APRIL 1987

ANYIMONOPOLY & INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Petroleum Products

FSX Jet Fighters

Aircraft Industry

Space Industry

Electric Cars

Steel Industry

Biotechnology

Fine Ceramics

Research & Development

Oil Industry Revolution

The Sigma Project & Software Industry Development

Computer Protection Measures

Database Industry

Microprocessors & TRON - Japan to Defeat US Again

Industry and Regional Structural Improvement

Structurally Recessed Industries Law

Advertising and Antimonopoly Law

Return of Goods

Monopoly Conditions

Abuse of Superior Position: FTC Hits Yamazaki Baking Again

Antimonopoly Law Application

Cartels - Oil Industry - Supreme Court Rules No Triple Damages

Cartels - Construction Machinery Industry

AVIATION

Japan Airlines Crash Litigation

Litigation on 1983 Air Crashes

Air Cargo: Flying Tiger vs. NCA

Passenger Air Ticket Prices

Airline Route Competition

CONTRACTS

Contracts - Guarantees

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual Property - Patents

Trademark Protection for Service Industry

Computer Software - Protection via Registration

Computer Software - International Rules

Records & Videos - Pirated & Rented

Karaoke Copyrights Mean Big Money

Computer Software - Rentals and Pirating

Computer Basic Operating System Software is Copyright Protected? Microsoft

Japanese Computers Also get Cloned?

Semiconductor Chip Patent Disputes

Biotechnology Patents - Genetech Moves Ahead with TPA

Barbie Doll Dispute Resolved -Unfair Competition Prevention Law

Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Copyright

Trading Intellectual Property Rights

Four Wheel Steering - Honda Challenged by Japanese

Magnetic Digital Scales

Information Cities

International Patent Negotiations

Japan's Record at the US International Trade Commission

LABOR

Revision of Labor Standards Law

Foreign Workers

Strike Pay

Work-Breaks

LEGAL PROFESSION

Foreign Attorneys

Japan Related Attorneys Can Make Firms Big Bucks

Summary Court System Revision

PHARMACEUTICALS & PRODUCT LIABILITY

Foreign Drug Manufacturers

Biotechnology

Brain Death

Controls on Deadly Chemicals - Product Liability

Minamata Litigation

Kanemi Oil Litigation Settled

Chloroquine Kidney Drug Litigation

TAX

Tax Reform

Taxation of Land Sales

Inflation and Income Tax

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Nippon Telegraph & Telephones Foreign Procurements

Pocket Paging Devices

Mobile Telephones

International Telephone Service

Telecommunications Deregulation Intercity Phone Connections

Private Satellites

International Value Added Networks VAN

TRADE

Toshiba Transfer of Submarine Technology to USSR Violating COCOM

Semiconductros

Trade Action Programs and Flower Power

Machine Tools

Economic Stimulus Package & Emergency Imports

Textile Trade

Supercomputers

Chocolates

Petroleum Products

Foreigners Blocked by Japanese Relationships

Automobiles & Automobile Parts

Dumping, Televisions, Forklifts, Bearings & Pickup Trucks

EC vs. Japan

MISCELLANEOUS

Treaties

Laws

Cabinet Orders

Court Decision Summaries