General Overview of Japanese Compliance and Regulatory Landscape

Hajime Ueno will give a lecture entitled “General Overview of Japanese Compliance and Regulatory Landscape” at a webinar hosted by Law.com

Seminar Details

1. Dealing with Governmental Authorities - will provide an overview of business and industry regulations in general, with discussions on overall tendencies in business and industry regulations of Japan in general, as well as administrative powers landscape and their principles-based and rules-based approaches
- culture and language as regulatory barriers?

2. Certain “Usual Suspects” - will provide some examples of “usual suspects” in possible pitfalls which may catch foreign business ventures by surprise
- privacy law; personal data protections
- labor law compliance; vigorous protections of employees
- regulations on moneylending; vastly broad regulatory reach
- servicer/collection agent regulations
- investment fund regulations
- trust regulations
- corporate law; when an incorporation of a local subsidiary will be mandatory

3. Raising Capital - the government has taken certain measures to induce foreign business to make investments in Japan

4. Characteristic Business Sectors