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                  <text>Japanese Law</text>
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              <text>Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations</text>
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              <text>The law entered into effect on 15 May 1962</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?printID=&amp;amp;re=02&amp;amp;lvm=02&amp;amp;id=2007&amp;amp;vm=03" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Act No. 134 of May 15, 1962&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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§ 22: Special Professions&#13;
No approval is required for the issuance of a residence permit to [...].&#13;
5. Players who professionally practice esports in the form of a competition between people, and whose employment is intended in German clubs or comparable institutions participating in competitions of esports, if they are&#13;
a) over 16 years of age,&#13;
b) receive a gross salary of at least 50 percent of the contribution assessment ceiling for statutory pension insurance (= 42.600€), and&#13;
c) the German umbrella organization responsible for esports confirms the professional practice of esports and that the form of esports practiced is of significant national or international importance</description>
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              <text>(Prohibition of misleading representations) &lt;br /&gt;Article 4　 &lt;br /&gt;(1)　No entrepreneur shall make such representation as provided for in any one of the following items in connection with transactions of goods or services which he supplies:
&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt; (i)　Any representation by which the quality, standard or any other matter relating to the substance of goods or services are shown to general consumers to be much better than the actual one or much better than that of other entrepreneurs who are in a competitive relationship with the entrepreneur concerned contrary to the fact and thereby which tends to induce customers unjustly and to impede fair competition;  &lt;/div&gt;
 (ii)　Any representation by which price or any other trade terms of goods or services will be misunderstood by general consumers to be much more favorable to the general consumers than the actual one or than those of other entrepreneurs who are in a competitive relationship with the entrepreneur concerned, and thereby which tends to induce customers unjustly and to impede fair competition; or &lt;br /&gt; (iii)　In addition to what are listed in the preceding two items, any representation by which any matter relating to transactions of goods or services is likely to be misunderstood by general consumers and which is designated by the Fair Trade Commission as such, finding it likely to induce customers unjustly and to impede fair competition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2)　&lt;span&gt;The Fair Trade Commission &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;may&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, where it finds it necessary in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;order&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; to evaluate whether any &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;representation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;under&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;item&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; (i) of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; preceding &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;paragraph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;designate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; a period &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; require &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;entrepreneur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; concerned to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;submit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;reasonable ground&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;s for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;representation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; he has made. In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;such &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;case&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;s, if &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;entrepreneur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; fails to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;submit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;representation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; concerned &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;shall be deemed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;under&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;item&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;apply&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;ing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;provision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;s of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;Article&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; 6 (1) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dict"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; (2).&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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Example:&#13;
§ 22: Besondere Berufsgruppen&#13;
Keiner Zustimmung bedarf die Erteilung eines Aufenthaltstitels an […]&#13;
5. Personen, die eSport in Form eines Wettkampfes zwischen Personen berufsmäßig ausüben und deren Einsatz in deutschen Vereinen oder vergleichbaren an Wettkämpfen teilnehmenden Einrichtungen des eSports vorgesehen ist, wenn sie&#13;
a) das 16. Lebensjahr vollendet haben,&#13;
b) der Verein oder die Einrichtung ein Bruttogehalt zahlt, das mindestens 50 Prozent der Beitragsbemessungsgrenze für die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung beträgt, und&#13;
c) der für den eSport zuständige deutsche Spitzenverband die berufsmäßige Ausübung von eSport bestätigt und die ausgeübte Form des eSports von erheblicher nationaler oder internationaler Bedeutung ist</description>
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              <text>(不当な表示の禁止） &lt;br /&gt;第四条　事業者は、自己の供給する商品又は役務の取引について、次の各号に掲げる表示をしてはならない。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一　商品又は役務の品質、規格その他の内容について、一般消費者に対し、実際のものよりも著しく優良であると示し、又は事実に相違して当該事業者と競争関係にある他の事業者に係るものよりも著しく優良であると示すことにより、不当に顧客を誘引し、公正な競争を阻害するおそれがあると認められる表示 二　商品又は役務の価格その他の取引条件について、実際のもの又は当該事業者と競争関係にある他の事業者に係るものよりも取引の相手方に著しく有利であると一般消費者に誤認されるため、不当に顧客を誘引し、公正な競争を阻害するおそれがあると認められる表示 三　前二号に掲げるもののほか、商品又は役務の取引に関する事項について一般消費者に誤認されるおそれがある表示であつて、不当に顧客を誘引し、公正な競争を阻害するおそれがあると認めて公正取引委員会が指定するもの &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;２　公正取引委員会は、前項第一号に該当する表示か否かを判断するため必要があると認めるときは、当該表示をした事業者に対し、期間を定めて、当該表示の裏付けとなる合理的な根拠を示す資料の提出を求めることができる。この場合において、当該事業者が当該資料を提出しないときは、第六条第一項及び第二項の規定の適用については、当該表示は同号に該当する表示とみなす。</text>
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          <name>Submitting Researcher</name>
          <description>Who submitted the item?&#13;
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Example:&#13;
Without HTML: Nepomuk Nothelfer&#13;
With HTML: &lt;a href="LINK"&gt;Nepomuk Nothelfer&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsubasa-shinohara-13aaa894/"&gt;Tsubasa Shinohara&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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          <description>What other information is relevant/interesting?&#13;
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Example:&#13;
According to the list of qualified tournaments ("Liste qualifizierter Spielbetriebe im E-Sport") from April 2021 following tournaments are considered to be “professional practice”: &#13;
•	League of Legends European Championship (Riot Games, League of Legends)&#13;
•	League of Legends Prime League Pro Division (Riot Games, League of Legends)&#13;
•	ESL One Cologne (ESL Gaming GmbH, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)&#13;
•	ESL One Germany (ESL Gaming GmbH, Dota 2)&#13;
•	ESL Meisterschaft (ESL Gaming GmbH, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Warcraft 3 Reforged, Clash of Clans)&#13;
•	99 Damage Liga (Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)&#13;
You can download the list here: https://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Gesetze/esbo-liste-qualifizierter-spielbetriebe-e-sport.html</description>
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              <text>This section will be updated in the upcoming days. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JeSU website (in Japanese): &lt;a href="https://jesu.or.jp/contents/news/news_0912/"&gt;https://jesu.or.jp/contents/news/news_0912/&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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