模擬仲裁日本大会

18th Vis Japan Pre-moot

Schedule　／　Details and Team Registration　／　Pre-moot Conference　／　Other Events

Schedule

Details and Team Registration

The 18th Vis Japan will be held as follows. The Rules for the 32nd Vis Moot apply mutatis mutandis. The Vis Japan has both English and Japanese sections. For teams from universities IN JAPAN, please refer to this page.

[Notes on Participation]

• Online participation is NOT ALLOWED.
• The number of sessions given to one team is two sessions if participating only in the English section or four sessions if participating in both the English and Japanese sections. Thus, the number of oralists per team is two to four (if participating only in the English section) or two to eight (if participating in both the English and Japanese sections). Students other than oralists are welcome to come to obeserve the sessions and support the oralists of the team. ONLY for administrative purpose, we will ask to submit a list of all team members (including members other than oralists).
• Teams have to submit the memorandum for Claimant by December 20 (Fri), 2024 and the memorandum for Respondent by January 31 (Fri), 2025. The memorandum must be submitted in PDF format. The memorandum for Respondent should be prepared without exchanging the memoranda for Claimant with the opposing team. For teams participating in both English and Japanese sections, it is sufficient to submit the memoranda in English instead of submitting both the memoranda in English and in Japanese.
• Submitted memoranda will be distributed to the arbitrators for oral hearings (the timing will be after the deadline for submission of the respondent's memorandum to the Vis Moot) and will be exchanged with the opposing teams approximately one week before the day of the sessions.
• Please carefully check the latest information on the websites of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Japanese consulates in your country to find out whether you need to obtain a visa before entering Japan and how to apply for a visa. If you require any supporting documents in applying for visa, please contact the Vis Japan Pre-moot Committee by email by December 10 (Tue), 2024. Please ensure your registered coach send emails with his/her email address issued by the university of the team.
• In principle, teams participating in the 18th Vis Japan may have practice of oral hearings with other participating teams. However, after the schedule of the 18th Vis Japan is announced (approximately one week before the Vis Japan), teams are encouraged to not practice with the competing teams nor observe practices or other pre-moot sessions in which the competing teams participate.

[Contact]  AIBT, Japan Pre-moot Committee ()

[Announcement of Financial Support for Participation]
Teams participating in the Vis Japan Pre-moot from overseas may be eligible for some financial support from external funding sources.

Support from Prof. Yamada: Providing accommodation. If you are interested, please contact Professor Toshiko Yamada (vismootyamada@gmail.com). Note that there is a limit to the number of people who can receive support.
*This is financial funding offered by Prof. Yamada, which is separate and independently prepared from the AIBT's administration. This announcement is aimed at introducing the opportunities to the teams and not intended to co-sponsor and endorse the funding. The teams agree and understand that this is not the AIBT's funding and you will contact Prof. Yamada and not the AIBT nor the Japan Pre-moot Committee in the case where you have questions, concerns and claims in relation to this funding. Application is now closed as the capacity has been reached.

Under the auspices of
　Doshisha University, Research Center for International Transactions and Law

Pre-moot Conference
“International Dispute Resolution―Arbitration & International Contract Law CISG: From the Civil law, Common Law and Japanese Law Perspective”

If you would like to attend online, please register using Google Form by March 19 (Wed), 2025. If you would like to attend in-person, please come to the venue without registration.
Participating teams are strongly encouraged to attend the Conference. As a general rule, participating team members are expected to attend in-person. If your team is unable to participate in the event either in person or online due to circumstances such as graduation ceremonies, and you would like to request a recording, the team representative should contact the Japan Pre-moot Committee of AIBT in advance.

【Program (tentative)】
The program may be changed.

• 14:00-14:30 “Practical Problems Underlying the Vis Case: Multi-tier Dispute Resolution Clause and Taking of Evidence”
  KEYNOTE SPEAKER Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll (Professor Dr., Bucerius Law School)
• 14:30-15:10 Comments by:
  Dr. Rouven F. Bodenheimer (Partner, BODENHEIMER)
  Prof. Dr. Anselmo Reyes (Anselmo Reyes KK)
  Mr. Masaharu Onuki (GBC Office Onuki)
  Prof. Dr. Koji Takahashi (Professor Dr., Doshisha University)
  [15:10-15:30 Panel Discussion]
• 15:30-16:00 “Government Contracts and the CISG”
  KEYNOTE SPEAKER Prof. Dr. emerita Ingeborg Schwenzer (Professor Dr. emerita, University of Basel)
• 16:00-16:40 Comments by:
  Dr. Florian Mohs (Partner, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law)
  Prof. Dr. Anselmo Reyes (Anselmo Reyes KK)
  Mr. Masaharu Onuki (GBC Office Onuki)
  Prof. Dr. Koji Takahashi (Professor Dr., Doshisha University)
  [16:40-17:00 Panel Discussion]

[Coordinator: Prof. Toshiko Yamada (Kwansei Gakuin University)]

Other Events

• Workshop I

“Participating in the Vis Moot―Advice for Present Mooties and Future Coaches”
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll (Professor Dr., Bucerius Law School)

If you would like to attend online, please register using Google Form by March 19 (Wed), 2025. If you would like to attend in-person, please come to the venue without registration. If your team is unable to participate in the event either in person or online due to circumstances such as graduation ceremonies or travel, and you would like to request a recording, the team representative should contact the Japan Pre-moot Committee of AIBT in advance.

• Workshop II Canceled.

Ms. Kröll gives a lecture for this year's Vis Moot participants on economic background (economic value of the claim; The problem is not just the legal aspects but also the economic aspects. In practice, frequently the latter is the most important aspects of the case.).

When you come to the venue, please enter the campus through the West Gate. The entrance directly connecting to the B1 floor of the Ryoshinkan Building from Imadegawa Station (Subway) is closed.
After the workshop, an excursion is planned by Prof. Yamada. Support from other resources is available for overseas teams (which is separate and independently prepared from the AIBT's administration). For more information about this workshop and the excursion (including support), please contact Prof. Toshiko Yamada (Kwansei Gakuin University).

◆Contact◆

AIBT, Japan Pre-moot Committee

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