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Around the turn of the century, Japan embarked on a monumental course of legal reform. Japan had become increasingly concerned about its sluggish economy and mounting debt. It also desired to play a greater role in global affairs. Spurred on by pressure from the business community, Japan’s discussions about revitalizing its economy together with an interest in positioning itself internationally for the century to come evolved into a wholesale re-evaluation of its political, economic, and legal structure. Visionary reformers reasoned that the country needed to expand the role of law to resolve its ongoing problems and meet the future challenges associated with globalization.
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Ibid; Annelise Riles and Takashi Uchida, “Reforming Knowledge? A Socio-legal Critique of Legal Education Reforms in Japan” (2009) 1 Drexel L. Rev. 3, 4.
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Wilson, M.J. (2015). Legal Clinical Education in Japan: A Work in Progress. In: Sarker, S.P. (eds) Clinical Legal Education in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137517531_11
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