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Admitted
Japan (1981)
Bar Association
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Education
University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1979)
Cornell Law School (LL.M., 1988)
Katholiele Universiteit Leuven (LL.M., 1993)
Background
Tokyo Nanbu Law Office (1981-1987)
De Bandt, van Hecke & Lagae (Currently Linklaters) (Brussels, Belgium) (1988-1994)
Associate Professor, Yokohama National University, Graduate School of International and Business Law (1994-1996)
Professor, Waseda University Faculty of Law (1996-2004)
Director, Waseda University Legal Clinic(2004-2009)
Short-term Expert at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (Dispatched to Laos)(2004)
Professor, Waseda Law School (2004-)
Public Office
Member of the “Trade Committee of the Industrial Structure Council” of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2007-2013)
Expert of the “Working Group on Procurement and Operations in the Railway Sector” of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2017-2019, 2022-2023)
Member of the "Study Group on the Improvement of the Trade Environment Involving Digital Platform Businesses," of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2018)
Member
The European Union Studies Association – Japan (Board Member: 1998-2012 and 2016-, President of the Board: 2013-2015)
The Japan Association of International Economic Law (Board Member: 2003-2017, President of the Board: 2018-2024)
The Japan Clinical Legal Education Association (Board Member: 2008-2017 and 2021-2024, President of the Board: 2018-2020)
Member of the Board of Trustees, Japanese Society of International Law (2016-2024)
Auditor, Education and Research Center for Japanese Law Consortium (2017-)
Auditor, The International Human Rights Law Association (2018-2021)
Member, The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law (2020-)
Principal Research Director (Europe Studies), The 21st Century Public Policy Institute
Governor, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Director, The Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Inc.
Advisory Board Member, Max Planck Encyclopedias for International Law