KANEKO Yuka, LL.D., Professor, Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation. She is active in the field of Asian comparative law as well as in the sociology of law. She is the author of many books, including Asian Crisis and Financial Law Reforms, Shinzan-Sya in 2004; Law Reforms and Legal Development in Asia, Daigakukyoiku-Shuppan in 2010; Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery, Routledge in 2016; Law and Development of Myanmar, Koyo-Syobo in 2018; Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia: Beyond Western Capitalism, Springer in 2019; Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search for an Alternative Development (Routledge 2021), Insolvency Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies: Consequences of the Donor Model Designed for Economic Crises (Springer 2022).

Introduction

1. Law and Social Changes in a Pandemic: Results of Survey of COVID-19-affected SMEs in Kobe, Japan (Yuka Kaneko)

2. Disaster Management and COVID-19 Financial Support for SMEs in Korea

3. Public Health or Economic Recovery: Regulatory Choice in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia (Rudy & Chaidir Ali)

4. Autonomous Adaptation and Governmental Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines

(Kristoffer B. Berse, Kirsten Lianne Mae C. Dedase & Lianne Angelico C. Depante)

5. Balancing Medical Needs and Economic Policy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Vietnamese Government Response (Duong Anh Son & Vu Kim Hanh Dung)

6. Legal Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Myanmar

(Mi Khin Saw Aung)

7. Asian Perspectives on the State and Market Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

(Yuka Kaneko)