Compliance

A collection of 188 posts
Slide summary: Japan’s child-support and visitation reforms—liens, garnishment, fast-track visitation, enforcement challenges
Family Law

Child Support and Visitation in Japan: Procedural Reforms and Enforcement Challenges

TL;DR: Japan’s 2024–26 family-law reforms tighten child-support enforcement with statutory liens, salary-garnishment orders and a new automatic-payment system. They also streamline visitation mediation and introduce fines for visitation obstruction. Success will hinge on court capacity and accurate income disclosure. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Strengthening Child-Support
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Slide summary: Japan’s platform–national-security nexus—data controls, disinformation, economic-security act, business compliance steps
Cybersecurity

Platforms and National Security: Emerging Legal Issues in Japan

TL;DR: Japan is hard-wiring national-security concerns into platform regulation. Data-flow controls, MIC security guidance and the 2022 Economic Security Promotion Act tighten oversight of foreign-linked services, while disinformation and critical-infrastructure worries drive tougher content and supply-chain rules. Businesses must map their exposure and embed security governance into every product
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Slide summary: Japan’s disinformation approach—platform transparency, takedown reforms, free-speech safeguards, business obligations
Regulatory Updates

Tackling Disinformation Online: Japan's Approach and Free Speech Considerations

TL;DR: Japan tackles online disinformation mainly through process-focused platform transparency and enhanced notice-and-takedown rules, sidestepping direct content bans to safeguard constitutional free speech. Businesses must strengthen moderation workflows, ad-screening, and disclosure compliance. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Nature and Impact of Online Disinformation in Japan 3. Japan’
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Slide summary: Japan’s revised Provider Liability Act—7-day takedown, single-step sender disclosure, updated safe harbours
Cybersecurity

Content Moderation and Intermediary Liability in Japan: Understanding the Revised Provider Liability Act

TL;DR: Japan’s revised Provider Liability Act modernises notice-and-takedown, streamlines sender-disclosure into a single-step court order, and clarifies intermediary safe harbours. Platforms now face tighter deadlines, record-keeping duties, and potential statutory damages—requiring robust moderation workflows and legal triage. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: A New Era of Platform
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Slide overview: Japan’s multi-pillar platform regulation—competition, transparency, consumer, data and tax duties 2025-26
Competition / Antitrust Law

Japan's Evolving Platform Regulation Landscape: An Overview for Global Businesses

TL;DR: Japan is piecing together an issue-specific framework for digital-platform oversight: tougher competition rules for mobile gatekeepers, transparency laws for online malls, “soft-law” consumer-protection duties, and new security-tax measures. Global businesses must map which statute applies to which service and prepare for stricter disclosure, algorithm and data-handling obligations. Table
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Slide summary: Constitutional and privacy challenges to Japan’s DBS Law—Article 13 proportionality, due-process safeguards, business risks
Constitutional Law

Constitutional Challenges on the Horizon? Privacy Concerns Surrounding Japan's DBS Law

TL;DR: Critics say Japan’s DBS Law risks over-collection and indefinite storage of criminal records, potentially violating Article 13 privacy rights. Constitutional challenges will likely hinge on proportionality, purpose limitation, and due-process safeguards. Businesses should prepare for stricter data-handling obligations and possible injunction scenarios. Table of Contents 1. Introduction:
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Slide summary: Japan’s DBS Law—mandatory checks, employer duties, certification for private providers, HR implications
Regulatory Updates

Japan's New DBS Law: Protecting Children in Educational and Childcare Settings – Overview and Implications for Businesses

TL;DR: Japan’s new DBS Law mandates or enables criminal-record checks for people working with children. “School Establishments” must run checks and take “necessary measures,” while private providers may opt in via certification. Employers face new hiring, reassignment, and data-handling duties—failure risks administrative orders and reputational damage. Table
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