Japanese Private International Law

Kazuaki Nishioka is Visiting Research Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Yuko Nishitani is Professor of International Private and Business Law at Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, Japan.

• 1. Introduction I. The Subject Matter of Japanese Private International Law II. Sources of Private International Law III. History of Private International Law in Japan IV. Preliminary Matters V. Connecting Factors VI. Substance and Procedure VII. Proof, Ascertainment and Application of Foreign Law VIII. Mandatory Rules, ordre public, Escape Clause and Evasion of Law 2. Jurisdiction I. General Principles II. Civil and Commercial Matters III. Status and Family Matters IV. Other Matters V. Immunities from Jurisdiction 3. Choice of Law I. Persons II. Law of Obligations III. Law of Property IV. Intellectual Property V. Family and Succession Law VI. Insolvency Law VII. Competition Law 4. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments I. Recognition II. Enforcement of Judgments III. Recognition of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings 5. Arbitration and Mediation I. International Commercial Arbitration II. Investment Treaty Arbitration III. Mediation 6. The Harmonisation of Private International Law I. Japan’s Role in the Work of the HCCH, UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT and Other Organisations II. The Future of Private International Law

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