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Westlaw Japan

The comprehensive resource for legal research on Japanese law.

Westlaw® Japan brings together Westlaw and Japan's leading legal publisher, Shinnippon-Hoki, to provide online access to Japanese cases and legislation with versioning, law books and journals by local experts, government policy information, and real-time news provided by Thomson Reuters and Jiji Press.

Westlaw Japan has significant content coverage with “versioned” legislation and over 190,000 case abstracts and full-text cases. It also features legal books, journals, decisions, and news. Westlaw Japan is continually improved and expanded for attorneys and corporate legal experts, as well as academic and government constituents.

Why choose Westlaw Japan?

  • Speed of Update: Legislation information is being updated as fast as within two-three days after its promulgation on the Official Gazette.
  • Editorial value-added to contents: Case summaries are edited by recognized legal experts.
  • Significant Linking: All content is interlinked, cross-referenced and built on a platform that is optimized to reflect the research and information requirements of Japanese legal professionals.
  • Alert: Use special alerting features to select particular documents or search queries and receive an automatic email update when changes in the law affect that document or search.
  • Intuitive interface: Westlaw® Japan requires minimal training.
  • Ease of use: As long as you have an Internet connection, you can access our service wherever you are at any time, even if you are away from your office.
  • Unique features:
      • Case Classification System
      • Table of Contents (TOC) feature
      • Latest Cases within 60 days
      • Legislation Calendar
      • Legislation Version Compare
      • Legislation Flag System
      • Legislation Enforcement Day Search
      • Multiple delivery options

  • Legislation: Approx. 8,600 legislations, revision histories and comparison tables
  • Cases: 190,000+ including pre-1947
  • Flash Commentaries:  Hanrei Times and Major Civil Case Commentaries
  • Books: 69 code commentaries and books
  • Bibliographies: approximately 1.4 million volumes
  • Decisions: Decisions from the Japan Patent Office and the Fair Trade Commission
  • News: Flash news and archive news back to February 2002
  • Case Classification System: Improved case search capabilities utilizing Shin Hanrei Taike

Contact Us

Westlaw Japan

Toll free: 0120-100-482
Tel: +81 (0)3-5210-1400
Fax: +81 (0)3-5210-1401
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