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International Constitutional Law: Japan (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Constitution Finder: Japan (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Japanese

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

PARLIAMENT: Shûgi-in [House of Representatives] and Sangi-in [House of Councillors]
Consolidated Code Online (Japan Goverment) in Japanese
NATLEX: Japan (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

Children's Rights: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
Global Legal Monitor: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
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)
UPDATE: Japanese Law via the Internet (Makoto Ibusuki)
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)

Asian Division Collections: Japanese (Library of Congress)
Country Study: Japan (Library of Congress) January 1994
Portals to the World: Japan (Library of Congress)
Background Note: 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)

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Last Updated: 03/20/2009