Takahiro Saito | Atsumi & Sakai

Overview

Publications & Seminars

Awards

Admitted

Japan (2006)

Bar Association

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Education

Gakushuin University (LL.B., 2001)

The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

Background

Sakaeda Law Office (January 2007-December 2012)

Saito Law Office (January 2013-May 2016)

Newport Law Office (June 2016-September 2020)

Field-R Law Offices (October 2020-July 2024)

Member

Chair of the Private Sector Advisory Board of the “Nighttime Economy Diet Members Caucus” of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (2017-)

Member of the “Council on Revitalization of Nighttime Tourism Resources” of the Japan Tourism Agency (2018-2019)

Director of Japan Nighttime Economy Association (2019-)

Advisor to the “Tourism Content Creation Project Utilizing Nighttime” of the Japan Tourism Agency (2019)

Advisor to the “Project to Create a New Time Market by Utilizing Nighttime and Early Morning” of the Japan Tourism Agency (2020)

General Incorporated Association Meta Tourism Promotion Institution (2021-)

Advisor to the “Project for the Promotion of High Value-Added Cultural Resources in Response to ‘With Corona’” of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (2021)

Advisor to the “Project for Promoting High Value-Added Cultural Resources to Encourage Tourists Seeking High-Quality Tourism Services to Visit Japan, etc.” of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (2021)

Advisor to the “Rediscovering Regional Charm to Attract New Inbound Tourists through Adventure Tourism, etc.” of the Japan Tourism Agency (2021)

Advisor to the “Project for Enhancing Cultural Tourism Content for the Resumption and Expansion of Tourism” of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (2022)

Advisor to the “Tourism City Planning Promotion Project Utilizing Historical Resources” of the Japan Tourism Agency (2022-2024)

Member of the Area Management Network (2023-)

Advisor to the “Basic Concept Review for High Value-Added Use of National Parks” of the Ministry of the Environment (2023-2024)

Member of the “Nighttime Tourism Subcommittee, Expert Committee on the Promotion of Tourism in Tokyo” of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (2024)

Member of the “Roundtable Conference on Regional Development through the Promotion of Cultural Tourism Utilizing Cultural Resources” of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (2024)

Publications

“Lawyers Guide 2025,” Lexis Nexis and Business & Law LLC (January 2025) [Interview]
Rulemaking: Methodology for Changing Society as Practiced in the Nighttime Economy, Gakugei Shuppansha (2019)

Seminars

“Study Group for the Realization of Tokyo as an International Social and Cultural City: Current Situation and Challenges of Tokyo’s Nighttime Economy; Advanced Cases, etc. of Overseas Cities,” hosted by The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, August 2024
“Upgrading Urban Power: Strategies for Creating Urban Value through the Nighttime Economy,” hosted by the Institute of Metropolitan Policy, April 2024
“Symposium: Considering Value Creation at Night in Japan from Kyoto,” hosted by Kyoto City and sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, January 2024
“Dialogue Between Amsterdam & Tokyo on Nighttime Economy,” co-hosted by the Netherlands embassy in Tokyo, Japan and the Japan Nighttime Economy Association, March, 2023
“National Area Management Symposium 2022-The Value of the Night from the Perspective of Culture, Tourism, and City Planning-,” hosted by the Area Management Network, September 2022