Soft Law Research was launched in January 2005 as a journal that regularly publishes research results on "Soft Law in the Interaction between the State and the Market" , which was selected as the "21st Century COE Program" and "Global COE Program" priority support projects run by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Since the end of the Global COE Program in 2013, publication has continued with the cooperation of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) as part of the activities of the Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics (Business Law Center).[Available in Japanese only ]
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Available in Japanese Only.

In April 2006, the Business Law Center, the Center for Comparative Law and Politics, and the Center for Foreign Law Materials were merged into the Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics.Accordingly, in place of the ICCLP Annual Report, we introduce the record of research and education activities for the year in English and Japanese.
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