Japanese Law

[2009/8/3]

• Japanese Law
• Legal Publishers
• Law Journals
• Law Schools
• Legal Organizations
• Research Institutions
• Government
• Universities and Research Institutions

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 [www.courts.go.jp]
• Ministry of Justice [www.moj.go.jp]
  ---Library
  ---Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
  ---Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice
  ---Public Prosecutors Office [www.kensatsu.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 [law.e-gov.go.jp]
  Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
• Index to Statutes and Regulations [hourei.ndl.go.jp]
  National Diet Library:Statutes and Regulations (1886-)
• 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 Online:TOPICS [www.cmmi.gr.jp]
  by Copymart Meijo Institute
• Translations of Japanese Laws and Regulations [www.cas.go.jp]
• JAPAN LawBase [www.japanlaw.com]
  English translation prepared by R.Seeman

• Internet Law and Intellectual Property Law
  Japanese Intellectual Property Law and Cyberspace Law in general (Japanese)
• Japanese Law Resources [www.tuj.ac.jp]
  RESOURCES ON JAPANESE LAW by Vicki L. Beyer Associate Professor of Law (Director, Law Program in Japan) Temple University
• ADR Japan [www.adr.gr.jp]
  Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Portal Site
• e-hoki.com [www.e-hoki.com]
  A Japanese Law Portal Site
• HOUTAL [www.houtal.com]
• martindale.jp(LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell) [martindale.jp]
• LEX/DB Internet [www.tkclex.ne.jp]
  TKC Legal Database
• Japanese Law (Finance Related Laws in English) [www.mizuho-sc.com]
  by Mizuho Securities Co.
• YAHOO! Japan Law
  Legal Studies [www.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]
• 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]
• Gyoseinet [www.gyosei.co.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]

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 [www.gyosei.co.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.j.u-tohoku.ac.jp]
• Sophia Law Review [law-web.cc.sophia.ac.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 Faculty of Law [www.bcomp.metro-u.ac.jp]
• Chiba University Faculty of Law and Economics [www.le.chiba-u.ac.jp]
• Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Law [iura.misc.hit-u.ac.jp]
• Tsukuba University (Business Science) [www.sakura.cc.tsukuba.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 [kyodai.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.law.okayama-u.ac.jp]
• Hiroshima University Faculty of Law [www.law.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 [law.leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp]

• Aichi University Faculty of Law [law.aichi-u.ac.jp]
• Kansai University Hogaku Kenkyujo [www.hk.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 Law Faculty [www.waseda.ac.jp]
  ---The Institute of Comparative Law -- Waseda University [www.waseda.ac.jp]
• Keio University Law Faculty [www.law.keio.ac.jp]
• Chuo University Law Faculty [www2.chuo-u.ac.jp]
  ---The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan [www2.tamacc.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 [law-web.cc.sophia.ac.jp]
• Aoyamagakuin University Law Faculty [www.als.aoyama.ac.jp]
• Toin University of Yokohama Law Faculty [www.cc.toin.ac.jp]
• Meijo University Law Faculty [wwwhou1.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 Committee for Judicial Reform and Advanced Technology [www.legaltech.jp]
• The Information Network Law Association [www.in-law.jp]
• The Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc. [www.ibltokyo.jp]
• Claim Studies [www.claim-ken.com]
• Kosei-Torihiki-Kyokai [www.koutori-kyokai.or.jp]
• Japan Association of Private Law [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Trust Law Association [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japan Labor Law Association [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japanese Society of International Law [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Private International Law Association of Japan [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• The Japan Association of International Economic Law [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Financial Law Board [www.flb.gr.jp]
• Japan Association of Legal Philosophy [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japanese Society for Law and Psychology[jslp.jp]
• Japan Society of Comparative Law [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japanese American Society of Legal Studies [www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
• The Japanese Association of Sociology of Law [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japan Law and Economics Association [www.jlea.jp]
• Japan Legal History Association [wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp]
• Japanese Society for Law and Psychology [law.psych.chs.nihon-u.ac.jp]
• Minka Horitsu Bukai [wwwsoc.nii.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 [www.dntba.ab.psiweb.com]
• Tokyo Bar Association [www.toben.or.jp]
  ---Bai-Sansin [www.baisansin.com]
• Sapporo Bar Association [www.satsuben.or.jp]
• Osaka Bar Association [www.osakaben.or.jp]
• Nagoya Bar Association (Directory) [www.db.nagoya-ben.or.jp]
• Japan In-House Lawyers Association [www.in-house.jpn.org]
• Internet Lawyers Conference [www.ilc.gr.jp]

• 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.tsknet.or.jp]
• The Japan Federation of Gyosei-Shoshi Associations [www.gyosei.or.jp]
• Japan Patent Attorneys Association [www.jpaa.or.jp]
• ParaLegal Club [www.paralegal-jp.com]

Research Institutes

• NIRA [www.nira.go.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]

• 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]

• Government Data Research Center of Japan [www.gioss.or.jp]
• Local Authorities Systems Development Center [www.asdec.nippon-net.ne.jp]
• Central Labour Relations Commission [www2.mhlw.go.jp]
• Nippon-Net ---information on local governments[www.nippon-net.ne.jp]
• The Japan Institute of Labour Database [db.jil.go.jp]
• Japan Advanced Information Center of Safety and Health [www.jaish.gr.jp]
  ---Cases on Occupational Safety and Health Database
• 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]
• Japan Legal Aid Association [www.jlaa.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]
• Directory Database of Research and Development Activities (ReaD) [read.jst.go.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]
  ---Introduction to Faculty Members [www.adm.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]
• Keio U.Shonan Fujisawa Campus [www.sfc.keio.ac.jp]

• Directory Database of Research and Development Activities (ReaD) [read.jst.go.jp]

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