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Japan (2006)
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
Kyoto University (LL.B., 2005) The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law (LL.M., 2015) Boston University School of Law (LL.M in Taxation) (2016)
Daiichi Law Office, P.C. (October 2006-October 2016) Appeals Judge of National Tax Tribunal (July 2011-July 2014) Advisor to Japan DPO Association (December 2019-) Outside Director of State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (November 2020-), Auditor (October 2020-))
Member of the Japan Association of the Law of Trust (April 2009-) Board member of the AI Business Creation Association (AIB) (November 2021-)
“[Lecture Report] Personal Information Protection Legislation and Government Access in Other Countries,” Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC) (October, 2024)
“[Discussion Report] Future of Cross-border Data Business,” Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (October, 2024)
“Conversation Article (14): BIPROGY Group's AI Revolution: Generative AI Service Scenarios and Business Outlook (2/2),” the AI Business Creation Association (May, 2024)
“Conversation Article (13): BIPROGY Group's AI Revolution: Generative AI Service Scenarios and Business Outlook (1/2),” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2024)
“Conversation Article (12): Tokkyo.Ai, a Patent Generation AI and Search AI Tool Using ChatGPT,” the AI Business Creation Association (February, 2024)
“[Seminar Report] Explanation of the Basic System, the Current Status of Use and Discussion, and Key Points of the Internal Rules for the Appropriate Use of ChatGPT and Generative AI,” Westlaw Japan K.K. (January, 2024)
“Conversation Article (11): ChatGPT Web Version for Browsing Plug-in Features and iPhone Applications,” the AI Business Creation Association (June, 2023)
“Conversation Article (10): Consideration of Items Related to Copyrights of the Guidelines Published by Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA),” the AI Business Creation Association (May, 2023)
“Conversation Article (9): Improvement of Productivity (Reducing Working Hours and Alleviating Labor Shortage) and Responding to Risk as a Result of In-house Use of AI Tools such as ChatGPT, etc.,” the AI Business Creation Association (May, 2023)
“Conversation Article (8): Advised by UNIADEX, Ltd.(BIPROGY Group, Certified Partner of Microsoft) on the Current and Future Business Development related to ChatGPT and other Generative AI (2/2) ,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (7): Advised by UNIADEX, Ltd.(BIPROGY Group, Certified Partner of Microsoft) on the Current and Future Business Development related to ChatGPT and other Generative AI (1/2) ,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (6): AI and Patents/AI to Streamline Work Related to Patents,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (5): Italy Suspends Use of ChatGPT, and Trends among Data Protection Agencies in other Countries,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (4): Copyright Issues with Midjourney and other Image Generation AIs,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (3): Boosting Productivity with a ChatGPT Plugin and Image Generation AI such as Midjourney,” the AI Business Creation Association (April, 2023)
“Conversation Article (2): Doctor of Engineering, Lawyer and Patent Attorney Discuss the Use of ChatGPT/GPT4, Security and Other Issues,” the AI Business Creation Association (March, 2023)
“Conversation Article (1): Doctor of Engineering and Lawyer Discuss the Business Use of ChatGPT,” the AI Business Creation Association (March, 2023)
”European Council gives final approval to Landmark AI Act” (May, 2024)[Co-author]
“Cybersecurity Response upon the Occurrence of an Incident and During Peacetime ~Explanation of the Response to Specific Incidents, from Perspectives of the Companies Act, Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and the Civil Code,” hosted by Business & Law LLC, video available until July 31, 2023
“Cybersecurity Response upon the Occurrence of an Incident and During Peacetime ~Explanation from the Perspective of Officers' Liability under the Companies Act, Personal Information Protection Act and Contractual Practice, Assuming a Sample Incident,” hosted by Business Research Institute, March 16, 2023
“Cybersecurity Response and Executive Responsibility upon the Occurrence of an Incident and During Peacetime,” hosted by Japan DPO Association, January 19, 2023
"Commentaries on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), China’s Personal Information Protection Law and Korea’s Personal Information Protection Law," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, Thomson Reuters KK and Westlaw Japan K.K., July 13, 2022
"Global Whistleblowing Today: EU Whistleblower Protection Directive and Legislation for the Protection of Personal Information in China and Korea," hosted by D-Quest Holdings, Inc. available from December 24, 2021 to February 28, 2022
Commentaries on European, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean Laws Regarding Global Whistleblowing - Including the EU Whistleblowing Directive and China’s Personal Information Protection Law," hosted by Atsumi & Sakai, Thomson Reuters KK and Westlaw Japan K.K., November 11, 2021
"Privacy and personal information protection in the medical and healthcare field," hosted by Japan DPO Association, August 5, 2021 - “The process of transferring personal information from healthcare providers to pharmaceutical companies”