Legal & Regulatory
Legal & Regulatory
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Insights & Analysis
14-Day Consecutive Work Cap and Rest Interval Between Shifts — A Turning Point in Japan's Labor Reform Debate
With only 5.7% of firms adopting a rest-interval policy, Japan's first major Labour Standards Act overhaul in four decades confronts deep structural barriers to implementation.
Insights & Analysis
Japan's Digital Platform Regulation — The Transparency Act, Smartphone Software Act, and Information Distribution Platform Act Define New Rules
The Transparency Act for Digital Platforms, the Act on Promotion of Competition for Smartphone Software, and the Act on Measures Against Information Distribution Platform. Three laws are reshaping Japan's digital platform regulation simultaneously — an institutional design perspective.