When Akie Matsuzaki married Shinzo Abe, then a rising political aide, in 1987, she followed a path well trodden by Japanese wives and gave up her job at the country’s largest advertising agency.

Key Takeaways The Court holds the Commission to a high standard in respect to the rights of defense. The Court found that the Commission committed several serious procedural violations, including: (i) failure to keep and make available adequate records of a total of seven meetings with third parties; and (ii) failure […]

Hong Kong – Global law firm K&L Gates has advised Tokyo-listed DIC Corporation (stock code: 4631) on its acquisition of chemical manufacturing operations based out of Guangdong, China.  The transformative share and asset acquisition will provide DIC Corporation with additional manufacturing capacity of more than 40,000 tons of solvent- and […]

Japan’s ruling coalition swept to victory on Sunday in an upper house election that took on heightened significance following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Wild species are a cornerstone in the lives of billions of people worldwide, but this reliance has been largely overlooked in terms of helping the world meet its sustainability targets. A new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) lays out how support for indigenous […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further stepping up efforts to boost food security and support for agriculture-based livelihoods of vulnerable rural communities in Afghanistan most severely affected by continuing drought, deep economic crisis and the devastating impacts of the recent deadly earthquake. A new […]

Countries: Afghanistan, Japan Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Almost half of Afghanistan’s population are facing hunger, and are often forced to resort to desperate measures, such as selling livestock, food reserves and other vital livelihood assets.

Nel novero delle molteplici norme e misure di favore previste per le start-up innovative dal nostro ordinamento, la non assoggettabilità di quest’ultime al fallimento sancita dall’articolo 31 del Decreto Legge 18 ottobre 2012, n. 179 rischia di non essere più una prerogativa certa. Secondo la Suprema Corte, infatti, l’iscrizione di […]