Dear Fellow Cyber-lawyers:

In many countries other than Japan, you can easily access actual law text, acts, codes, regulations and other law related documents through the internet. One of the most famous web pages is US Congress home page and you can access entire US Code database through an easy-to-use interface.

In my opinion, the Japanese Government should start a WWW project which provides access to actual text of Japanese Laws as soon as possible. However, as you may know, the Japanese Government is quite famous for doing nothing good when it should do so, so I do not know when such a project will be started.

I can't wait forever, so I decided to initiate a project that provides actual text of various law related documents both in Japanese and English by myself. Because I do not have fancy secretarial support, it will take a long time for me to complete a full-line of basic laws of Japan in this archive.

My current plan is to put up HTMLized text on my web page as much as possible at first. Then, I will think of how to sort the archive and, if possible, prepare a searchable interface. Therefore, the archive will be in some disarray for a while. Please be patient!!

Because it's a lonesome journey, I am looking forward to hearing comments and suggestions from everyone who drops into my webpage for a visit.

Best regards,



Yasushi Kinoshita (yasushi[at]kinoshita.com)
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(Last modified:May 16, 1997)