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• 2026 年 6 月株主総会シーズン 株主提案 注目事例

  報道によれば、2026 年の 6 月株主総会において株主提案を受けた上場企業は 106 社であり、過去最多だった前 年の 114 社に次ぐ数となった。そのうち、弊所の算出によれば、153 議案がアクティビストを含む機関投資家な どからの提案であった。日本におけるアクティビストからの株主提案は、従来バランスシート型（剰余金の配当 やその他財務構造の改善など、バランスシートの改善を求めるもの）が多かったが、昨年に引き続きガバナンス 型（取締役会の構成の改善や取締役の選任を求めるもの）も増えている。また本年の 6 月総会では、特定の株主 からの自己株式取得を求める提案３件、買収防衛策廃止に関する提案 6 件など、目を引く提案も見られた。可決 されたのは、上場会社に対する株主提案全体で２議案であり、両議案とも株主が提案した取締役候補者全員（そ れぞれ２名）が選任された。

• オーストラリア ― 日本 オーストラリアの 安全保障分野における 最新動向および事業機会

  オーストラリアの安全保障分野は、国際 情勢の不安定化が加速する中、急速かつ 歴史的な変革期を迎えています。同時 に、日豪両国は共通の価値観を共有する 信頼できるパートナーとして互いを認識 しており、両国間の安全保障関係は深化 し続けています。

• 日本初の「AI 法」が成立‐研究開発や 活用を推進へ 罰則規定はなし

  2025 年 5 月 28 日、AI のリスクに対応しながら、研究開発や活用促進に重 点を置く「人工知能関連技術の研究開発及び活用の推進に関する法律」 （AI法）iが参議院本会議で可決され成立しました。AI法は、日本で初めて 包括的に AI に特化した新たな法律で、広範な義務規定や高額の罰金規定が 定められている欧州連合（EU）の AI 規制法（EU AI Act）とは違い、AI に 関する基本計画の策定や基本的施策の実施にとどまっています。今般、AI 法に基づく人工知能基本計画が閣議決定されました。

• Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - October 2025

  Welcome to the October 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese legal and business communities.

• Jenner & Blockニュースレター

  本号では、複数の実務分野にわたる重要な法的進展を取り上げています。はじめに、連邦最高裁判 所によるFuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization訴訟について検討しています。この判決は、米国 憲法修正第5条に基づく外国被告に対する個人管轄権の枠組みをより柔軟にするものです。また、 日本の製薬企業に影響を及ぼす重要な動向として、リバース・ペイメントの和解訴訟を取り上げて います。

• APAC AI Monitor Series | Japan

  As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, understanding the evolving regulatory landscape is more critical than ever. Our APAC AI Monitor series offers in-depth analysis of key legal developments across AsiaPacific, helping businesses anticipate compliance challenges and seize emerging opportunities. Each article will break down legislative updates, policy trends, and enforcement actions across the region, providing practical guidance on how businesses can navigate evolving AI regulations, mitigate risks, and refine their strategies

• Establishing a Business Entity in Japan (Updated)

  1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business --- Business entities available for doing business in Japan - 1.1.1 Introduction - Business formats available for foreign investors to do business in Japan include two types of companies and a branch. Below, please find a brief overview of these formats.

• Establishing a Business Entity in Japan

  1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business --- Business entities available for doing business in Japan - 1.1.1 Introduction - Business formats available for foreign investors to do business in Japan include two types of companies and a branch. Below, please find a brief overview of these formats.

• The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, 13th Edition - Japan

  This 13th edition of The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review provides updated overviews of legal and policy constructs and developments in the TMT arena across 18 jurisdictions around the world. As in years past, our goal with this publication is to provide a practical, business-focused survey of these issues, along with insights into how regulatory activity in this arena continues to evolve. Policymakers in 2022 have continued to grapple with the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, which has focussed greater attention on the need for ubiquitous broadband internet connectivity and has hastened efforts to make broadband services more widely available. The height of the pandemic saw a significant rise in remote working, distance learning, tele-health visits, and similar broadband-enabled activities. And while more businesses and schools are now returning to an in-person environment, it remains the case that work, education, and other aspects of our daily lives are more reliant on broadband connectivity today than before the pandemic. Originally published by Law Business Research Ltd - December 2022. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review - 12th Edition, Japan Chapter

  This volume marks the 12th edition of The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, which has been fully updated to provide an overview of evolving legal and policy activity in this arena across 25 jurisdictions around the world. This publication continues to occupy a unique space in the literature on TMT issues. Rather than serving a traditional legal treatise, this Review aims to provide a practical, business-focused survey of these issues, along with insights into how this legal and policy landscape in the TMT arena continues to evolve from year to year. In 2021, the ongoing covid-19 pandemic has continued to loom large over legal and policy developments in this sector. As the threat of infection has continued to affect how we live, work and interact, the importance of connectivity has never been greater or more obvious. For many businesses, remote working has been the rule rather than the exception since March 2020, and may well persist in some form well after the pandemic is over. Many schools switched to distance learning formats during the pandemic. Tele-health is on the rise as doctors check in on patients via videoconference. Even tasks as mundane as grocery shopping have shifted online. And broadband connectivity, where available, has made it all possible. Originally published in the The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, 12th Edition - December 2021. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

Featured documents

• Japanese arbitration – much work done; much still to do

  This year will mark the 13th year since I first advised a Japanese party in arbitration. In that time, Japanese arbitration has come a long away - from an antiquated arbitration law and lack of knowledge of its merits to a modern arbitration law based on the UNCITRAL model law and an...

• "The Resurgence of Japanese Outbound M&A"

  The Nikkei has skyrocketed more than 50 percent over the last six months. Goldman Sachs has issued a report predicting a further 20 percent gain in the index before year-end. Japanese companies were the third-most active group of acquirers in the world in 2012, behind only the U.S. and virtually...

• Supreme Court of Japan Decision Clarifies Ability to Enforce Certain Foreign Judgments

  On April 24, 2014, the Supreme Court of Japan issued a decision (Decision) with respect to the 'enforcement of foreign judgments' by Japanese courts. The Decision sets out criteria for when a Japanese court must enforce an injunction that has been issued by a foreign court as a remedy to a tort...

• Grace Under Pressure – Professionalism and Problem Solving

  It has often been said that professionalism is not the job you do, it’s how you do the job. The truth of this old adage was made especially clear recently during depositions taking place in Tokyo. Unlike depositions in most other countries, which are governed by the Hague Convention, depositions...

• Time is on Your Side: Depositions in Japan

  The restrictive processes and guidelines for taking depositions in Japan, though frustrating at times, actually contain benefits stemming from their very rigidity. An important aspect which must be taken into consideration when scheduling depositions in Japan is the tight time constraints in the...

• Litigation and enforcement in Japan: overview

  MAIN DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS - 1. What are the main dispute resolution methods used in your jurisdiction to resolve large commercial disputes? Litigation Litigation is the most frequently used dispute resolution method to settle large commercial disputes in Japan. The Code of Civil ...

• Littler Global Guide - Japan - Q1 2017

  Amendment of Act Expands the Benefit of Employees with Child or Family Member who Needs Care - Enacted Legislation - The revision of Act on Child Care Leave and Family Care Leave, which becomes effective on January 1, 2017, expands the benefit of employees with a child or a family member...

• Japan Legal Update - Volume 29 | September 2017

  Corporate Governance - Tokyo Stock Exchange Introduces Disclosure System for Information about Advisors and Counselors - On August 2, 2017, the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced new amendments to the Guidelines for Corporate Governance Reports ("Amendments"). Under the Amendments, a listed...

• Japanese Supreme Court Issues Precedent-Setting Decision Interpreting the Japan Arbitration Act

  The Supreme Court of Japan recently issued a precedential decision interpreting, for the first time, the arbitrator disclosure requirements of the Japan Arbitration Act (the “Arbitration Act”). The Supreme Court held that Article 18.4 of the Arbitration Act—requiring arbitrators to disclose all “fac...

• Japan’s First Plea Bargain Reached in Foreign Bribery Case

  Japanese prosecutors and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (“MHPS”) have entered into a plea bargain with respect to bribery charges stemming from a plant construction project in Thailand. This is the first plea bargain entered into under a new plea bargaining system that began on June 1, 2018....