Legal Regulation of Digital Rights in Japan

The article reveals the legal nature of digital rights based on the analysis of the provisions of Japanese national legislation and international doctrinal sources, gives a brief description of the features of the legal regulation of digital rights in Japan, reveals the relationship between the concepts of digital rights and rights in the digital environment. In the course of the study, the authors use a combination of dialectical general scientific methods of cognition with private scientific methods characteristic of research in the field of jurisprudence: comparative legal, technical legal, formal logical. The novelty of the study is due to a comprehensive approach to the consideration of the implementation of digital rights in various fields of activity. In particular, the inalienable rights to personal data protection are considered, among other things, in the context of digital healthcare, the use of virtual digital platforms, the interaction of consumers and entrepreneurs in the digital environment, etc. In the course of the study, the authors address the issues of preferential taxation of investment entities related to the digital transformation of the economy, as well as the creation of legal mechanisms to ensure digital rights in the exchange and trade of crypto assets. The results of the study can be used as a basis for developing proposals for changing Russian legislation regarding the implementation and enforcement of digital rights (in the narrow (industry) meaning of this term), as well as used to identify the universal nature of digital rights and determine the mechanisms for their enforcement within the framework of more.

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