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| 1968 | The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (B.A) | 
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| 1970 | Admitted to bar in Japan (Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association) | 
| 1975 | Georgetown University Law Center (M.C.L.) | 
| 1987 | Chairman, Trade Friction Problem Committee, JETRO | 
| 1994-2003 | Member, Subcommittee on Unfair Trade Policies and Measures, WTO Committee, Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | 
| 2009-2013 | Visiting Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School | 
| 2010-2011 | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics | 
| 2016 | Left Nishimura& Asahi | 

Patent, Trademark and other IP Matters (Litigation and other Practices), International Trade and General Corporate

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		  2005	Overview of U.S. Trade Statutes JETRO
		  2007	IP High Court Denies Beer Promotion Name as Trademark
		  International Law Office Newsletter
Protection of Three-dimensional Trademark Refused by IP High Court
International Law Office Newsletter
2008	World Trademark Yearbook 2008 (Japan Chapter)
World Trademark Yearbook 2008 p.151-162
2009 	High Court Changes Rule on Extension of Patent Right
International Law Office Newsletter
World Trademark Review Yearbook 2009/2010 (Japan Chapter)
World Trademark Review Yearbook 2009/2010
2010	Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2010/2011 (Japan Chapter)
Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2010/2011
IP High Court: eye-opening decision on Ethiopian government's coffee trademarks
International Law Office Newsletter
Anti-counterfeiting 2010 - A Global Guide (Japan Chapter)
Anti-counterfeiting 2010 - A Global Guide
2011	Smell of success for three - dimensional trademark
International Law Office Newsletter
World Trademark Review Yearbook 2011/2012 (Japan Chapter)
World Trademark Review Yearbook 2011/2012
IP High Court Rejects Collective Trademark
International Law Office Newsletter
2012  TARZAN trademark invalidated by IP High Court
International Law Office Newsletter
'Karaoke theory' of infringement: court's warning to internet mall operators
International Law Office Newsletter
2013  IP High Court allows assumed damages under Article 102(2) of Patent Law
International Law Office Newsletter
IP High Court upholds INTELGROW trademark
International Law Office Newsletter
IP High Court confirms cancellation of mark for unfair use
International Law Office Newsletter
2014	IP High Court rules 'Mount Asama' cannot be registered as a beer name
International Law Office Newsletter
Tokyo court admits repudiation of assumed damages under Patent Law
International Law Office Newsletter
IP High Court lacks HEART in cancelling mark for unfair use
International Law Office Newsletter
2015	Imitation of configurations under Unfair Competition Prevention Law
International Law Office Newsletter
IP High Court rejects unfair use cancellation action for footwear trademark
International Law Office Newsletter
IP High Court finds manufacturer and reseller jointly liable for patent infringement
International Law Office Newsletter
Tokyo District Court denies breeders' rights under Plant Variety Act
International Law Office Newsletter

2007	The NIKKEI “Most successful lawyers in 2007” 
  2009	“Business Lawyer Rankings 2009” in the June 29 edition of the Nikkei Business Journal.
  2011	World Trademark Review 1000
  2013	The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2013
  2013	Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2013
  2013	Chambers Asia-Pacific 2013
  2014	Best Lawyers
  2014	Who's Who Legal: Japan 2014
  2014	Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2014
  2014	Chambers Asia-Pacific 2014
  2015	Asia IP Experts 2015
  2015	Best Lawyers