Preface
- Identity in Japanese Society
- Subscription Troubles and the Elderly
Special Feature. Five-year Review of the
Special Commercial Code, What to do about the Consumer Affairs Agency
- Regulation of Mail Order Sales in the internet communication and transaction Age
- Today’s issues of pyramid selling regulations
- Information product pyramid damage spreading among minors, based on a report by Saitama Simbo on 31 October
- Report on “WinMedics” damage
- Regulation of pyramid schemes in South Korea
- Serials, Q&A on the revision of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, No. 1, Door step selling
Series 1, Consumer legislation, Consumer Affairs Agency, Consumer Commission, National Consumer Affairs Centre, Legislative proposals
- Report from the 8th Consumer Commission
- Current Status of Consumer Organizations and Discussion Points for the Future, “Report on a Survey Focusing on Consumer Organizations with Policy Advocacy Functions”
- Cross-cutting Administrative Rules on Consumer Transactions, Intersection of Civil and Administrative Rules
Series 2, “SARAKIN”, Salaried workers loans (consumer financing) and Small business loans
- (Ref.) Resolution 1 of the KURESARA (consumer and small business loan) victims’ exchange meeting
- Disparity and poverty in Japan seen from the scene of consultation, the voice of the person concerned changes society, Declaration of the conference
- (Ref.) Resolution 2 of the KURESARA victims’ exchange conference
- Strictly protest against the arrest of factoring users
- 14.6% election loss problem, especially regarding the guarantor, election loss for non-repayment
Minor Specials, East Asia Financial Victims Exchange Meeting
- Hearing from Prof. Moon Jin-young and Priest Song Kyung-yong
- The Beneficent features of the Right to Survival in Light of the National Basic Livelihood Security Law and the Nature of the Right
- Record of a visit to the strongest civil movement organization in South Korea ‘Participation and Solidarity’
- Report on the 12th East Asia Financial Victims Exchange Meeting (2023 Taiwan-Japan International Conference)
- For strengthening democracy movement in Japan (37), “Can we make a living from citizens’ movement and consumer movement”
Series 3, Anti-Poverty/Rehabilitation
- Now is the time to move from the ‘Welfare Law’ to the ‘Livelihood Security Law’
- On the issue of car ownership by welfare recipients and petition for stay of execution
- Historic Victory at the Opening of the Nagoya High Court in Crucial Time, Rejecting the Fake of One Price (No. 18)
Series 4, The Great East Japan Earthquake / Radiation and Future of Japan
Minor Specials, Fukushima Contaminated Water
- What to do about Fukushima contaminated water?
- What is the problem and what is the solution?
- In order to stop the release of contaminated water from ALPS, Significance and prospects of filing an injunction suit
Series 5, Special Commercial Law, Deposit Insurance Law and Credit (Discount Sales)
- Liability of Superior Persons in Binary MLM Commercial Law
- Regulations under the Installment Sales Act on prepaid installment sales, etc.
Series 6, Consumer contract law and malicious commercial practices
- The Right and Necessity of Publication of Written Offers and Written Responses from Traders
- Correction of penalty clauses that make it more profitable to terminate an annual contract with a lower fee than the accumulated monthly amount of regular fees
- Application activities against Value Management Corporation
- Application concerning contract clauses used by snow removal service providers
- Report on the activities of the NPO Consumer Support Net Kumamoto (from FY1993)
- Activity Report of the Qualified Consumer Organization Consumer Citizen Net Tohoku (Response to a Proposed Seller of Electric Potential Therapy Devices)
- Report at the 2022 National Consumer Forum
- Formulation of the Osaka Consumers’ Federation “Tasks of the Osaka Consumers’ Federation Movement towards 2050”
- Casino and gambling issues on the web
- Handling of Yahoo! fraud cases
Series 7, Civil code and other laws
- Advertising and labeling issues, introduction of stemming regulations
- Lecture on rental housing Series (2), Damage caused by eviction
Series 8, Defective housing
- Fundamentals of Defective Housing Disputes (64) – Structural Provisions of the Building Standards Law
Series 9, Food Safety
- Functional Foods: Appeal to the Supreme Court
- Fluoride mouthwash and children’s health Series
Series 10, Religion
- Realization of a nationwide network for psychic damage relief
- “All my property has been taken away from me. Please be sincere”
- Regarding the request for an order to dissolve the (former) Unification Church
Series 11, Pet and animal law
- Current Issues Concerning Animals, The Position of Animals in Law and Recent Problems Concerning Domestic Animals
- Revision of the Animal Welfare Law
- Seeking the Five Freedoms and the Enemy Bottom of Animal Cruelty Prevention
- Proposals to amend laws for animals and people
- Seeking legal reform that does not treat animals as objects
- Report on residents’ lawsuit against the killing of dogs and cats at the Hyogo Prefectural Animal Protection Centre
Series 12, International consumer issues
- Chinese Consumer Law Situation (Part 33), Chinese National Code and Consumer Protection 1
Counselor’s eyes/activities
- “Can’t you do something about it!” Repeated Bankruptcies of Hair Removal Esthetic Businesses
- Support and consumer education to turn failure into independence
Q and A
- The deepening romance investment deception-like investment deception
Precedents and Settlement Bulletin
- No. 2602-2607
Introduction of Important Precedents
National Consumer Affairs Center Information
- Trouble cases in consumer affairs consultation (52)
- On the issue of online game charges for children
Voices of the Government, Political Parties and Diet Members
- Improving consumer understanding of the ocean discharge of ALPS process water from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi NPP
- On the ocean discharge of ALPS treated water, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
- “Let’s properly acknowledge the oceanic discharge of ALPS treated water!”
- “Stop the ocean discharge of contaminated water (ALPS treated water) from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant”
- “Stop the discharge of contaminated water into the ocean!”
And more
- Database of judicial precedents
- Newspaper information