December

SPCs under company law

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

International Financial Law Review, December 2005
International Briefings: Japan

Law of International Insolvencies and Debt Restructurings
Japan

Yoshikazu Sugino

November

Revised Trust Law

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

International Financial Law Review, November 2005
International Briefings: Japan

Merger Control Worldwide
Japan

Mitsuo Matsushita, Eriko Watanabe

September

Securities and Exchange Law revised

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

International Financial Law Review, September 2005
International Briefings: Japan

July

Trust Business Law revised

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

International Financial Law Review, July 2005
International Briefings: Japan

International Taxation

Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

Corporate Business Taxation Monthly, Vol.6, No.9

The New Companies Law: Impact on M&A in Japan

Takeshi Moriya

The Asia law M&A Review, Volume 1 Issue 3, July 2005

June

Competition & Antitrust Review 2005
Japan

Eriko Watanabe

Euromoney Yearbooks

PFI and quasi-PFI in Japan

Takao Higuchi

Privatisation & Public Private Partnership Review 2005/2006 (Euromoney Yearbooks)

Changes to Japanese law raise check-the-box issues

Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

International Tax Review, June 2005

May

Changes in Japanese Corporate Law Will Raise 'Check-the-Box' Issues

Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

Practical U.S./International Tax Strategies (Vol.9, No.7)

April

The New Arbitration Law in Japan: Will it cause changes in Japanese Conciliatory Arbitration Practices?

Yasunobu Sato

Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 22, No. 2 (April 2005)
pp.141-148

The Activities of the Japanese Sports Arbitration Agency

Masato Dogauchi

The International Sports Law Journal, 2005/1-2

Letter to U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury
Re: Request for Guidance on the "Check-the-Box" Regulations in Light of Forthcoming Revision to Japanese Corporate Law

Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

Worldwide Tax Daily

Trade regulations and trade remedies

Mitsuo Matsushita (co-author)

The Asia Pacific Antitrust & Trade Review 2005
Global Competition Review Special Report

How to finance buyouts in Japan

Minoru Ota, Kentaro Suzuki

The IFLR Guide to Japan 2005
(Supplement to International Financial Law Review, Janyary 2005)

Disclosure reforms to restore investor trust

Hiroyuki Ishizuka, Masaki Konishi

The IFLR Guide to Japan 2005
(Supplement to International Financial Law Review, Janyary 2005)

Developing a framework for emissions trading in Japan

Minoru Ota, Yoshitoshi Imoto

The IFLR Guide to Japan 2005
(Supplement to International Financial Law Review, Janyary 2005)

Business concentration and collaboration among competitors under the Antimonopoly Law of Japan 2005

Eriko Watanabe

Competition and Antitrust Review 2005 (Euromoney Yearbooks)

Current and future market situation for power and water businesses in Japan

Takao Higuchi

International Power & Utilities Finance Review 2005/2006 (Euromoney Yearbooks)

2002 Amendment of Japanese Commercial Code Regarding Investigations by Court-Appointed Inspectors of Post-Incorporation Acquisitions of Property by New Companies

Takeshi Moriya

The Asialaw M&A Review, Volume 1 Issue 2, April 2005

March

Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions

Keitaro Oshimo (Co-author)

International Corporate Governance Review 2005 (Euromoney Yearbooks)

January

International Insider Dealing
Japan

Toshio Kobayashi