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Whether you can commercially use generative AI output in Japan, from a copyright standpoint: how Article 30-4 relaxes the training stage and its proviso, the distinction between training and output, the reliance-plus-similarity test that applies at the output stage, mixed enjoyment purposes, the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ view, and practical steps.

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How a foreign company can enter Japan: the differences among a representative office, a branch, and a subsidiary; comparing the KK and GK company forms; designing the governing law and dispute resolution of local contracts; inward direct investment filings under the Foreign Exchange Act; industry-specific licenses; and the practical steps.