See also:

• Regional: Asia: Japan: Society and Culture: Human Rights  (10)
• Society: Law  (23,096)

• The Asia Foundation Japan Office - A non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance and law, and economic reform.
• Copyright Research and Information Center - Organization that holds seminars discussing Japanese copyright laws, conducts research and maintains legal database, and creates international internships.
• English Translations of Japanese Laws - Links to more than 100 Japanese laws in English.
• Japan Law - English language translations of major Japanese laws.
• Japan: 'The Rule of Law Without Lawyers' Reconsidered - Speech given to Asia Society on legal respresentation in Japan, its historical origins, and current reforms.
• Japanese Citizenship Issues - Information about citizenship among children involved in international marriages and Japan.
• The Japanese Constitution - Lists the first constitution of Japan written in 604 A.D., showing both the first concepts of society and government, as well as its Confuscian and Buddhist influences.
• Japanese Law - Japanese financial laws in English.
• Japanlaw - Introduces Japanese law and practices, focusing on how to incorporate a business, insurance business law, and the code of civil procedures.
• Marriage in Japan - US Embassy in Japan information on marrying a Japanese national.
• Procedures on Registration of Marriage to a Japanese National - Step by step procedures on registering a marriage in or out of Japan.
• The Reluctant Japanese Litigant: A 'New' Assessment - A dynamic assessment of the social relationships of would-be litigants and considers the socio-psychological factors which control human interaction in Japanese society.
• Senrei - Summaries of Japanese Case Law - Provides summaries of recent constitutional, civil and commercial case law in Japan, and articles on various aspects of the legal system. Good resource to pinpoint legal resources for further study.
• Smoke Around The Rising Sun - Law professor's essay on tobacco regulations in Japan and the government's conflicts between protecting citizen's health and the massive cigarette tax revenues it receives. [PDF]
• Taxes in Japan - Information on Japanese income taxes: the principles, the rates, some examples, a glossary and the references.
• US Law Library of Congress - Japan - Annotated compendium of online sources providing access to primary documents, legal commentary and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics.
• Visa and Immigration Procedures in Japan - Legal service and information to obtain visas for Japan.
• War Compensation Forum - Provides information on the legal aspects of war compensation claims against Japan in view of international law of wars.
• World Legal Information Institute - Japan - Catalog and search facilities for over 500 databases from 55 countries including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials.