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日本法の形式論
Business Law Journal 12/2014

The Vagaries of Vagueness: An Essay on “Cultural” VS. “Institutional” Approaches to Japanese Law, 22
Michigan State International Law Review 839 (2013)

国際結婚と海外M&Aの類似点
ビジネス法務　Vol. 12, No.5 (5/2012)

スズキのフォルクスワーゲンに対する一方的な離婚宣言
ビジネス法務　Vol. 12, No.3 (3/2012)

オリンパス事件の反省
ビジネス法務　Vol. 12, No.2 (2/2012)

弁護士が不眠症になるキリンのブラジリアンM＆A
ビジネス法務　Vol. 12, No.1 (1/2012)

Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: The Japanese Judicial Response to Steel Partners, Murakami and Horie, 88
Washington University Law Review (2011)

"Corporate Governance and M&A"
in Japanese Business Law, G. D. McAlinn, ed.
Wolters Kluwer 2007

UFJ-MTFGの「取引防衛対策」はどの「取引」を「誰」のために「保護」しているのか？
国際商事法務　Vol. 33, No.2 (2/2005)

デラウエア州最高裁であったら、今回UFJホールディング側がとった合併統合防止策に対して、どのような司法判断を下したであろうか？
国際商事法務　Vol. 32, No.10 (11/2004)

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Japan Inc. is getting ready to pivot away from ESG 8/2022

METI's dual roles risk skewing the auction for Toshiba 7/2022

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Twitter reveals divergent political cultures of Japan and America 7/2022

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SMBC Nikko case shows that Japanese rules are not made to be broken 4/2022

Japan is right to defer Russia sanctions to the government 4/2022

Japan's original shareholder activist outshines his rivals 3/2022

SMBC Nikko market manipulation does not warrant prosecution 3/2022

Greg Kelly is found seven-eighths innocent 3/2022

SoftBank abandons 'information revolution' with sale of Arm 2/2022

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Dubious legal foundation for Japan's quarantine rules 1/2022

2022 look ahead What will decide Japan's winners and losers 12/2021

'Toshiba Next' is dead 11/2021

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Paying Japan asset managers more will not deliver higher returns 10/2021

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Lessons for Masayoshi Son in Rakuten_s failure to halt Amazon 9/2021

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Joi Ito is an odd choice to lead Japan's new Digital Agency 8/2021

Murakami vindicated by Japan's first successful hostile takeover 8/2021

Japan court's surnames decision heralds creeping judicial activism 7/2021

Ever Given saga reveals the beauty of risk-spreading 7/2021

Familiar faces dominate Japan's company boardrooms 6/2021

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Toshiba end game sees salarymen fight back to preserve autonomy 4/2021

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Japan must reform inadequate protections against self-dealing 3/2021

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The remarkable diversity of Japan and its people 2/2021

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Greg Kelly's prosecutors have painted themselves into a corner 10/2020

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Has Warren Buffett lost his way? 9/2020

Japanese courts must backstop protections for minority shareholders 8/2020

Toshiba activist Effissimo fails to convince with board seat demands 7/2020

Japanese companies must stop gloating about cash-hoarding 5/2020

Nintendo's future is far from sure, despite coronavirus boost 4/2020

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SoftBank failures show it is time to break up Japan's conglomerate 2/2020

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