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JAPANProduct launches

LegalOn opens beta of Agent Builder to automate in-house legal intake tasks

Tokyo-based LegalOn Technologies on October 19, 2026, began offering a beta of Agent Builder, a task-automation feature in its LegalOn legal AI platform. A legal-specific AI agent carries out a chain of routine steps once a matter meets conditions the legal team sets, starting with legal consultations and matter assignment, without fresh prompts or manual handoffs. LegalOn plans to extend it to automated first-pass contract review.

Announcement (LegalOn Technologies) → · Impress AI Watch
JAPANProduct launches

Harvey partners with Legalscape to put Japanese law research on its AI platform

Nikkei Asia reported on October 2, 2026, that Japanese legal-tech company Legalscape will make its proprietary Japanese law research tool available on Harvey's AI platform. The tool lets Harvey users query Japanese statutes, case law and licensed legal publications, with summaries tied to source references. LegalTech Digest reported that Legalscape works with more than 40 publishers and serves more than 3,000 clients.

Announcement (Nikkei Asia) → · LegalTech Digest
JAPANPeople moves

Mori Hamada plans Dallas, Houston, and Kyoto offices for 2027 expansion

Law.com and Global Legal Post reported on October 2, 2026, that Japanese Big Four firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto plans to open offices in Dallas and Houston in the first half of 2027, plus a Kyoto office that would be its ninth in Japan. The Texas launches would give the firm five U.S. offices after New York and the San Francisco Bay Area, targeting finance, manufacturing, logistics, energy, and Japan-related M&A work.

Announcement (Law.com International) → · Global Legal Post
SOUTH KOREAProduct launches

Law&Company launches Lexpand AI across nine Asian jurisdictions

South Korean legal-tech firm Law&Company launched Lexpand AI, a global edition of SuperLawyer covering nine Asian jurisdictions in eight languages. Asia Business Daily dated the announcement to September 3, 2026; Seoul Economic Daily dated the company statement to September 4. Both outlets said the service uses the SuperLawyer engine with RAG grounding and AWS-hosted data handling.

Announcement (The Asia Business Daily) → · Seoul Economic Daily