Commercial Mediation, cross-border mediation, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, International commercial mediation, International Mediation, Japan, Promoting Mediation, UNCITRAL
Wa And The Japan International Mediation Centre – Kyoto
More than 1,400 years ago, Japan codified Confucian and Buddhist approaches to governing in Prince Shotoku’s Constitution, whose first article provides that “[h]armony should be valued, and quarrels should be avoided.” The underlying principle, wa (harmony), was promoted and reflected in the fabric of Japanese society and may have contributed to a persistent preference for…