Research keywords (3):
Economic Law
, Antimonopoly law
, competition law
Research theme for competitive and other funds (14):
2024 - 2029 世界に開かれた日本独占禁止法データベースを基礎とするモデル競争法の創生
2022 - 2027 Designing next generation regulations to address multidimensional risks caused by the expansion of digital platforms
2024 - 2024 Japan/UK Network for Fair Trading in Entertainment and Performing Arts and Creative Industries
2024 - 2024 Japan/UK Initiative for Fair Trading in Entertainment and Creative Industries
2021 - 2024 Restructuring the Concept of "Abusing Superior Bargaining Position": A Comparative Study of Competition Law in Japan and Taiwan
2017 - 2022 Innovation and Platforms: Reinventing Competition Policy
2015 - 2019 Unfair Trading Practices and Economic Laws: Comparative Study of Japan and Europe
2011 - 2015 Competition and consumer protection in the global food market
2009 - 2010 Publication grant for ''Standard Setting and the Law"
2006 - 2007 Technical Standards: Competition Policy and Antimonopoly Law
2003 - 2004 Oversea Research Aid (long-term)
2002 - 2003 Nitobe Fellowship
2000 - 2002 Trade Competition, and Regulation in Asia - Developed and Developing Countries'Viewpoints.
1998 - 1999 Laws and Regulations on Standardisation
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Papers (44):
Masako Wakui. Keizaiho dokusenkinshi ho ni okeru shohisha [Consumers in the Economic and Antimonopoly Law]. Gendai Shohisha ho [Modern Consumer Law]. 2023. 60. 125-133
Masako Wakui. Digital platform ni yoru shijo no soshikika to keizai hou (The Influence of Dominant Digital Platforms on the Digital Marketplace and Economic Law). NBL. 2023. 1248. 10-16
Masako Wakui. Digital platform to contents torihiki: Hosyu ryokinn no tekiseika ni muketa junbiteki kousatsu (Towards fair remuneration for platform contents creators). in Akira Negishi et al (eds.) Platform to innovation wo meguru aratana kyoso seisakuno kochiku (Regenerating competition policies in view of platform and innovation). 2023. 85-108
Masako Wakui. Corruption and Conflicts of Interest in the Pharmaceutical Market: Regulation of Pharmaceutical Companies’ Gift-giving Practices. In Negishi Akira and others (eds), Competition Law and Policy in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Sector (Springer). 2022. 69-87
Masako Wakui. [JP] Newspapers, Digital Platforms and Competition. in Kazuhiro Tsuchida and others (eds) Gendai keizaiho no kadai to riron. 2022. 445-461
Masako Wakui. Rodosha to keizai ho: kinji no hatten to nokoru kadai [Workers and the economic law: recent developments and unsolved issues]]. Kosei Torihiki. 2023. 878. 4-9
Junko Shibata, Masako Wakui. Agile Platform Regulation: The First Experimental Period of the Act on Improving the Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms in Japan. 2023
Masako Wakui. [JP] Digital platform, news publishers and journalisms. Nextcom. 2022. 52. 33-41
Masako Wakui. Digital news competition research project: Materials. 2022
Masako Wakui. On Market Power and Economic Dependence. 2022
Comparative Competition Law
World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore 2023 ISBN:981127925X
[JP] Progress o Digital Society and Legal Design
Shojihmu, Tokyo 2023 ISBN:9784785730499
Platform to innovation wo meguru aratana kyoso seisakuno kochiku (Regenerating competition policies in view of platform and innovation)
Shojihomu 2023 ISBN:9784785730376
The Cambridge Handbook of Labor in Competition Law
Cambridge University Press 2022
Competition Law and Policy in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Sector
Springer 2022 ISBN:9789811678141
The Limits of the Antimonopoly Act and the Supplemental Laws in Regulating Platforms in Japan
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Digital Platforms and Competition Law: "Glocal" Trends and Challenges 2024)
Regulating digital platforms in Japan
(University of Glasgow, Glasgow Competition Talks 2024)
Kyogohin haijo wo mokuteki to suru seihinn sekkei, tokkyo no koushi [Predotory product design and patent rights: the relationship between the competition law and intellectual property rights in Japan]
(Naional Taipei University College of Law Workshop 2023)
Enhancing Digitalisation through Competition Law: The role of competition law and authority: Japan
(6th International Conference of the Brazilian Institute of Competition and Innovation 2023)
Keizaiho Dokusenkinshi ho ni okeru shohisha ["Consumers" in the economic and antimonopoly law]
(16th Annual Conference of the Japan Association of Consumer Law 2023)
2023/07 - 現在 The Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) Extended Board Member
2019/11 - 現在 Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) Asian Chapter Co-Director
2019/10 - 現在 Journal of Antitrust Enforcement - Advisory Board Member
2008/10 - 現在 Japan Association of Economic Law Board Member
2023/06 - 2023/12 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Monitoring Meeting of Improving Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms
2020/07 - 2021/03 Japan Fair Trade Commission The Study Group on Competition Policy in Digital Markets
2017/10 - 2018/03 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Expert group on the competitive electricity and gas market
2016/04 - 2018/03 Japan Fair Trade Commission Competition Research Centre Chief Researcher
2017/07 - 2018/02 Japan Fair Trade Commission Competition Policy Research Centre Study Group on Human Resource and Competition Policy
2016/03 - 2018/02 Osaka Prefecture Labour Relations Commission Commissioner
2017/01 - 2017/06 Japan Fair Trade Commission, Competition Policy Research Centre Study Group on Data and Competition Policy
2015/04 - 2016/03 Japan Fair Trade Commission Competition Policy Research Centre Visiting Researcher
2009/03 - 2015/01 Information and Communications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication Interconnection Policy Committee
2013/04 - 2014/03 Japan Fair Trade Commission Competition Policy Research Centre Visiting Researcher
2005/11 - 2007/11 Telecommunications Dispute Settlement Commission, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Special Commissioner
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Awards (3):
2012/01 - Osumi Kenichiro Award
2011/10 - Mobile Communication Fund Docomo Mobile science prizes Honorable Mention
2001/07 - Fair Trade Institute Masatoshi Yokota Memorial Award
Association Membership(s) (4):
Japan Association for Consumer. Law
, The Japan Association of International Economic Law
, THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC LAW
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW