Region: Japan
Japanese drugmaker gets US antitrust case sent to arbitration
A Japanese drugmaker has won its bid to compel AAA arbitration of a complaint that it broke antitrust laws by paying to delay the launch of a generic version of a laxative.
30 January 2025
Japanese group reports Shenzhen award in real estate dispute
Japanese imaging and electronics group Ricoh says it has been ordered to pay at least US$129 million to a Chinese real estate developer in a proceeding at the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration.
29 November 2024
Freshfields Japan partner moves to Eversheds in London
Joaquin Terceño has left his role as international arbitration partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Japan to join Eversheds Sutherland, relocating from Tokyo to London.
04 September 2024
White & Case launches disputes practice in Tokyo
Shinsuke Yakura has left Orrick to launch White & Case’s dispute resolution practice in Tokyo – while experienced arbitrator Yoshihiro Takatori has joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu.
03 September 2024
Sony settles Indian media merger dispute
Sony has settled a SIAC dispute with India’s largest listed media company over termination fees from an aborted US$10 billion merger.
27 August 2024
Herbert Smith Freehills hires practice head in Tokyo
Ben Jolley has re-joined Herbert Smith Freehills to lead its construction disputes practice in Japan after he left his role working in-house at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
18 June 2024
Emerging ISDS trends explored in Tokyo
The Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA) Arbitration Day 2024 addressed the evolving landscape of investor-state dispute settlement, including the latest advances in investor-state arbitration and mediation. Shota Toda of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu reports.
22 April 2024
Daiichi Sankyo beats bid to revive multibillion-dollar ICDR claim
US biotech company Seagen has failed to revive an ICDR claim against Daiichi Sankyo over rights to cancer-fighting technology, which the Japanese drugmaker said was potentially worth tens of billions of dollars.
03 April 2024
Sony prepares claim over failed Indian media merger
An Indian entertainment conglomerate says that Japan’s Sony is planning to pursue arbitration following the collapse of a US$10 billion merger that would have created one of India’s largest media companies.
22 January 2024