LexisNexis Launches Japanese Legal Database
Dayton Business Journal
April 18, 2005The Japanese subsidiary of LexisNexis is launching an online legal information service in the Japanese language.
Miami Township-based LexisNexis announced late Sunday that LexisNexis Japan Co. Ltd. is starting the service that offers legal case information and commentaries, as well as information on statutes codes and laws using a standard Web browser. The site is legal.lexisnexis.jp.
The initial coverage of the Japanese database includes 206,000 judgments dating from 1862; 42,000 case commentaries published from law journals; and all 7,200 current Japanese statutes, codes and laws. LexisNexis has plans to expand the offering to include a broad range of Japanese legal and regulatory information, along with business news considered relevant for customers in law firms, academic institutions, government organizations and corporate legal departments.
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