Cross-border disputes, investigations and regulatory specialist Takahiro Nonaka joins in Tokyo | 4mos

Top Japanese firm says overseas lawyers can now be partners, creating a more 'diverse and inclusive' practice | 9mos

George Borovas is second energy partner to depart New York firm in Asia this autumn | 10mos

Michihiro Nishi joins UK magic circle firm as a partner in its corporate practice | 1yr

In rare international move for Latin American firm, Pinheiro Neto launches in Japan | 1yr

Toyota acknowledges employee suicide case as car giant says it hopes to prevent further cases after authorities ruled on employee suicide. | 1yr

Japan M&A growth spurs trio to move firms as Latham grabs MoFo team. | 2yrs

Firms says group brings formidable M&A experience to Latham, further strengthening the firm's practice in Japan and globally. | 2yrs

Japanese courts to use web meetings to connect judges and counsel in suit preparations, planned for 2020. | 2yrs

South Korea's main bourse operator is the latest to join the wave of Asian exchanges implementing AI surveillance. | 3yrs

Mayer Brown is to open an office in Tokyo headed up by an Ashurst partner. | 3yrs

Corporate scandals will only be avoided in Japan if general counsel get more respect from their companies. | 3yrs

The new boutique, Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo, will become a member of the Freshfields international group of law firms. | 3yrs

Japan has passed a law to allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate - making him the country's first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. | 4yrs

Bitcoin prices surged this week following Japan's decision to allow the cryptocurrency as a legal method of payment. | 4yrs

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of international arbitration counsel Haig Oghigian to lead its international arbitration practice in Tokyo. | 4yrs

A government-engineered surge in the number of lawyers in the last 15 years has not created a good marketplace for law firms, says The Wall Street Journal. | 5yrs

International firm Debevoise & Plimpton has announced it is opening an office in Tokyo, with three lawyers relocating from New York. | 5yrs

Three former Tokyo Electric Power Company executives have been indicted this week for allegedly failing to take measures to prevent the tsunami-triggered nuclear meltdown at Fukushima in March 2011. | 5yrs