U.S.-Asia Law Institute

September 13 – September 19

China implements new exit and entry rules that provide more bases for barring travel; Hong Kong's chief executive promises new fire safety legislation in response to a 2025 apartment complex fire that killed 168 people; Japan's Cabinet approves reducing the consumption tax on food for two years in response to rising inflation; South Korea announces a plan to authorize the prescription and sale of abortion pills, seven years after the Constitutional Court struck down a criminal ban on abortion; Taiwan's Labor Ministry proposes extending paid marriage leave to fourteen days as part of President Lai Ching-te's strategy to encourage births.