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Overview

Legislation and Regulations

Court Cases

By Area

I . General Rules of Corporate Law

II . Incorporation

III . Shares

Ⅳ . Shareholders' Meeting

V . Shareholders' Inspection Rights

VI . Director(s) & Board of Directors

VII . New Share Issuance

VIII . Hostile Takeovers and Defensive Tactics

Ⅸ . Mergers and other Friendly Acquisitions

Ⅹ . Accounts and Audit

ⅩI . Dissolution and Insolvency

By Chronological Order

 

 

Court Cases

About the recent court cases in Japan, see,

Atsushi Koide, Key Fiscal 2007 Case Reports relating to the Companies Act, Shojihomu No. 1839 & 1840 (2008)

Atsushi Koide, Key Fiscal 2006 Case Reports relating to the Companies Act, Shojihomu No.1806 & 1807 (2007).

Atsushi Koide, Key Fiscal 2005 Case Reports relating to the Corporations Act, Shojihomu No.1773 & 1774 (2006).

 

Important Court Cases - By Area

I . General Rules of Corporate Law, including Piercing the Corporate Veil etc.

II . Incorporation

III . Shares

Ⅳ . Shareholders' Meeting

V . Shareholders' Inspection Rights

VI . Director(s) & Board of Directors

VII . New Share Issuance

VIII . Hostile Takeovers and Defensive Tactics

Ⅸ . Mergers and other Friendly Acquisitions

Ⅹ . Accounts and Audit

ⅩI . Dissolution and Insolvency

 

I . General Rules of Corporate Law, including Piercing the Corporate Veil etc.

・ Supreme Court, June 24, 1970 (Claim to Pursue the Responsibility of Directors)

Minshu Vol. 24-6, p. 625

 

・ Supreme Court, February 27, 1969(Claim to Vacate a Building)

Minshu Vol. 23, No.2, p. 511

 

・ Supreme Court, July 15, 2005 (Third Party Objection)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1191, p. 193

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November29, 2005(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1209, p. 196

 

・ Supreme Court, December 24, 1976(Final Appeal in Claim for Revocation of Resolution of Shareholders' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 814, p. 43

 

 

II . Incorporation

・ Supreme Court, October 24, 1958(Claim to Pay Compensation)

Minshu Vol. 12, No. 14, p. 3228

 

・ Supreme Court, September 11, 1986(Claim to Pay Account Receivables)

Hanrei jiho No. 1215, p. 125

 

・ Supreme Court, December 6, 1963(Claim to Pay Account Receivable)

Minshu Vol. 17, No. 12, p. 1633

 

III . Shares

・ Supreme Court, November 17, 1967(Claim for Transfer of Share Certificates)

Minshu Vol. 21-9, p. 2448

 

・ Supreme Court, June 15, 1973(Claim to Confirm Invalidation of Joto Tanpo Agreement for Shares)

Minshu Vol. 27-6, p. 700

 

・ Osaka High Court, March 28, 1989(Immediate Appeal Against Court Decision on Share Price)

Hanrei jiho No. 1324, p. 140

 

・ Supreme Court, April 25, 1995(Claim to Issue Share Certificates)

Shumin No. 175, p. 91

 

・ Supreme Court, September 5, 1968(Claim for Delivery of Share Certificates)

Minshu Vol. 22, No. 9, p. 1846

 

・ Supreme Court, September 9, 1993(Claim to Pursue Directors’ Responsibilities)

Minshu Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 4814

 

・ Supreme Court, April 10, 2006(Claim for Damages)

Minshu Vol. 60-4, p. 1273

 

・ Supreme Court, January 28, 1997(Claim for Declaration of No Resolution of General Meeting of Partners)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1599, p. 139

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July　15, 2004(Claim for Delivery of Share Certificates)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1225, p. 59

 

・ Chiba District Court, May 28, 2003(Claim for Declaration Concerning Membership Shares, Claim for Delivery of Contributed Equity)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1215, p. 52

 

・ Supreme Court, November 15, 2005(Defendants charged respectively with Causing the Making of a False Statement

on an Original Notarized Document and Uttering the Same and Forging and Uttering a Private Document)

Hanrei Taimuzu 1197, p. 132

 

・ Sapporo High Court, April 26, 2005(Appeal against Share Price Ruling)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1261, p. 272

 

Ⅳ . Shareholders' Meeting

・ Supreme Court, September 22, 1965(Claim for Vacation of, Confirming Ownership of, and Registration Transfer of Ownership of Land and a Building;

and Counterclaim for Such Claims)

Minshu Vol. 19-6, p. 1600

 

・ Supreme Court, December 20, 1985(Claim for Return of Deposit)

Minshu Vol. 39-8, p. 1869

 

・ Supreme Court, November 1, 1968 (Claim for Declaration of Invalidity of Resolution at General Meeting of Shareholders)

Minshu Vol. 22-12, p. 2402

 

・ Supreme Court, January 28, 1997(Claim for Declaration of No Issue of New Shares and for Invalidation of Issue of New Shares)

Minshu Vol. 51-1, p. 71

 

・ Tokyo High Court, July 27, 1973(Intermediate Appeal in Shareholder Action Claim for Difference)

Hanrei Jiho No. 715, p. 100

 

・ Supreme Court, April 8, 1975(Shareholder Subrogation Claim)

Minshu Vol. 29-4, p. 350

 

・ Sapporo High Court, January 28, 1997(Intermediate Appeal in Claim for Cancellation of Shareholders Meeting Resolution)

Shiryo ban Shoji Homu No. 155, p. 107

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 7, 2005(Action to Resolutions of General Shareholders' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1915, p. 150

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 28, 2005(Appeal to Court of Last Resort against Ruling Dismissing Petition for Order for Provisional Disposition to Prohibit Holding of Shareholders Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1911, p. 163

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November 11, 2005(Petition for Order for Provisional to Prohibit Convening of Shareholders Meeting)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 261, p. 278

 

V . Shareholders' Inspection Rights

・ Tokyo District Court, February 10, 2006(Petition for Permission to Inspect and Copy Minutes of Board of Directors' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No.1923, p. 130

 

・ Tokyo High Court, March 29, 2006(Appeal in Demand to Inspect and Copy Books)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1209, p. 266

 

・ Supreme Court, September 28, 2006 (Appeal with Permission against Ruling to Rescind Ruling Dismissing Application for Appointment of Inspector)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1223, p. 119

 

VI . Director(s) & Board of Directors

 

・ Supreme Court, March 28, 1969(Demand for Affirmation of Nullity of Transfer of Receivables, Claim to Pay Transferred Receivables)

Minshu Vol. 23 No. 3, p. 645

 

・ Supreme Court, January 20, 1994 (Petition for Recognition of Shareholders' Rights)

Minshu Vol. 48-1, p. 1

 

・　Tokyo High Court, May 30, 2000 (Claim to Pay Compensation for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1750, p. 169

 

・ Supreme Court, September 22, 1965 (Claim to Vacate Building and Land, Confirmation of Possession, Registration of Transfer and Counterclaim)

Minshu Vol. 19-6, p. 1656

 

・ Tokyo District Court, March 26, 1981 (Claim to Pay Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1015, p. 27

 

・ Supreme Court, December 25, 1968 (Claim to Pay Accounts Receivable)

Minshu Vol. 22, No. 13, p. 3511

 

・ Supreme Court, February 21, 2003 (Claim for Cancellation of Registration concerning Transfer of Ownership, etc.)

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1681, p. 31

 

・ Supreme Court, December 18, 1994 (Claim for Director's Compensation)

Minshu Vol. 46-9, p. 3006

 

・ Supreme Court, July 7, 2000 (Appeal to Hold Directors Responsible for Compensating for Client's Loss and Intervention Case)

Minshu Vol. 54-6, p. 1767

 

・ Tokyo High Court, September 26, 1995 (Appeal to Pursue Responsibility of Directors to Compensate for Client's Loss, Intervention Case)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1549, p. 11

 

・ Osaka District Court, September 20, 2000(Derivative Suit, Intervention Case (kyoudou soshou sanka seikyu jiken))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1721, p. 3

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 25, 2001 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1760, p. 144

 

・ Supreme Court, Grand Bench, November 26, 1969(Claim for Damages)

Minshu Vol. 23-11, p. 2150

 

・ Supreme Court, April 16, 1987 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei-jiho No. 1248, p. 127

 

・ Supreme Court, February 15, 2005 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No.1890, p. 143

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 23, 2004 (Petition for Provisional Injunction against Wrongful Act)

Kinyu Syoji Hanrei No. 1213, p. 61

 

・ Tokyo District Court, December 16, 2004 (Claim for Damages (shareholders' representative action), Petition to Intervene as Co-Litigant)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1174, p. 150

 

・ Osaka District Court, December 22, 2004 (Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1892, p. 108

 

・ Nagoya High Court, May 18, 2005 (Intermediate Appeal from Damages Claim, Incidental Intermediate Appeal from Damages Claim)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1898, p. 130

 

・ Nagoya High Court, January 11, 2006 (Intermediate Appeals in Kumagai Gumi Shareholder Representative Action)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 262, p. 293

 

・ Tokyo District Court, September 28, 2004 (Objection to Assessment Ruling in Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1886, p. 111

 

・ Tokyo District Court, May 12, 2005 (Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1757, p. 46

 

・ Supreme Court, February 15, 2005 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1890, p. 143

 

・ Fukuoka High Court, December 21, 2004 (Intermediate Appeal in Claim for Directors' Remuneration)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1194, p. 271

 

・ Tokyo District Court, February 10, 2005 (Claim for Damages (Shareholders' Representative Action)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1887, p. 135

 

・ Osaka District Court, February 9, 2005 (Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1889, p. 130

 

・ Tokyo District Court, April 26, 2006 (Claim for Payment of Settled Balance, Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1930, p.147

 

・ Tokyo District Court, April 13, 2006 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1226, p. 192

 

・ Tokyo High Court, October 25, 2006 (Appeal in Claim for Damages)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 274, p. 245

 

・ Osaka High Court, June 9, 2006 (Appeal in Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1214, p. 115

 

・ Osaka District Court, May 30, 2006(Claim for Damages)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1252, p. 38

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 27, 2005(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1929, p. 100

 

VII . New Share Issuance

・ Supreme Court, July 14, 1994(Claim to Confirm Invalidity of a Board Resolution

and Invalidity of an Issue of New Shares, and Related Matters)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1512, p. 178

 

・ Supreme Court, December 13, 2005 (Defendants Charged with Causing the Making of False Entries in the Electromagnetic Record of an Original Public Notarized Document and Uttering the Same)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1199, p. 193

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 26, 2006 (Petition for Injunction against Issue of Shares for Subscription)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 270, p. 257

 

・ Osaka District Court, December 13, 2006(Petition for Injunction against Issue of Shares for Subscription)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1234, p. 171

 

・ Tokyo District Court, October 10, 2006 (Claim for Invalidation of New Share Issue)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1253, p. 9

 

・ Tokyo District Court, May 25, 2006 (Claim for Performance of Director's Liability for Securing Subscriptions)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1941, p. 153

 

VIII . Hostile Takeovers and Defensive Tactics

・ Tokyo District Court, July 25, 1989(Petition for Provisional Injunction against Issuance of New Shares)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1317, p. 28

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 1, 2004 (Petition for Provisional Injunction against New Share Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1873, p. 159

 

・ Tokyo High Court, March 23, 2005 (Appeal to Court of Last Resort (under the Law of Civil Provisional Remedies)

against Ruling Approving Ruling for Provisional Injunction against Share Option Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1899, p. 56

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 15, 2005 (Appeal to the Court of Last Resort (under the Law of Civil Provisional Remedies) against Ruling Approving Ruling for Provisional Injunction against Share Option Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1900, p. 156

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 29, 2005 (Petition for Order for Provisional Injunction against Share Split)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1909, p. 87

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 1, 2005 (Petition for Provisional Disposition Prohibiting the issuance of Share Options)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1218, p. 8

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 9, 2005 (Objection to Provisional Preservation Order)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1219, p. 26

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 30, 2006 (Petition for Provisional Disposition Prohibiting the Issuance of Share Options for Subscription)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1220, p. 110

 

・ Sapporo District Court, December 13, 2006 (Ruling in Petition for Order for Injunction against Issue of Share Options for Subscription)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1259, p.14

 

Ⅸ . Mergers and other Friendly Acquisitions

・ Tokyo High Court, January 31, 1990(Claim to Confirm Invalidity of Merger)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 77, p. 193

 

・ Osaka District Court, May 31, 2000 (Claim for Damages (Shareholder Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1742, p. 141

 

・ Tokyo District Court, February 13, 2006 (Petition for Injunction against Provision of Information)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1202, p. 212

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 17, 2006 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1920, p. 136

 

Ⅹ . Accounts and Audit

・ Tokyo District Court, May 19, 2005(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1900, p. 3

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 21, 2005 (Violation of the Securities and Exchange Law and Commercial Code)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1912, p. 135

 

・ Osaka District Court, February 23, 2006(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1213, p. 287

 

・ Tokyo District Court, September 21, 2005(Claim for Dismissal of Director and Other Remedies)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1205, p.221

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 27, 2005 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1923, p. 139

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November 29, 2005 (Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1209, p. 274

 

ⅩI . Dissolution and Insolvency

・ Tokyo District Court, July 18, 1989(Claim Upon Winding-up of a Joint-Stock Company)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1349, p. 148

 

・ Supreme Court, March 13, 1986 (Petition for Dissolution of General Partnership Company)

Minshu Vol. 40-2, p. 229

 

・ Tokyo District Court, October 14, 2004 (Claim for Rescission of General Shareholders' Meeting Resolution)

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1749, p. 101

 

 

Important Court Cases - By Chronological Order

・ Supreme Court, October 24, 1958

(Claim to Pay Compensation)

Minshu Vol. 12, No. 14, p. 3228

 

・ Supreme Court, December 6, 1963

(Claim to Pay Account Receivable)

Minshu Vol. 17, No. 12, p. 1633

 

・ Supreme Court, September 22, 1965

(Claim for Vacation of, Confirming Ownership of, and Registration Transfer of Ownership of Land and a Building;

and Counterclaim for Such Claims)

Minshu Vol. 19-6, p. 1600

 

・ Supreme Court, September 22, 1965

(Claim to Vacate Building and Land, Confirmation of Possession, Registration of Transfer and Counterclaim)

Minshu Vol. 19-6, p. 1656

 

・ Supreme Court, November 17, 1967

(Claim for Transfer of Share Certificates)

Minshu Vol. 21-9, p. 2448

 

・ Supreme Court, September 5, 1968

(Claim for Delivery of Share Certificates)

Minshu Vol. 22, No. 9, p. 1846

 

・ Supreme Court, November 1, 1968

(Claim for Declaration of Invalidity of Resolution at General Meeting of Shareholders)

Minshu Vol. 22-12, p. 2402

 

・ Supreme Court, December 25, 1968

(Claim to Pay Accounts Receivable)

Minshu Vol. 22, No. 13, p. 3511

 

・ Supreme Court, February 27, 1969

(Claim to Vacate a Building)

Minshu Vol. 23, No.2, p. 511

 

・ Supreme Court, March 28, 1969

(Demand for Affirmation of Nullity of Transfer of Receivables, Claim to Pay Transferred Receivables)

Minshu Vol. 23 No. 3, p. 645

 

・ Supreme Court, Grand Bench, November 26, 1969

(Claim for Damages)

Minshu Vol. 23-11, p. 2150

 

・ Supreme Court, June 24, 1970

(Claim to Pursue the Responsibility of Directors)

Minshu Vol. 24-6, p. 625

 

・ Supreme Court, June 15, 1973

(Claim to Confirm Invalidation of Joto Tanpo Agreement for Shares)

Minshu Vol. 27-6, p. 700

 

・ Tokyo High Court, July 27, 1973

(Intermediate Appeal in Shareholder Action Claim for Difference)

Hanrei Jiho No. 715, p. 100

 

・ Supreme Court, April 8, 1975

(Shareholder Subrogation Claim)

Minshu Vol. 29-4, p. 350

 

・ Supreme Court, December 24, 1976

(Final Appeal in Claim for Revocation of Resolution of Shareholders' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 814, p. 43

 

・ Tokyo District Court, March 26, 1981

(Claim to Pay Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1015, p. 27

 

・ Supreme Court, December 20, 1985

(Claim for Return of Deposit)

Minshu Vol. 39-8, p. 1869

 

・ Supreme Court, March 13, 1986

(Petition for Dissolution of General Partnership Company)

Minshu Vol. 40-2, p. 229

 

・ Supreme Court, September 11, 1986

(Claim to Pay Account Receivables)

Hanrei jiho No. 1215, p. 125

 

・ Supreme Court, April 16, 1987

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei-jiho No. 1248, p. 127

 

・ Osaka High Court, March 28, 1989

(Immediate Appeal Against Court Decision on Share Price)

Hanrei jiho No. 1324, p. 140

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 18, 1989

(Claim Upon Winding-up of a Joint-Stock Company)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1349, p. 148

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 25, 1989

(Petition for Provisional Injunction against Issuance of New Shares)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1317, p. 28

 

・ Tokyo High Court, January 31, 1990

(Claim to Confirm Invalidity of Merger)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 77, p. 193

 

・ Supreme Court, September 9, 1993

(Claim to Pursue Directors’ Responsibilities)

Minshu Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 4814

 

・ Supreme Court, January 20, 1994

(Petition for Recognition of Shareholders' Rights)

Minshu Vol. 48-1, p. 1

 

・ Supreme Court, July 14, 1994

(Claim to Confirm Invalidity of a Board Resolution

and Invalidity of an Issue of New Shares, and Related Matters)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1512, p. 178

 

・ Supreme Court, December 18, 1994

(Claim for Director's Compensation)

Minshu Vol. 46-9, p. 3006

 

・ Supreme Court, April 25, 1995

(Claim to Issue Share Certificates)

Shumin No. 175, p. 91

 

・ Tokyo High Court, September 26, 1995

(Appeal to Pursue Responsibility of Directors to Compensate for Client's Loss, Intervention Case)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1549, p. 11

 

・ Supreme Court, January 28, 1997

(Claim for Declaration of No Issue of New Shares and for Invalidation of Issue of New Shares)

Minshu Vol. 51-1, p. 71

 

・ Sapporo High Court, January 28, 1997

(Intermediate Appeal in Claim for Cancellation of Shareholders Meeting Resolution)

Shiryo ban Shoji Homu No. 155, p. 107

 

・ Supreme Court, January 28, 1997

(Claim for Declaration of No Resolution of General Meeting of Partners)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1599, p. 139

 

・　Tokyo High Court, May 30, 2000

(Claim to Pay Compensation for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1750, p. 169

 

・ Osaka District Court, May 31, 2000

(Claim for Damages (Shareholder Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1742, p. 141

 

・ Supreme Court, July 7, 2000

(Appeal to Hold Directors Responsible for Compensating for Client's Loss and Intervention Case)

Minshu Vol. 54-6, p. 1767

 

・ Osaka District Court, September 20, 2000

(Derivative Suit, Intervention Case (kyoudou soshou sanka seikyu jiken))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1721, p. 3

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 25, 2001

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1760, p. 144

 

・ Supreme Court, February 21, 2003

(Claim for Cancellation of Registration concerning Transfer of Ownership, etc.)

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1681, p. 31

 

・ Chiba District Court, May 28, 2003

(Claim for Declaration Concerning Membership Shares, Claim for Delivery of Contributed Equity)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1215, p. 52

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 1, 2004

(Petition for Provisional Injunction against New Share Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1873, p. 159

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 23, 2004

(Petition for Provisional Injunction against Wrongful Act)

Kinyu Syoji Hanrei No. 1213, p. 61

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July　15, 2004

(Claim for Delivery of Share Certificates)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1225, p. 59

 

・ Tokyo District Court, September 28, 2004

(Objection to Assessment Ruling in Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1886, p. 111

 

・ Tokyo District Court, October 14, 2004

(Claim for Rescission of General Shareholders' Meeting Resolution)

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1749, p. 101

 

・ Tokyo District Court, December 16, 2004

(Claim for Damages (shareholders' representative action), Petition to Intervene as Co-Litigant)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1174, p. 150

 

・ Fukuoka High Court, December 21, 2004

(Intermediate Appeal in Claim for Directors' Remuneration)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1194, p. 271

 

・ Osaka District Court, December 22, 2004

(Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1892, p. 108

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 27, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1929, p. 100

 

・ Osaka District Court, February 9, 2005

(Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Hanrei Jiho No. 1889, p. 130

 

・ Tokyo District Court, February 10, 2005

(Claim for Damages (Shareholders' Representative Action)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1887, p. 135

 

・ Supreme Court, February 15, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No.1890, p. 143

 

・ Supreme Court, February 15, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1890, p. 143

 

・ Tokyo High Court, March 23, 2005

(Appeal to Court of Last Resort (under the Law of Civil Provisional Remedies)

against Ruling Approving Ruling for Provisional Injunction against Share Option Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1899, p. 56

 

・ Sapporo High Court, April 26, 2005

(Appeal against Share Price Ruling)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1261, p. 272

 

・ Tokyo District Court, May 12, 2005

(Claim for Damages (Shareholder Representative Action))

Kinyu Homu Jijo No. 1757, p. 46

 

・ Nagoya High Court, May 18, 2005

(Intermediate Appeal from Damages Claim, Incidental Intermediate Appeal from Damages Claim)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1898, p. 130

 

・ Tokyo District Court, May 19, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1900, p. 3

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 1, 2005

(Petition for Provisional Disposition Prohibiting the issuance of Share Options)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1218, p. 8

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 9, 2005

(Objection to Provisional Preservation Order)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1219, p. 26

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 15, 2005

(Appeal to the Court of Last Resort (under the Law of Civil Provisional Remedies)

against Ruling Approving Ruling for Provisional Injunction against Share Option Issue)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1900, p. 156

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 21, 2005

(Violation of the Securities and Exchange Law and Commercial Code)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1912, p. 135

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 27, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1923, p. 139

 

・ Tokyo High Court, June 28, 2005

(Appeal to Court of Last Resort against Ruling Dismissing Petition for Order for

Provisional Disposition to Prohibit Holding of Shareholders Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1911, p. 163

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 7, 2005

(Action to Resolutions of General Shareholders' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1915, p. 150

 

・ Supreme Court, July 15, 2005

(Third Party Objection)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1191, p. 193

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 29, 2005

(Petition for Order for Provisional Injunction against Share Split)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1909, p. 87

 

・ Tokyo District Court, September 21, 2005

(Claim for Dismissal of Director and Other Remedies)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1205, p.221

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November 11, 2005

(Petition for Order for Provisional to Prohibit Convening of Shareholders Meeting)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 261, p. 278

 

・ Supreme Court, November 15, 2005

(Defendants charged respectively with Causing the Making of a False Statement

on an Original Notarized Document and Uttering the Same and Forging and Uttering a Private Document)

Hanrei Taimuzu 1197, p. 132

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November29, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1209, p. 196

 

・ Tokyo District Court, November 29, 2005

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1209, p. 274

 

・ Supreme Court, December 13, 2005

(Defendants Charged with Causing the Making of False Entries

in the Electromagnetic Record of an Original Public Notarized Document and Uttering the Same)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1199, p. 193

 

・ Nagoya High Court, January 11, 2006

(Intermediate Appeals in Kumagai Gumi Shareholder Representative Action)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 262, p. 293

 

・ Tokyo District Court, January 17, 2006

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1920, p. 136

 

・ Tokyo District Court, February 10, 2006

(Petition for Permission to Inspect and Copy Minutes of Board of Directors' Meeting)

Hanrei Jiho No.1923, p. 130

 

・ Tokyo District Court, February 13, 2006

(Petition for Injunction against Provision of Information)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1202, p. 212

 

・ Osaka District Court, February 23, 2006

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1213, p. 287

 

・ Tokyo High Court, March 29, 2006

(Appeal in Demand to Inspect and Copy Books)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1209, p. 266

 

・ Supreme Court, April 10, 2006

(Claim for Damages)

Minshu Vol. 60-4, p. 1273

 

・ Tokyo District Court, April 13, 2006

(Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1226, p. 192

 

・ Tokyo District Court, April 26, 2006

(Claim for Payment of Settled Balance, Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1930, p.147

 

・ Tokyo District Court, May 25, 2006

(Claim for Performance of Director's Liability for Securing Subscriptions)

Hanrei Jiho No. 1941, p. 153

 

・ Osaka District Court, May 30, 2006

(Claim for Damages)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1252, p. 38

 

・ Osaka High Court, June 9, 2006

(Appeal in Claim for Damages)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1214, p. 115

 

・ Tokyo District Court, June 30, 2006

(Petition for Provisional Disposition Prohibiting the Issuance of Share Options for Subscription)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1220, p. 110

 

・ Tokyo District Court, July 26, 2006

(Petition for Injunction against Issue of Shares for Subscription)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 270, p. 257

 

・ Supreme Court, September 28, 2006

(Appeal with Permission against Ruling to Rescind Ruling Dismissing Application for Appointment of Inspector)

Hanrei Taimuzu No. 1223, p. 119

 

・ Tokyo District Court, October 10, 2006

(Claim for Invalidation of New Share Issue)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1253, p. 9

 

・ Tokyo High Court, October 25, 2006

(Appeal in Claim for Damages)

Shiryoban Shoji Homu No. 274, p. 245

 

・ Osaka District Court, December 13, 2006

(Petition for Injunction against Issue of Shares for Subscription)

Hanrei Taimuzu No.1234, p. 171

 

・ Sapporo District Court, December 13, 2006

(Ruling in Petition for Order for Injunction against Issue of Share Options for Subscription)

Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1259, p.14

 

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