In the conference – held virtually in Germany, Japan and beyond and organzied by MPI and DJJV on August 19 and 20, 2020 – three affected areas of private law were highlighted and examined: the law of obligations, labour law, and procedural law. A further panel was dedicated to the public law framework within which private law transactions are occurring in this time of pandemic.The videos of all lectures are now available under the following link: https://www.mpipriv.de/1200929/responses-to-the-coronavirus-in-japanese-and-german-law