NO&T Japan Legal Update
I. Introduction
On May 27, 2019, Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Finance, and other relevant Ministries of Japan promulgated amendments to two existing public notices concerning the foreign investment in Japan (the “Amendments”). The Amendments widen the scope of the business sectors where foreign investors are required to make a notification filing to the Bank of Japan prior to making an investment. The Amendments are driven by national security concerns, particularly in relation to cyber espionage, and are intended to strengthen Japan’s national security regime by, for example, monitoring the potential for the outflow of material technologies relating Japanese national security or the undermining of material manufacturing or technology related to national defense.
Rashmi Grover
Anastasia Jessica Maureen
(December 2024)
Hiromi Hattori, Yuichi Miyashita (Co-author)
Yuan Yao Lee
Rashmi Grover
Anastasia Jessica Maureen
(January 2025)
Shunsuke Minowa, Yothin Intaraprasong, Ponpun Krataykhwan, Nopparak Yangiam, Salin Kongpakpaisarn, Poonyisa Sornchangwat (Co-author)
Anastasia Jessica Maureen
(April 2025)
Akemi Suzuki, Shuichi Nishimura, Kohei Mano (Co-author)
Rashmi Grover
Wataru Matsumoto, Kyosuke Ohno (Co-author)
(February 2025)
Oki Osawa (Comments)
Rashmi Grover
Wataru Matsumoto, Kyosuke Ohno (Co-author)
(February 2025)
Oki Osawa (Comments)
(January 2025)
Shunsuke Minowa, Yothin Intaraprasong, Ponpun Krataykhwan, Nopparak Yangiam, Salin Kongpakpaisarn, Poonyisa Sornchangwat (Co-author)
