ICLG - Business Crime 2025 15th Edition - Japan Chapter

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1. General Criminal Law Enforcement
2. Organisation of the Courts
3. Particular Statutes and Crimes
4. Corporate Criminal Liability
5. Statutes of Limitations
6. Initiation of Investigations
7. Procedures for Gathering Information from a Company
8. Initiation of Prosecutions / Deferred Prosecution / Civil Dispositions
9. Burden of Proof
10. Conspiracy / Aiding and Abetting
11. Common Defences
12. Voluntary Disclosure Obligations
13. Cooperation Provisions / Leniency
14. Plea Bargaining
15. Sealing
16. Elements of a Corporate Sentence
17. Appeals

Authors： Kumpei Ohashi Tsuyoshi Unemoto Junichiro Akahori
Magazine/Book：ICLG - Business Crime 2025
Publisher：glg (global legal group)
Practice： White Collar Crime Corporate Investigation
Date of publication： October 16, 2024

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