President’s Message

Tadashi ARA, President of the JFBA

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am honored to have been elected to serve as the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), receiving more than 10,000 votes from JFBA members, in the revote that took place on March 11, 2020, by doing so winning a plurality in 40 bar associations which is over three-quarters of all bar associations. I look forward to serving to the very best of my ability during my two-year term starting in April. I would like kindly ask for your continued support for the duration of my term.

2020/07/03	CALL FOR ACTION IN SUPPORT OF UN BASIC PRINCIPLES
2020/07/03	COVID-19
2020/05/15	<COVID-19>Statement on Conducting the Postponed 2020 Bar Examinations
2020/05/07	<COVID-19>Statement Calling to Cease the Excessive Restriction on Ordinary Visits in Penal Institutions
	＜COVID-19＞Statement calling for the flexible operation of the public assistance system and its active use as a special measure during the period until the convergence of the spread of the novel coronavirus
	Opinion on the “draft Rules and draft Guidelines of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) proposed in conjunction with the implementation of the Amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law of Japan (“AML”)"(“this Opinion”)
2020/04/23	<COVID-19>Statement Calling for Infection Spread Prevention in Penal Detention Facilities
2020/04/17	<COVID-19>Statement Calling for Preventing Escalation of Domestic Harm (Domestic Violence/Abuse) Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020/04/15	<COVID-19>Statement on the Postponement of Criminal Trial Dates, etc.
2020/04/15	<COVID-19>Statement Calling for the elimination of the risk of “Three C’s” (closed spaces, crowded places, close-contact settings) at immigration detention facilities.
2020/04/01	President’s Message
2020/01/31	Comment in Protest of the Search Conducted at a Law Office
2020/01/30	2020 GJB Seminar ～Updates on Amendment to GJB Law and Guidance on Naming and Labeling of GJB Office～
2019/12/27	Statement Opposing the Dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Waters in the Middle East
2019/12/26	Statement Strongly Protesting Today’s Execution and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium and the Abolition of the Death Penalty

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