News Release

May/1/2010		Center for Planning and Promotion of Legal Services -JFBA’s Assistance for New Attorneys Establishing Solo Practices-
April/9/2010		2010 JFBA's Policies (Outline)
March/25/2010		Symposium on the Death Penalty System and the Role of Bar Associations -Abolition of the Death Penalty System: From the Experiences of the Paris Bar-
March/19/2010		Toward Establishment of a National Human Rights Institution
January/01/2010		New Year's Message
October/01/2009		Present Conditions and Future Outlook of the System of the Advisory Committee for the Nomination of Lower Court Judges
September/14/2009		Seminar on International Legal Technical Assistance Held in Tokyo
September/11/2009		Special Feature: Judicial Reform and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
		JFBA 60th Anniversary -Over 700 participate in the JFBA 60th Anniversary Ceremony-
August/1/2009		20th POLA Conference held in Seoul
July/19/2009		23rd KBA-JFBA Exchange Conference Held in Seoul
July/7/2009		Report on Iraqi Human Rights Training in Prague
June/22/2009		Seminar:Legal Technical Assistance to Developing Countries in Asia
June/1/2009		Gender Equality in the Republic of Korea, JFBA Center for Gender Equality Promotion: Reports from a Study Tour in the Republic of Korea and a Meeting with the Korean Bar Association
February/1/2009		A New System of Inquest Prosecution Committees to Start
January/20/2009		JFBA Special Training on Client Identity Verification and Record-Keeping
January/01/2009		New Year's Message
October/1/2008		22nd KBA-JFBA Exchange Conference Held in Tokyo
August/1/2008		JFBA Enters Agreement with JICA
		Seminar on German Lay Judge System Held in Tokyo
		Fees of Court Appointed Attorneys to be Raised
April/17/2008		2008 JFBA's Policies (Outline)
March/1/2008		JFBA Calls for Setting up Consumer Agency
February/15/2008		New JFBA President Elected
January/01/2008		New Year's Message
October/01/2007		Results of New Bar Exam
July/01/2007		New System Allows Crime Victims to Participate in Criminal Trials
June/07/2007		International Criminal Law Seminar held in Tokyo
June/01/2007		JFBA Draft for Amendment of Administrative Complaint Review Act
May/30/2007		UN Torture Committee recommends reconsideration of Japan's Substitute Prison system
April/19/2007		2007 JFBA's Administrative Policies -21st Century - Toward a Century of Peace, Human Rights, and the Environment-
March/1/2007		Lawyers Avoid Reporting Obligation
February/1/2007		JFBA International Exchange Seminar 2006
		JFBA Enters into MOU with ACLA
January/1/2007		JFBA Adopts Opinions on Crime Victims
October/2/2006		Japan Legal Support Center Starts Operation
September/1-2/2006		20th KBA-JFBA Exchange Conference Held
August/22/2006		JFBA Adopts ADR Principles
August/3/2006		Report on Khmer Rouge Trials
July/9-10/2006		Three-Bar Meeting Held in Nanjing
July/1/2006		Center for Promotion of Legal Practice Launched -For Expanding Practice Fields of Attorneys-
June/1/2006		Public Prosecutors' Office to Record Interrogations
May/26/2006		57th JFBA General Meeting -JFBA Adopts 10th Declaration on Judicial Reform -
May/1/2006		Central Board on Institutionalization of Electronic Recording of Interrogations Launched
April/18/2006		International Arbitration Symposium Held in Tokyo -International Arbitration Week-
April/10/2006		Japan Legal Support Center Launched
April/1/2006		Message from New President
March/1/2006		Interview with New President -JFBA Builds a Society of Integrity-
February/17/2006		Public Meeting against Legislation on Conspiracy and Gatekeeper
		New JFBA President Elected
January/14/2006		Symposium Held Towards Discrimination Ban
January/1/2006		Reform of Detention System for Unconvicted and Suspects Advisory Panel Set UP
October/1/2005		JFBA Governors Adopt Recommendations on Detention System for Unconvicted and Suspects
July/1/2005		JFBA Adopts Gatekeeper Principles
June/1/2005		Prison Law Revised First in Century
May/27/2005		56th JFBA General Meeting JFBA Adopts Declaration on Judicial Reform "Implementation"
May/1/2005		International Week Foreign Lawyers Participate in JFBA International Events
April/1/2005		New System Starts-Assistant Judges and Public Prosecutors Experience as Attorneys
March/17/2005		Justice Support Center Forum
		Position Paper from the Japan Federation of Bar Associations to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
February/1/2005		JFBA Launches New Committee on Gatekeeper Issues -For Protecting Professional Secrecy and Confidence from Citizens-
		Condolences for Bar Associations in Tsunami-Hit Regions
January/1/2005		New Year's Message
December/3/2004		Legislation on Judicial Reform Ends
December/1/2004		ADR Promotion Law
		Diet Enacts Basic Law on Crime Victims
November/10/2004		JFBA Extraordinary General Meeting Adopts All Resolutions
October/24-29/2004		IBA Annual Conference Held in Auckland
October/1/2004		Organization Suits New Phase of Judicial Reform
September/9-10/2004		15th POLA Conference Held in Beijing
July/1/2004		Assistant Judges and Public Prosecutors Experience as Attorneys -JFBA Starts Recruiting Law Offices to Cooperate on New System-
June/1/2004		Judicial Reform Laws
May/28/2004		55th JFBA General Meeting-From Designing New Judicial System toward its Implementation- "Declaration of Judicial Reform 2004"
May/1/2004		2004 JFBA's Administrative Policies
April/23/2004		Bills on Lay Judge System and Criminal Procedure Reform Clear Lower House
April/9/2004		Information for Prison Inmates
April/1/2004		Message from New President
March/1/2004		3 Resolutions passed in JFBA Extraordinary General Meeting
February/1/2004		JFBA Citizen Advisory Board Holds First Meeting - For More Transparency of JFBA's Work-
January/1/2004		Part-Time Judge Symposium
January/1/2004		New Year's Greetings from JFBA President
December/1/2003		JFBA Extraordinary General Meeting Adopts 7 Proposals -The Final Stage of Attorney System Reform-
November/1/2003		46th Convention on the Protection of Human Rights Adopts Four Resolutions
October/1/2003		LAWASIA Conference Held in Tokyo
September/1/2003		MEXT Budget Request Favors Law School Funding
		Achievements and Future Tasks of Judges' Career System Reform
August/1/2003		Judicial Reform: Important Future Tasks and Main Points
July/18/2003		JFBA Publishes President's Comment and the Opinion on Investigation Process
July/2/2003		JFBA Adopts Basic Policy on Legal Services Center Plan
July/1/2003		20th Judicial Symposium Held in Tokyo
June/1/2003		Dismissal Rules to be Enacted as Part of the Labor Standard Law
May/23/2003		Draft Declaration of Judicial Reform 2003 - Aiming at Realization of "Justice of the People"
May/1/2003		Survey Report on IT Legal Technical Assistance to New ASEAN Member States
April/1/2003		New Development of Responses to Violent Incidents within Nagoya Prison
		Part-Time Judge System to Start Next January
March/1/2003		A Year after Introduction of Legal Profession Corporation Regime
		Bills Drafted by the Office for Promotion of Justice System Reform to be Submitted to Ordinary Diet Session
February/2/2003		People's Wisdom to be Reflected in Judges' Appointments - Significance of Judge Appointment Consultation Commission for Inferior Courts -
		Lawyer-Turned-Judges in the Netherlands
December/1/2002		Toward the Reform of Refugee Recognition System
November/29/2002		JFBA Recommends to Put Capital Punishment Moratorium into Law
November/19/2002		Not "Speedy Trials Bill", but "Fair and Speedy Trials Bill"
November/01/2002		Three Law School-Related Laws Enacted in Extraordinary Diet Session
		LAWASIA Council Meeting Held in Bangkok
		Christine Chanet, Judge and UN Human Rights Committee Member Visits Japan
October/24/2002		JFBA's Views on Gatekeeper Issue
October/01/2002		Project on Legal Technical Assistance in Cambodia
		16th Exchange Conference with KBA
August/28/2002		JFBA's Basic Policy on Lay Participation in Judicial Panel
August/09/2002		Attorney Fee Shifting Rule
		JFBA Sets up Central Board on Intellectual Property Rights
August/1/2002		Towards Judges' Career System Reform
		JFBA Determines to Join ICB
		Review of Code of Civil Procedure
July/1/2002		Fiduciary Attorney-Client Relationship to be Destroyed? - Gatekeeper Issue
		Painful but Necessary Attorney System Reform
June/13/2002		Oppose Small Judicial Panel Composed of a Few Lay Members
May/27/2002		JFBA President Directly Requests Prime Minister to Increase Budget for Judicial Branch
May/24/2002		Emergency Resolution to Seek Drastic Fiscal Measures for Civil Legal Aid Activities
May/09-10/2002		Prerelease of Pending Disciplinary Action and Establishment of Information Desk
April/19-20/2002		Judicial Scriveners Given Power of Representation before Summary Courts
		Fee Provision in Practicing Attorney Law to be Deleted
March/15/2002		JFBA's Basic Policy for Deregulation of Attorneys' Activities
		Board's Resolution on Human Rights Bill
March/1/2002		Discussion Begins over Opinion on Submission of Draft "National Emergency Legislation" to Current Diet Session
		JFBA's Action Plan for Judicial Reform Approved after Discussion