Tokyo protested a Korean Supreme Court ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate a victim of wartime forced labor, ...

South Korea's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Japanese firm Nippon Steel on Thursday and finalized the decision that ...

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.

Japan’s Supreme Court struck down a law requiring transgender people to remove their reproductive organs in order to officially change their gender. On Wednesday, the top court’s 15-judge Grand Bench ...

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”).[1] The ...

How unverified claims in advertising can be regulated is a developing legal issue in Japan. What makes this issue complicated is its bearing on the freedom of speech. Depending on how one feels about ...

Yuki Tsukada of Shiga International Patent Office says the rulings will ease enforcement of patent rights on network-related inventions and suggests legislative reform may be on the horizon ...

The Supreme Court of Korea found on Thursday that shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen Corp. and heavy equipment manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries owe 50 million won (approx. $39,000) and 150 million won ...

Japan’s Supreme Court struck down part of a law requiring transgender people to undergo surgery in order to have their gender legally recognized. The 2003 Japanese law mandates the absence of ...

Japan has unveiled a ‘Supreme’ prototype version of its 186 mph Shinkansen bullet train which features a sharper nose profile, power sockets for every seat, and light-up luggage racks. According to ...