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Japan
Nippon / Nihon-koku



CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Japan (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes
* Constitution Finder: Japan (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Japanese

EXECUTIVE

* Prime Minister

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Supreme Court of Japan - includes recent and intellectual property cases in Japanese

LEGISLATIVE

* PARLIAMENT: Sh?gi-in [House of Representatives] and Sangi-in [House of Councillors]
* Consolidated Code Online (Japan Goverment) in Japanese
* NATLEX: Japan (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: Japan (Baker & McKenzie)


LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Japan (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* AsianLII: Japan (Asian Legal Information Institute)
* FindLaw: Japan
* ForIntLaw: Japan (Washburn University Law Library)
* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Japan (New York University Law Library)
* J Guide: Law and Regulation (Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources)
* Japan Law Site (Roderick Seeman)
* Japan Law (Yoshida & Partners, Tokyo)
* Japanese Law Links (LKyushu University Law Faculty)
* Japanese Law via the Internet (Makoto Ibusuki, via GlobaLex) September 2005
* Japanese Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
* Judicial Assistance: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* JURIST: Japan (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Japan
* World Legal Information Institute: Japan (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Asia: Japan (Cornell Legal Information Institute)


GENERAL SOURCES

* Asian Division Collections: Japanese (Library of Congress)
* Country Study: Japan (Library of Congress) January 1994
* Portals of the World: Japan (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Japan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Economic Briefing: Japan (The Economist)
* Embassy of Japan, Washington
* Governments on the WWW: Japan (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Japan (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Japan Documentation Center Bibliographic Database (Library of Congress) - no longer updated after March 2000; contains over 5,000 public policy references, from 1988 to 1999
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Diet Library
* NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific
* U.S. Embassy, Tokyo (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Japan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Japan (Google); Japan (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: Japan (Stanford University)