Japanese Law
- Judicial Reform
—The Judicial Reform Council [www.kantei.go.jp] - Supreme Court of Japan [www.courts.go.jp] — Recent Cases, Judicial Statistics, and Court System in Japan
—Supreme Court Cases
—Supreme Court Library - Ministry of Justice [www.moj.go.jp]
—Ministry of Justice Library, Library Search System
—Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
—Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice
—Public Prosecutors Office [www.kensatsu.go.jp] - Cabinet Legislation Bureau [www.clb.go.jp]
- Legislative Bureau House of Councillors [houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp]
- Birth of the Constitution of Japan [www.ndl.go.jp]
National Diet Library - Current Statutes and Regulations Database [elaws.e-gov.go.jp]
- Index to Statutes and Regulations [hourei.ndl.go.jp]
National Diet Library:Statutes and Regulations (1886-) - Database of Japan Law(Institute of Comparative Law) [www.waseda.jp]
- Aidai Roppou
Aidai Hanrei [roppou.aichi-u.ac.jp]
Aichi University Faculty of Law WWW Search (Japanese Codes, Statutes, and Cases) - Houko [www.houko.com]
Search Japanese Statutes and Regulations sorted in the order of Japanese alphabets (50-On), categories, and years. - Municipal Ordinance Database [joreimaster.leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp]
by Kagoshima University Department of Law and Policy
- Japanese Law Translation Database System(MOJ) [www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp]
- Internet Law and Intellectual Property Law
Japanese Intellectual Property Law and Cyberspace Law in general (Japanese) - ADR Japan [www.adr.gr.jp]
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Portal Site - e-hoki.com [www.e-hoki.com]
A Japanese Law Portal Site - Trust Companies Association of Japan: [www.shintaku-kyokai.or.jp]
- LEX/DB Internet [lex.lawlibrary.jp]
TKC Legal Database - YAHOO! Japan Law
Legal Studies [dir.yahoo.co.jp]
Yahoo! (Japan) Government : Law Search - Japan Documentation Center [lcweb.loc.gov]
U.S.Library of Congress Japan Documentation Center (English)
Legal Publishers
- Government Publications [www.gov-book.or.jp]
- Hosokai [www.hosokai.or.jp]
- Yuhikaku [www.yuhikaku.co.jp]
- SHOJI-HOMU Legal Information on the Net [www.iijnet.or.jp]
- Shojihomu [www.shojihomu.co.jp]
- Keizaihoreikenkyukai [www.khk.co.jp]
- Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing Co. Ltd. [www.sn-hoki.co.jp]
- Dai-ichi Hoki Publishing Co. Ltd. [www.daiichihoki.co.jp]
- Hanrei Times [www.hanta.co.jp]
- GYOSEI Corporation [gyosei.jp]
- Nippon Hyoron-Sha [www.nippyo.co.jp]
- Koubundou [www.koubundou.co.jp]
- Seirinshoin [www.seirin.co.jp]
- Seibundo [www.seibundoh.co.jp]
- Houritsu-Bunkasha [hou-bun.co.jp]
- Shinzansha [www.shinzansha.co.jp]
- Yuyusha [www.yuyusha.com]
- Bengoshi-kaikan Book Center [www.b-books.co.jp]
- Tachibanashobo [tachibanashobo.co.jp]
- Gendaijinbunsha [www.genjin.jp]
- Hatorishoten [www.hatorishoten.co.jp]
Law Journals
- TOKINOHOREI [garyusha.com]
- JURIST
HOGAKU-KYOSHITSU [www.yuhikaku.co.jp] - HORITSUJIHO
HORITSUSEMINA [www.nippyo.co.jp] - SHOJIHOMU [www.shojihomu.or.jp]
NBL [www.shojihomu.co.jp] - HORITSU NO HIROBA [gyosei.jp]
- JIYU TO SEIGI [www.nichibenren.or.jp]
- KOKUSAI SHOJI HOMU [www.ibltokyo.jp]
- PATENT [ucgi.jpaa.or.jp]
- COPYRIGHT [www.cric.or.jp]
- HORITSU BUNKA [www.lec-jp.com]
- The University of Tokyo Law Review [www.sllr.j.u-tohoku.ac.jp]
- Sophia Law Review [www.sophialaw.jp]
- RITSUMEIKAN LAW REVIEW Online [www.lex.ritsumei.ac.jp]
- Soyokaze [www.soyokaze-law.jp]
Law Schools & Law Faculties
- Tokyo University Law Faculty Library [www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
—Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics(IBC) [www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
—Library - Hokkaido University Faculty of Law
—The Advanced Institute for Law and Politics [www.juris.hokudai.ac.jp] - Niigata University Faculty of Law [www.jura.niigata-u.ac.jp]
- Tokyo Metropolitan University School of Law and Politics [www.law.tmu.ac.jp]
- Chiba University Faculty of Law, Politics and Economics [www.le.chiba-u.ac.jp]
- Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Law [www.law.hit-u.ac.jp]
- Nagoya University Faculty of Law [www.nomolog.nagoya-u.ac.jp]
- Kyoto University Faculty of Law
—The Center for Law and Policy Studies / The International Legal and Political Documentation Center
—The International Legal and Political Documentation Center [law.kyoto-u.ac.jp] - Osaka University Faculty of Law [www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp]
—Osaka University Graduate School of Law [www.lawschool.osaka-u.ac.jp] - Osaka City University Faculty of Law [www.law.osaka-cu.ac.jp]
- Kanazawa University Faculty of Law [www.law.kanazawa-u.ac.jp]
- Kobe University Faculty of Law [www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp]
- Okayama University Faculty of Law [www.okayama-u.ac.jp]
- Hiroshima University Faculty of Law [www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp]
- Kagawa University Faculty of Law [www.jl.kagawa-u.ac.jp]
- Kyushu University Faculty of Law [www.law.kyushu-u.ac.jp]
- Kumamoto University Faculty of Law [www.law.kumamoto-u.ac.jp]
- Kagoshima University Department of Law and Policy [www.leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp]
- Aichi University Faculty of Law [law.aichi-u.ac.jp]
- Kansai University Hogaku Kenkyujo [www.kansai-u.ac.jp]
- Kansai Gakuin University School of Law [www.kwansei.ac.jp]
- Nanzan University Law Faculty [www.ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp]
- Hiroshima Shudo University Law Faculty [www.law.shudo-u.ac.jp]
- Waseda University Faculty of Law [www.waseda.jp]
—The Institute of Comparative Law — Waseda University [www.waseda.jp] - Keio University Law Faculty [www.law.keio.ac.jp]
- Chuo University Law Faculty [www.chuo-u.ac.jp]
—The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan [www.chuo-u.ac.jp] - Meiji University Law School [www.meiji.ac.jp]
- Gakushuin University Faculty of Law [www.gakushuin.ac.jp]
- Rikkyo University College of Law & Politics [law.rikkyo.ac.jp]
- Sophia University Faculty of Law [www.sophialaw.jp]
- Aoyamagakuin University Law Faculty [www.als.aoyama.ac.jp]
- Meijo University Law Faculty [law.meijo-u.ac.jp]
- Otaru University of Commerce Department of Business Law [www.res.otaru-uc.ac.jp]
Legal Organizations
- Criminal Law Society of Japan [www.clsj.jp]
- Japan Criminal Policy Society [www.jcps.or.jp]
- The Information Network Law Association [www.in-law.jp]
- The Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc. [www.ibltokyo.jp]
- Kosei-Torihiki-Kyokai [www.koutori-kyokai.or.jp]
- Japan Association of Private Law [www.japl.jp]
- Trust Law Association [www.shintakuhogakkai.jp]
- Japan Labor Law Association [www.rougaku.jp]
- Japanese Society of International Law [www.jsil.jp]
- Private International Law Association of Japan [www.pilaj.jp]
- The Japan Association of International Economic Law [www.jaiel.or.jp]
- Financial Law Board [www.flb.gr.jp]
- Japan Association of Legal Philosophy [www.houtetsugaku.org]
- Japanese Society for Law and Psychology[jslp.jp]
- Japan Society of Comparative Law [www.asas.or.jp]
- Japanese American Society of Legal Studies [www.kichi.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
- The Japanese Association of Sociology of Law [www.jasl.info]
- Japan Law and Economics Association [www.jlea.jp]
- Japan Legal History Association [www.jalha.org]
- Japanese Society for Law and Psychology [law.psych.chs.nihon-u.ac.jp]
- Kyoto Comparative Law Center [www.kclc.or.jp]
- Japan Civil Liberties Union (JCLU) [www.jclu.org]
- Japan Judges Network [www.j-j-n.com]
- Japan Bar Association [www.jpnba.org]
- Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren) [www.nichibenren.or.jp]
- Japan Law Foundation [www.jlf.or.jp]
- Sendai Bar Association [www.senben.org]
- Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association [www.ichiben.or.jp]
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association [niben.jp]
- Tokyo Bar Association [www.toben.or.jp]
- Sapporo Bar Association [www.satsuben.or.jp]
- Osaka Bar Association [www.osakaben.or.jp]
- Japan In-House Lawyers Association [jila.jp]
- Internet Lawyers Conference [www.ilc.gr.jp]
- Japan Women’s Bar Association [www.j-wba.com]
- The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) [www.jcaa.or.jp]
- The Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer’s Associations [www.shiho-shoshi.or.jp]
—[Tokyo] [www.tokyokai.jp] - The Japan Federation of Gyosei-Shoshi Associations [www.gyosei.or.jp]
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association [www.jpaa.or.jp]
Research Institutes
- NIRA [www.nira.or.jp]
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) - NLI Research Institute [www.nli-research.co.jp]
Nissei Kiso Kenkyujo (NLI Research Institute) - Nomura [www.nri.co.jp]
Nomura Research Institute - Daiwa [www.dir.co.jp]
Daiwa Institute of Research - Mitsubishi [www.mri.co.jp]
Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) - Sompo Japan Research Institute [www.sj-ri.co.jp]
Sompo Japan Research Institute, Inc. - JRI [www.jri.co.jp]
The Japan Research Institute (JRI) - Mizuho-IRI [www.fuji-ric.co.jp]
Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.
Government
- House of Representatives [www.shugiin.go.jp]
- House of Councillors [www.sangiin.go.jp]
- Minutes Search [kokkai.ndl.go.jp]
- Supreme Court of Japan [www.courts.go.jp]
- A List of Government Web Servers [www.kantei.go.jp]
- E-Government [www.e-gov.go.jp]
- The Portal Site of Statistical Data in Japan [portal.stat.go.jp]
- Official Gazette (National Printing Bureau) [kanpou.npb.go.jp]
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- The Official Residence of Prime Minister [www.kantei.go.jp]
- Cabinet Legislation Bureau [www.clb.go.jp]
- Cabinet Office [www.cao.go.jp]
—National Police Agency [www.npa.go.jp] - Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications [www.soumu.go.jp]
—Fair Trade Commission [www.jftc.go.jp]
—Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center [www.stat.go.jp] - Ministry of Justice [www.moj.go.jp]
—Public Prosecutors Office [www.kensatsu.go.jp] - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [www.mext.go.jp]
- Ministry of Finance (MOF) [www.mof.go.jp]
- National Tax Administration [www.nta.go.jp]
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs [www.mofa.go.jp]
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) [www.meti.go.jp]
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare [www.mhlw.go.jp]
Statutes and Regulations Database
- [wwwhourei.mhlw.go.jp]
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [www.mlit.go.jp]
- Ministry of the Environment [www.env.go.jp]
- Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems
—Local Governments Map Search [www.j-lis.go.jp] - Central Labour Relations Commission [www2.mhlw.go.jp]
- The Japan Institute of Labour Database [db.jil.go.jp]
- National Federation of Labour Standards Associations [www.zenkiren.com]
—Cases on Occupational Safety and Health Database - Japan Advanced Information Center of Safety and Health [www.jaish.gr.jp]
- Bank of Japan (BOJ) [www.boj.or.jp]
—Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, BOJ [www.imes.boj.or.jp] - Financial Services Agency
—Financial Research and Training Center [www.fsa.go.jp] - Japan Securities Depository Center(JASDEC) [www.jasdec.com]
- Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan [www.dic.go.jp]
- Economic and Social Research Institute (Cabinet Office) [www.esri.cao.go.jp]
- Consumers’ Window [www.consumer.go.jp]
- National Consumer Affairs Center (NCAC)
—Cases Report [www.kokusen.go.jp] - Accounting Standards Board of Japan / Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (ASBJ / FASF) [www.asb.or.jp]
- Japan Corporate Auditors Association (JCAA) [www.kansa.or.jp]
- The Japan Foundation [www.jpf.go.jp]
- Houterasu [www.houterasu.or.jp]
- Kensatsu Kyoukai [www.kensatsu-kyokai.gr.jp]
Universities and Research Institutions
- Japan Research Career Information Network (JREC-IN) [jrecin.jst.go.jp]
- National Institution for Academic Degrees [www.niad.ac.jp]
- National Center for University Entrance Examinations (Research Div.)
- International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
—Databases [www.nichibun.ac.jp]
- Nippon Gakushiin [www.japan-acad.go.jp]
- Science Council of Japan (SCJ) [www.scj.go.jp]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [www.jsps.go.jp]
- National Institute of Informatics (NII) [www.nii.ac.jp]
- Researcher Search (Research Organization of Information and Systems) [researchmap.jp]
- The Japan Association of National Universities [www.janu.jp]
- Japan University Accredition Association [www.juaa.or.jp]
- Tokyo University Library (OPAC)
Userid is “library”. To exit, type “end”.
—Tokyo University Home Page
—Tokyo University Komaba Campus
—Tokyo University Graduate School of Public Policy [www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
—Institute of Social Science (U.Tokyo)
—Historiographical Institute [www.hi-u-tokyo.ac.jp]
—Faculty Search [www.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
- Hokkaido University [www.hokudai.ac.jp]
- Kyoto University [www.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
- Kyushu University Home Page [www.kyushu-u.ac.jp]
- Hitotsubashi University [www.hit-u.ac.jp]
- Chiba University Library [www.ll.chiba-u.ac.jp]