Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Competition and Antitrust, International Trade, Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution

Education

• The University of Wisconsin Law School (L.L.M., Fulbright Scholar, 1972)
• Chuo University (J.D., 1965)
• Osaka University (B.E., 1962)

Professional Admissions

• Japan (1968)

Languages

• Japanese
• English

Professional and Academic Associations

• Osaka Bar Association (1968-)
• Special Professor, the Kyoto University Law School (2004-2007)
• Trustee, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (2000-)
• President, the Licensing Executive Society of Japan (1998-2000)
• Arbitrator and Mediator, the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration Center, Geneva (1994-)
• On full-time secondment to Graham & James LLP (1972-1973)