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    STUDIA NEGOTIA - Issue no. 2 / 2004  
         
  Article:   LEGAL INFORMALITY AND JAPAN’S “NEW” PRIVACY LAW .

Authors:  TAN BAN CHONG. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Since Japan’s economic bubble burst in 1989, many pundits have predicted the weakening of the Japanese state’s ability to dictate industrial policy. Together with a series of scandals and other cases of mishandling (such as the hapless organization of rescue efforts after the 1995 Kobe earthquake), the Japanese bureaucracy was seen to have lost the credibility it needed to “administer guidance”. Or so it seems. More often than not, the so-called iron triangle, made up of politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen, have adapted to Japan’s changing circumstances in order to maintain the status quo. This paper will use the case of Japan’s new privacy law to illustrate this from a legal perspective. In conclusion, the author speculates on the future possibility of more fundamental changes towards the legal protection of information in Japan as a result of international pressure.  
         
     
         
         
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