kensaku)
Very useful National Diet Library database for finding information about abolished laws, including law numbers and dates.
http://hourei.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/frame/haishi_top.jsp - 日本法令索引[明治前期編] (Nihon hōrei sakuin [Meiji zenkihen])
(National Diet Library's Early Meiji Law Index (Full text))
http://dajokan.ndl.go.jp/SearchSys/index.pl- 日本法令索引[明治前期編]データベー利用のために
How to use the Nihon Hōrei sakuin [Meiji zenkihen] Database
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/publication/document/2007/200701.pdf
- 日本法令索引[明治前期編]データベー利用のために
- Abolished Laws Database [日本法令索引廃止法令検索] (Nihon Hōrei Sakuin Haishi Hōrei Kensaku)
- Cases
- 民事判決原本データベース [Minji hanketsu genbon dētabēsu] (Database of Civil Judgment Files)
(Access restricted to registered researchers; See below.)
Database Provider:
"国際日本文化研究センター" (Nichibunken) [International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan]
Database Contents:
"明治初年から明治23年までの民事判決原本の全文画像データベース
登録件数（平成17年3月末調べ）：339,850件"
"Text and images of Civil Judgement Files dating from the early Meiji Period of Japan
Data Count:
399,850 items (As of the end of March 2005)"
Registration:
To Use this resource, users must register with the database provider, the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken). Users are required to fill out application forms and pay a fee.
Click here to see sample registration forms
Please Note: These are PDF restricted files, provided for your reference only. NO editing or printing of these sample forms is allowed.
To receive forms for your own use, register at the Nichibunken website (see below)
For more information:
http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/ccdm.html (Japanese)
http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/ccdm_e.html (English) - 近代デジタルライブラリー [Kindai dejitaru raiburarī] (The National Diet Library of Japan's Modern Digital Library)
"国立国会図書館所蔵の明治期刊行図書を閲覧するデータベースです"
http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/img/
(This database consists of digital images of Meiji Period (1868-1911) books owned by the National Diet Library. Included are nearly 3000 important law-related titles. One example is the collection of decisions of the highest pre-World War II court, 大審院 [Taishin'in] (The Great Court of Cassation), 大審院刑事判決禄 [Taishin'in keiji hanketsuroku] (Collection of criminal decisions of the Great Court of Cassation).)
To search and view this and other titles:- First, you must download the associated viewer software
- Go to the Digital Library Website and click the "閲覧用ビュワーのダウンロード" button
- Follow the instructions to download the viewer (requires closing your browser and re-starting)
- Return to the Digital Library website.
- Click the "評再検索" (detailed search) button
- From the list of subject areas, click on "社会科学" (Social Sciences)
- In the resulting list, click "法律（２９０５件）" (Law (2905 records)
- Chose one of the sub-topics (This inserts the corresponding classification number in the search box above.)
- Click the 実行 (start search) button)
- Select one of the titles listed to display images of the text (you may also choose to display the table of contents (目次) or the text)
- (Or, insert keyword search terms in one of the search boxes.)
- First, you must download the associated viewer software
- 民事判決原本データベース [Minji hanketsu genbon dētabēsu] (Database of Civil Judgment Files)
- Other
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Online)
This resource includes citations to many famous cases, juristits, defendants, and other various historical aspects of law in Japan. (UW Restricted)
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Online)
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Legislative System
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法制執務コラム集 (参議院法制局) [Hōsei shitsumu koramu-shū] (Legal System Articles Collection (Legislative Bureau, House of Councilors))
(In Japanese)
This continuing series of concise and practical articles on the legislative system discusses a variety of topics, including: how laws are named and organized; are legislators public employees?; the legislative process; tables of contents in laws; law numbers; maps and diagrams within laws; the effort to modernize the language in laws; etc.
http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/index.htm
Libraries at the University of Washington
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Marian Catalog
(Gallagher Law Library Catalog) -
Maps To The Gallagher Law Library East Asian Collection
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East Asian Library Japan Studies Page
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Japanese Studies Databases and Resources Page (UW Libraries)
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UW Libraries Catalog
Libraries (Other)
- North America
- Columbia University, Toshiba Library for Japanese Legal Research
http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/collections/toshiba - North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Materials (NCC)
http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ncc/index.htm - Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL), Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM)
Click the Link for the Committee on Japanese Materials (CJM)
http://purl.oclc.org/net/ceal
- Columbia University, Toshiba Library for Japanese Legal Research
- Japan
- 日本国内図書館OPACリスト
List of On-Line Public Access Library Catalogs (OPACs) in Japan. Includes URLs and information on connecting.
http://ss.cc.affrc.go.jp/ric/opac/opaclist.html - National Diet Library of Japan Catalog (NDL OPAC)
Information on borrowing from NDL: Resource Sharing With NDL: Borrowing and Photocopying
http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html - NACSIS Webcat 総合目録データベースWWW検索サービス
Japanese National Union bibliographic database.
http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat.html - 早稲田大学学術情報システム (Waseda University Library Catalog)
http://wine.wul.waseda.ac.jp/screens/mainmenu_jpn.html
- 日本国内図書館OPACリスト
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Listservs (Email Discussion Forums on Japanese Law)
- Japanese Law Listserv
(An email discussion forum on Japanese law hosted by the University of Washington School of Law Asian Law Center)
The Japanlaw List Home Page
For information about subscribing to the Japanlaw listserv, see the Japanlaw List Home page:
http://www.law.washington.edu/japanlaw/ - 日本法トピックス [Nihonhō topikkusu] = Japanese Law Topics
For more information, and to sign up, go to:
http://www.copymart.jp/cmi/tpcs_mag.html - CLAW Newsletter: Up-to-date Information of Japanese Law
Waseda University Institute of Comparative Law
"To Subscribe to the CLAW Newsletter,
Please e-mail following information to nl-admin@list.waseda.jp
(1)Name, (2)Affiliation, (3)E-mail address"
Newsletters
Newspapers and TV News (Online),
(See also the Newspapers (Print) on the Finding Articles page)
- Using Online Resources to Find Relevant Information in Japanese Newspapers.
Compiled by Sharon Domier of the University of Massachusetts. This is a very useful guide to online access for Japanese newspapers.
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/shinbun.htm
Note: The following online versions of major Japanese dailies provide free access to recent issues only, unless noted otherwise.
- Newspapers in English
- Factiva (English Sections) (See also Factiva Japanese Sections)
(Online Full-text Newspapers and other Sources)
This database, published by Dow Jones and Reuters, includes many Japan-related full-text publications, in both Japanese and English. It includes more than 9,000 sources from around the world from 152 countries in 22 languages.
Many sources are in Japanese and/or published in Japan. A few of the full-text Japan-related general-interest titles included are (dates of coverage in parentheses):- Mainichi Daily News (3/19/1997- )
- Daily Yomiuri (3/18/1997- )
- The Japan Times (6/1/2002- )
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Click on the "Search" tab to search. Although searching is a bit complicated, help and examples are provided within Factiva. Here are a couple of successful search example:
intellectual/adj1/property and rst=AIWMDM [intellectual/within 1 word/property in "Mainichi Daily News"]
- LexisNexis English Language Japanese Newspaper Services (Restricted Access)
- LexisNexis (UW Law School Restricted; Login and Password required)
http://www.lexis.com/,
AND
LexisNexis Academic (UW Faculty Staff and Students Only)
http://www.lib.washington.edu/databases/LexisNexis/
Both of the above provide full access to various Japan-based English language newspapers and news wires, including:- Daily Yomiuri
- The Japan Times
- Jiji Press Ticker Service
- Japan Economic Newswire
- Mainichi Daily News
- Patent Abstracts of Japan
- The Nikkei Weekly
- LexisNexis (UW Law School Restricted; Login and Password required)
- Nikkei telecom 21 (English Sections) (See also Nikkei Japanese Sections)
Instructions: After Connecting, click the "English" tab for English language resources
This online service includes the following English titles:- Nikkei Weekly
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Nikkei major articles
Connect to Nikkei telecom21 (UW Restricted) (Note: Click "English" tab after connecting.)
- Limited Free Online Access
- The Japan Times
- (Weekly international edition, with full text of back issues (Restricted to University of Washington Faculty, Staff and Students)
Full text coverage: Dec 30, 1991-Jan 5, 1992 (Volume 31, Issue 52) - Mar 16-Mar 31, 2000 (Volume 40, Issue 6)
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=12525 - Free Online Version
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
- (Weekly international edition, with full text of back issues (Restricted to University of Washington Faculty, Staff and Students)
- The Asahi Shinbun (Online English Edition)
http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html - Mainichi Daily News (Online English Edition)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/ - Kyodo News on the web
Instructions: For English language version, go to the link below, and click on "English."
http://www.kyodo.co.jp/ - Daily Yomiuri Online
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/ - Nikkei Net Interactive
(Online version of "Nikkei Weekly." Library has the current issues of the print version.)
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/
- The Japan Times
- Factiva (English Sections) (See also Factiva Japanese Sections)
- Newspapers In Japanese
- Factiva (Japanese Sections) (See also Factiva English Sections)
(Online Full-text Newspapers and other Sources)
This database, published by Dow Jones and Reuters, includes many Japan-related full-text publications, in both Japanese and English. It includes more than 9,000 sources from around the world from 152 countries in 22 languages.
Many sources are in Japanese and/or published in Japan. A few of the full-text Japan-related general-interest titles included are (dates of coverage in parentheses):- Japanese Language
- 朝日新聞 Asahi Shinbun (3/18/1997- )
- 中日新聞 Chūnichi Shinbun (5/1/2003- )
- 毎日新聞 Mainichi Shinbun (10/19/1992- )
- 産経新聞 (Tokyo HQ Edition) Sankei Shinbun (1/21/1997)
- 読売新聞 Yomiuri Shinbun (1/1/2002- )
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Click on the "Search" tab to search. Although searching is a bit complicated, help and examples are provided within Factiva. Here are a couple of successful search example:
特許/n30/ 判決 [tokkyō within 30 words of hanketsu]
- Japanese Language
- 日経テレコン 21 (Nikkei terekon21) [Nikkei telecom 21] (Japanese Sections) (See also Nikkei English Sections)
This online service includes the following titles:- 日本経済新聞 [Nihon keizai shinbun]
- 日経流通新聞 MJ [Nikkei ryūtsū shinbun]
- 日経産業新聞 [Nikkei sangyō shinbun]
- 日経マガジン [Nikkei magajin]
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日経 Who's who [Nikkei Who's who]
- 朝日新聞オンライン記事データべース (聞蔵IIビジュアル) [Asahi Shinbun Onrain kiji dētabēsu (Kizō II bijuaru]
This database includes Asahi Shinbun (Newspaper) citations and full-text articles from 1945 to the present, It also includes Aera journal, Shukan Asahi journal, and Cheizo reference source.
Connect to 朝日新聞オンライン記事データべース (UW Restricted) - Limited Free Online Access
- Yomiuri Newspaper Archives 1874-1946
More Information - 日本経済新聞 [Nihon keizai shinbun]
(Online version. Library has the current issues of the print version.)
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/ - Kyodo News
http://www.kyodo.co.jp/ - 毎日新聞 [Mainichi shinbun]
http://www.mainichi.co.jp/ - 産経新聞 [Sankei shinbun]
http://www.sankei.co.jp/ - 読売新聞 [Yomiuri shinbun] Online
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/
- Yomiuri Newspaper Archives 1874-1946
- 日弁連新聞 [Japan Federation of Bar Associations Newspaper] (Online)
http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/ja/publication/newspaper/index.html
- Factiva (Japanese Sections) (See also Factiva English Sections)
- TV News (In Japanese)
- ANN News (TV Asahi)
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/index.html - TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) Online
http://news.tbs.co.jp/ - Yomiuri Online (Video News clips)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/
- ANN News (TV Asahi)
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Police
- 警察庁 [Keisatsuchō] (National Police Agency)
Has text of laws, ordinances, policies, etc. in Japanese.
http://www.npa.go.jp/index.htm
Prosecutors
- 検察協会ホームページ
http://www.kensatsu-kyoukai.gr.jp
Statistics
(See also Statistics on the Finding Other Types of Materials Page)
- Law-related
- 法務統計ＤＢ [Hōmu tōkei DB] (Legal statistics)
(法務省 [Ministry of Justice]) - http://www.moj.go.jp/TOUKEI/DB/index.html
- 白書・統計 [Hakusho, tōkei] (Whitepapers and statistics)
(法務省 [Ministry of Justice])
http://www.moj.go.jp/TOUKEI/index.html - 司法統計検索システム [Shihō tōkei kensaku shisutemu] (Judicial Statistics Search System)
http://www.courts.go.jp/search/jtsp0010
- 法務統計ＤＢ [Hōmu tōkei DB] (Legal statistics)
- General
- 統計資料レファレンス・ガイド [Tōkei shiryō refarensu gaido] = Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan
(The National Diet Library's very useful and comprehensive guide to statistics about Japan)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/statistical_ma.html (English)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/reference_guide/index.html (Japanese) - Portal Site of Statistical Data in Japan
(Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/ (English)
http://www.stat.go.jp/index.htm (Japanese) - Japan Statistical Yearbook (Online Version)
(Statistics Bureau & Statistics Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
http://www.stat.go.jp/English/data/nenkan/index.htm (English)
http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/index.htm (Japanese)
- 統計資料レファレンス・ガイド [Tōkei shiryō refarensu gaido] = Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan
Taxation
- Selected Materials on Japanese Taxation by Yasuhiro Masui (Tokyo University)
http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~masui/english.html - Ministry of Finance on Tax Policy (English)
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/tax/tax.htm
Translation Services
Please Note: The services listed below are not endorsed or recommended in any way. They are only listed as a starting point for those in need of Japanese legal translation services.
See also more information on Japanese law translation.
- Organization
- Japan Association of Translators (JAT) [日本翻訳者協会]
http://www.jat.org/
- Japan Association of Translators (JAT) [日本翻訳者協会]
- Japanese Specialists
- Japanese Translations (John F. Bukacek)
http://www.japanesetranslations.com/index.html - Japanese Language Services, Inc.
http://users.conninc.com/klee/ - Legal Communications Japan (Carol Lawson LLM, MA with Distinction)
http://www.legalcommunicationsjapan.com/
- Japanese Translations (John F. Bukacek)
- General Translation Companies
- Technical Language Services, Inc.
www.tls-translations.com - Clark Translations
http://www.clarktranslations.com/language_translation.htm - Apex Translations
http://apex-translations.com/ - Web Converters
http://www.webconverters.com/index.htm
- Technical Language Services, Inc.
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Treaties
(See also Collections of Treaties on the Finding Laws page)
- 外務省ホームページ分野別外交政策 [Gaimushō hōmupēji]
(Has the text of many international treaties)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/treaty/index.html
Women's Rights
(See also print resources under the subject "Women's rights --Japan" in the Marian Catalog and Japan Women's Bar Association)
- 国際女性の地位協会 [Kokusai Josei no Chii Kyōkai]
(Japanese Association of International Women's Rights) (JAIWR)
http://www.jaiwr.org/english/index.html - Gender Information Site (Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office [Japanese government])
http://www.gender.go.jp/index2.html
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