The Act on Special Measures Concerning Covid-19 was enacted in the Diet of Japan on March 13, and took effect on the following day. This Act authorizes the prime minister of Japan to declare a state of emergency, and upon declaration, authorizes prefectural governors to take emergency measures, such as restrictions on the use of facilities used by a large number of people. As of the date of this newsletter, a state of emergency has not been declared under the COVID-19 Special Measures Act yet, and at the time of writing, we cannot predict whether such a declaration will made soon given the current spread of COVID-19 in Japan. This newsletter briefly explains the COVID-19 Special Measures Act.
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He has extensive experience handling cases involving complex legal issues, such as mergers and acquisitions by a public-private investment fund in the context of a business turnaround, a high-value dispute between a securities company and a stock exchange, adoption of anti-takeover defense measures for the first time in Japan, expansion of foreign businesses into the Middle East involving geopolitical risks, and commercial arbitration involving sizable claims regarding M&A price adjustment clauses. Recently, he been advising on risk assessments for transactions, contract drafting, voluntary self-disclosure to government authorities, responses to enforcement actions by the authorities, and establishment of internal control systems with respect to economic security regulations. In particular, he engages in numerous transactions involving economic sanctions, export controls and other economic security regulations regarding conflicts between the US and China over technology competition and human rights issues in Myanmar, Iran and Russia.