Product Liability & Safety 2026 - Japan Law and Practice / Trends and Developments

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Law and Practice
1. Product Safety
2. Product Liability
3. Recent Policy Changes and Outlook

Trends and Developments
Introduction
Product Safety
- Amendments of the Four Product Safety Acts
- Product Safety Pledge
- Law and guidelines relating to artificial intelligence
Product Liability
- Overview
- DPF provider
- Software
- Post-market liability

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Authors： Shingo Yamada Yugo Komori Yasuhiro Akita Takuma Inoue Yusei Kanehara
Magazine/Book：Product Liability & Safety 2026 - Global Practice Guides
Publisher：Chambers and Partners
Practice： Product Liability Product Liability
Date of publication： June 18, 2026

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