TY - BOOK AU - Barbet,Philippe AU - Coutinet,Nathalie TI - The Evolution of the Regulatory Framework and Foreign Direct Investment in Japan PY - 2001///. N1 - 21 N2 - In this paper, we study the access to the Japanese domestic market by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and especially Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). We first analyze the legal reforms carried out in Japan during the last fifteen years as well as their direct and indirect impact on both incoming FDI flows and M&A. We examine major changes in the legal framework in Japan and their direct and indirect consequences for FDI and M&A. We then evaluate the consequences of this new legal framework on FDI flows and M&A in Japan at both the geographical and the industrial level. We show that when specific legal measures and deregulation processes affect specific industries, FDI flows and M&A are more important than in other industries UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-internationale-de-droit-economique-2001-4-page-447?lang=en ER -