A 2023 version of an article written by Hiroyasu Kageshima, Hiroyuki Yamauchi and Ayaka Kondo, “Digital business in Japan: overview” (in English), was published in “Practical Law” issued by Thomson Reuters.

Contents

● Regulatory Overview
● Setting up a Business Online
● Running a Business Online
– Electronic Contracts
– Requirements
– Click-Wrap Contract
– Browse-Wrap Contract
– Shrink-Wrap Contract
– Limitations
– E-Signatures
– Applicable Legislation and Use
– Definition of E-Signatures/Digital Signatures
– Format of E-Signatures/Digital Signatures
– Popularity of E-Signatures
● Implications of Running a Business Online
– Data Protection
– Privacy Protection
– Cybersecurity
● Linking, Framing, Caching, Spidering and Metatags
– Linking and Framing
– Caching and Spidering
● Domain Names
● Jurisdiction and Governing Law
– Jurisdiction
– Governing Law
● ADR/ODR Options
– Remedies
● Advertising/Marketing
● Tax
● Protecting an Online Business and Users
– Liability for Content Online
– Liability for Products/Services Supplied Online
● Insurance
● Reform

https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/5-621-1305?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true