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Corporate Value Study Group, “Takeover Defense Measures in Light of RecentEnvironmental Changes” (June 30, 2008)····································· 91Bull-Dog Source (Supreme Court Judgment of August 7, 2007, Supreme CourtReports (civil cases) vol.61 no.5, p.2215) ····································107Bell System 24 (Tokyo High Court Judgment of August 4, 2004, Finance andCommerce Judicial Precedent No.1201 p.4)··································110Nippon Broadcasting System (Tokyo High Court Judgment of March 23, 2005,Hanrei-jiho No. 1899, p. 56)···············································112Nireco (Tokyo High Court Judgment of June 15, 2005, Hanrei-Jiho No. 1900: 156)·····115Japan Engineering Consultants (Tokyo District Court Judgment of July 29, 2005,Hanrei-jiho 1909, p.87)···················································118* The Japanese decisions are based on the translation by the Specified Field ResearchProject “The Transparency and Enrichment of Japanese Laws Concerning InternationalTransactions in the 21st Century — Doing Cross-Border Business with/in Japan” institutedby the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), 2004.UT Soft Law ReviewNo.2 2010©Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program “Soft Law and the State-Market Relationship: Forming aBase for Education and Research of Private Ordering”Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanTel: 03-5805-7297 Fax: 03-5805-7143E-mail: gcoe@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp(ii)