Bericht über die Gesetzgebungstätigkeit des japanischen Parlaments in der 165. und 166. Sitzungsperiode

Abstract

The  article  provides  an  introduction  to  the  most  important  laws  enacted  during  the  165^th and 166^th sessions of the Japanese Parliament. Following an  introduction to the  new  Abe  Government,  it  focuses  on  the  significance  and  the  provisions  of  the  Law  Concerning the Procedure for the Amendment of the Japanese Constitution. The article then  touches  on  the  Reform  of  the  Education  System  and  moves  on  to  the  Law  Concerning  Electronically  Registered  Obligations, the  Trust  Law, and  amendments to  the  Copyright Law and to the Income Tax Law. It also treats the most important innovations  concerning criminal law, namely the Anti-Money-Laundering Law. The introduction is accompanied by an overview of all laws passed during these sessions with their names  in Japanese (kanji and rôma-ji) and their German and English translations.