What to do when a Japanese customer does not pay. A Japanese law firm explains asset investigation, extinctive prescription, small-claim portfolios, provisional attachment, demand for payment and compulsory execution under Japanese law.

A Japanese lawyer explains the process for recovering claims, accounts receivable and rent arrears in Japan: demand by content-certified mail, provisional attachment, litigation and compulsory execution.

A contract bearing your seal appears in the proceedings and you have never seen it before. A Japanese law firm explains the presumption of authenticity for private documents, how that presumption can be displaced, what to examine, the limits of handwriting analysis, and the court procedures for obtaining the material you need.

What a company should do when it discovers that an employee has misappropriated its money. A Japanese law firm explains how to secure evidence before confronting the individual, the limits on searching personal property, claims in unjust enrichment and tort, provisional attachment, the timing of a criminal complaint, and disciplinary procedure.

What a company can do when a departing employee joins a competitor and takes customers with them. A Japanese law firm explains the duty of good faith during employment, the factors that decide whether a post-employment non-compete covenant is enforceable, the three requirements for a trade secret, and the remedies of injunction, damages, forfeiture of the retirement allowance and provisional disposition.

How a creditor holding an enforceable title may have a Japanese court execution officer seize and sell the debtor's movable property. A Japanese law firm explains the procedure, the officer's power to enter premises and open locked doors, the goods exempt from seizure, when the costs outrun the recovery, and when the remedy is still worth using.

Under article 23-2 of the Attorney Act of Japan, a lawyer may ask public and private bodies to report on a debtor's whereabouts, telephone subscriber, real property and employment. A Japanese law firm explains the procedure, what can be obtained, its limits, and how it differs from the property disclosure procedure.