Advisor
Hiroyasu Watanabe
- Admitted to bar －Not applicable
◆ Practice Areas
- Tax Advice and Planning
◆ Education
| 1969 | LL.B., the University of Tokyo |
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| 1973 | Master in Public Affairs, Princeton University |
◆ Experience
| 1996 thru 1997 | Deputy Director-General, Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan |
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| 1997 thru 1998 | Director-General, Tokyo Taxation Bureau, National Tax Agency |
| 1998 thru 2000 | Director-General, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance |
| 1998 thru 2000 | Chairman, ASEM Customs DG-Commissioner Meeting |
| 2000 thru 2002 | President, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance |
| 2002 thru 2003 | Commissioner, National Tax Agency |
| 2003 to date | Advisor, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance |
| 2003 thru 2010 | Visiting Professor, the University of Tokyo |
| 2004 thru 2016 | Professor, Waseda University |
| 2004 thru 2015 | Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
| 2004 to date | Director, Japanese Academic Society for Tax Law |
| 2004 to date | Visiting Professor, National Tax College |
| 2009 thru 2017 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| 2011 thru 2017 | Councilor, Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions, Government of Japan |
| 2016 to date | Advisor, Japan Tax Foundation |
| 2016 to date | Advisor, Hibiya Park Law Offices |
| 2019 thru 2023 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Tariff Association |
◆ Writings
- “Taxation on Financial Transactions“
Published by Yuhikaku, 2006 - “Taxation on International Transactions”
Published by Japan Tax Foundation, 2003
◆ Languages
Japanese and English