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Abstract: As deregulation policy in Japan has been pushed forward for about the past 10 years,
companies have come into contact with an unspecified number of partners and now use the judicial
system to solve disputes with them more than before. In this study, we examined impressions of judges
and the legal system by employees with experience in the corporate legal department in charge of
dispute resolution. The results showed that if employees had positive impressions of judges, then they
perceived the system to be more fair and accessible. It was suggested that they confirmed social status
of self and the propriety of judicial results through the interaction with judges.
