Publications

Newsletters

Publication of the “Report on the Appropriate Framework for the Inward Direct Investment Screening System” – Proposed Amendments to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Inward Direct Investment Screening System)

NO&T Corporate Legal Update No.4/NO&T International Trade Legal Update No.5 (February,2026)

Oki Osawa, Mayuko Takamura, Tatsuyoshi Kitani (Co-author)

• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• International Trade and Commerce, and Economic Sanctions

Articles

Lexology Panoramic – Structured Finance & Securitisation 2026 Japan

(January 2026)

Motohiro Yanagawa, Takashi Tsukioka, Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

• Finance
• Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust

Newsletters

Summary of the 2025 Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act

NO&T Japan Legal Update No.51 (December, 2025)

Tsubasa Watanabe

• Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance

Newsletters

Thailand’s Financial Business Hub Bill: Key provisions and incentives (Thailand)

NO&T Thailand Legal Update No.40(November, 2025)

Yothin Intaraprasong, Pichaya Ruamsub (Co-author)

• Finance
• Financial Regulations
• Global Practice

Newsletters

Thailand’s Startup Revolution: Unlocking Investment and Innovation (Thailand)

NO&T Thailand Legal Update No.39(November, 2025)

Supasit Boonsanong, Kobchai Nitungkorn (Co-author)

• Corporate
• Corporate Governance
• Global Practice

Newsletters

The Japanese court first judgment to grant an injunction based on a FRAND‑committed SEP

NO&T IP Law Update No.16(November, 2025)

Kenji Tosaki, Takahiro Hatori, Yujiro Fukuhara (Co-author)

• Intellectual Property
• Dispute Resolution

Newsletters

Amendment of the Act on Building Unit Ownership and Its Impact on Practice

NO&T Real Estate Legal Update No.7(September, 2025)

Masato Kumeuchi, Kodai Ebihara (Co-author)

• Real Estate and REITs
• Real Estate Transactions

Newsletters

Legal Considerations for Data Center Development and Operation Project (1) – Structuring Issues –

NO&T Real Estate Legal Update No.5/NO&T Infrastructure, Energy & Environment Legal Update No.2(July, 2025)

Makoto Saito, Shinichiro Horaguchi, Yoshihisa Watanabe, Ramsay Randall (Co-author)

• Real Estate and REITs
• Real Estate Transactions

Newsletters

Digitalization of Civil Litigation Procedures in Japan

NO&T Japan Legal Update No.49 (June, 2025)

Hiroki Tajima

• Dispute Resolution
• Civil and Commercial Disputes

Newsletters

IP Licensing and Insolvency – Recent Developments in the Protection of Licensees and Remaining Issues under Japanese Law

NO&T Japan Legal Update No.47 (September,2024)

Atsushi Yamaguchi

• Intellectual Property
• IP Transactions

Newsletters

<XR/Metaverse Update> Recent Legal Trends regarding Metaverse and XR in Japan

NO&T Technology Law Update No.3 (July, 2024)

Keiji Tonomura, Akira Komatsu, Chie Komiya, Simon Clemens Wegmann (Gleiss Lutz) (Co-author)

• Technology
• Internet/IT Services/Cloud
• Data and IoT

Articles

Lexology Panoramic – Structured Finance & Securitisation 2024 Japan

(February 2024)

Motohiro Yanagawa, Takashi Tsukioka, Yushi Hegawa (Co-author)

• Finance
• Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust

Newsletters

The policy directions for Japan Export Control Reform
– The issuance of the Interim Report by METI Subcommittee on Security Export Control Policy

NO&T International Trade Legal Update No.2/NO&T Compliance Legal Update No.7 (August, 2024)

Yoshihiko Matake, Oki Osawa, Tadashi Okada, Su Ai (Co-author)

• International Trade and Commerce, and Economic Sanctions

Newsletters

Passage of the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act and the CCS Business Act

NO&T Japan Legal Update No.46 (July, 2024)

Jiro Mikami, Eiji Miyagi, Yoshihisa Watanabe, Saori Kawai (Co-author)

• Infrastructure/Energy/Environment
• Power Generation/Renewable Energy

Newsletters

Establishment of a new measure to conceal the address information of representative directors, etc. of a stock company

NO&T Technology Law Update No.4 (September,2024)

Shinsuke Hiratsu, Keiji Tonomura, Paul Masafumi Iguchi, Akira Komatsu (Co-author)

• Corporate
• General Corporate
• M&A
• Private Equity/Venture Capital and Startups