Publications

Articles

Case Notes on Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards and Decisions (184) Worley v. Ecuador: Investor Illegality and Treaty Protection in the Absence of an Express Legality Requirement

JCA Journal February 2026 (Vol.73, No.2)

(February 2026)

Shota Toda, Anju Kurihara (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

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

Global Arbitration Review – The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2026 Japan

(May 2025)

Yoshimi Ohara, Shota Toda, Annia Hsu (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

The Legal 500: 1st Edition Investment Treaty Arbitration Country Comparative Guide – Japan

The Legal 500 (online)

(March 2025)

Junichi Ikeda, Shota Toda (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Newsletters

[From Singapore Office] Court of Appeal Decision – Can Arbitration Award Debtor Re-Litigate Jurisdictional Issues in Another Court?

NO&T Dispute Resolution Update No.14/NO&T Asia Legal Review No.85 (July, 2024)

Bertrice Hsu, Yuji Ibaraki (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

Global Arbitration Review – The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2025 Japan

(May 2024)

Yoshimi Ohara, Shota Toda (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

Lawyers deal with heightened geopolitical fears among clients

FINANCIAL TIMES

(May 2024)

Makoto Ohnuma

• International Trade and Commerce, and Economic Sanctions

Articles

Global Arbitration Review – Emerging ISDS trends explored in Tokyo

(April 2024)

Shota Toda

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

Arbitration Ambitions

Asian Legal Business (Japan Edition) December 2023

(December 2023)

Yoshimi Ohara, Kara Quek (Comment)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

Arbitration Ambitions

Asian Legal Business October 2023

(October 2023)

Yoshimi Ohara, Kara Quek (Comment)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Newsletters

Mind the gap – what the latest Japanese judicial statistics reveal about the differences between International Commercial Mediation and Civil Mediation in Japan

NO&T Dispute Resolution Update No.7 (November, 2023)

Junichi Ikeda, John Lane (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• Civil and Commercial Disputes

Articles

Global Arbitration Review – The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2024 Japan

(May 2023)

Yoshimi Ohara, Yusuke Iwata, Annia Hsu (Co-author)

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

The 2021 Report on Compliance by Major Trading Partners with Trade Agreements – WTO, EPA/FTA and IIA –

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (online)

(June 2021)

Naoki Iguchi

• Antitrust and Competition
• Antitrust and Competition Law Advice

Articles

Case Notes (128) Itisaluna Iraq LLC and others v. Republic of Iraq: The Applicability of the MFN Clauses to Dispute Settlement

JCA Journal January 2021 (Vol.68, No.1)

(January 2021)

Shota Toda

• Dispute Resolution
• International Arbitration

Articles

The 2020 Report on Compliance by Major Trading Partners with Trade Agreements – WTO, EPA/FTA and IIA –

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (online)

(January 2020)

Naoki Iguchi

• Antitrust and Competition
• Antitrust and Competition Law Advice