Hibiya Park Law Offices

Special Counsel

Practice Areas

1. Corporate Law

2. Foreign Investment

3. International Trade

4. International Finance and Securities

5. International Insolvency

Experience

 March 1960
Graduated from the Law Department of the University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

April 1962
Admitted to Bar

June 1966
Graduated from Harvard Law School (LL.M.)

April 1981-March 1982
Vice President, Daini Tokyo Bar Association

April 1991-April 1992
Founding President, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association

May 2001- May 2006
Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan

May 2006
Re-registered Daini Tokyo Bar Association (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)

June 2011
Hibiya Park Law Offices


Others

Statutory Auditor, Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. (June, 2008 - )

Chairperson, The Sun-Based Economy Association (February, 2009 - )

Honorary Co-Chair, World Justice Project (July, 2008 - )

Director, Japan Core Partner Inc. (August, 2010-)

Director, Kuni Umi Asset Management Co. Ltd. (March, 2012-)

Statutory Auditor, SIP Financial Group Corporation (May, 2013-)

Statutory Auditor, Strategic IR Insight Inc. (May, 2013-)

Director, BroadBand Tower, Inc. (September, 2015-)

Director, Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (January, 2016-)

Writings

 "What Lay-Judges System will bring about ?"(in Practice! Q&A of Lay-Judges System, Gyosei Limited)

"On the Rule of Law in Japan"(Japanese translation of a speech in English, Rule of Law No. 154, Journal of the Japan Bar)

"How the Supreme Court should function in future Part I and Part II" (Niben Frontier October and November, 2007 issues, Journal of Daini Tokyo Bar Association)


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