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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

Briefings

English language disclosure for foreign issuers in Japan - how useful is the expanded scope in practice?

17 February 2012

Recent legislative amendments in Japan have expanded the scope of permissibility of English language disclosure and made it more "issuer friendly". This Briefing Note will look at the additional options the expansion offers to non-Japanese issuers entering the Japanese capital markets, as well as the flexibility it offers to non-Japanese issuers which already have continuous disclosure obligations in Japan.

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