%0 Journal Article
%T Civil Law Discovery in Japan: A Comparison of Japanese and U.S. Methods of Evidence Collection in Civil Litigation
%A Craig P. Wagnild
%J Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
%D 2002
%I University of Hawaii
%X Although the form and extent are very different from the U.S., Japanese attorneys do "discover" evidence. This article focuses on: 1) What methods of evidence procurement exist in Japan; 2) Why evidence collection in Japan differs from U.S. pre-trial discovery; and 3) How Japan's restrictive discovery system affects transnational litigation.
%K Japanese discovery
%K Japanese evidence procurement
%K Japanese Code of Civil Procedure
%U http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/pdfs/v3-01-Wagnild.pdf