Careers

• 1952

  Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School

• 1956

  Waseda University, First Faculty of Law

• 1958

  Master's Program, School of Law, Waseda University

• 1960

  Admitted to the Bar (Tokyo Bar Association)

• 1966

  Harvard Law School（LL.M.）

• 1966

  Graham & James LLP (San Francisco)

• 1982-1993

  Outside Director, Oiles Corporation

• 1988

  Executive Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

• 1991

  Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School

• 1993–2005

  Visiting Overseers, Harvard University

• 1994–1995

  Member, Ministry of Justice International Arbitration Agency Research Committee

• 1994–1998

  Member, Private International Law Subcommittee, Legislative Council

• 1994–Present

  Member, Ministry of Justice Study Group on International Arbitration Representation (Japan)

• 1996–2002

  Member, Meguro Ward Council for Public Document Disclosure and Personal Information Protection 1996–Present Academic Council Member, International Center for Private and Commercial Law (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)

• 1996–Present

  Academic Council Member, International Center for Private and Commercial Law (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)

• 1997–Present

  Member, Harvard Law School Management Advisory Committee

• 1999–2002

  Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

• 1999–2015

  Director, Ebara Hatakeyama Foundation for Culture

• 2000–2012

  Director, Kaga-Etsu-Noto Scholarship Foundation

• 2000–2015

  Director, Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Museum Foundation

• 2003–2008

  Member, Advisory Committee for the Operation of the University of Tokyo Law School

• 2003–2016

  Outside Director, YKK Corporation

• 2006–Present

  Advisor, Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAAP); Vice-President (1992-2006); Japan National Representative & Board Member (1997-2003)

• 2007–Present

  Member, American Law Institute

• 2007–2026

  Council Member, Daiwa Securities Foundation