Admitted to Tokyo Bar Association and to Japan Federation of Bar Association (JFBA) 2005. Education: LL.M. University of Tokyo 1997, studied civil proceedings and common law Member: Chair of the JFBA LGBT Rights Subcommittee. JFBA Family Law Committee, Civil Law Proceeding Committee and Hague Convention WG. International Liaison Officer of IBA LGBT Committee. International Liaison Officer of IBA Family Law Committee in 2013-2015. ABA ART Committee and International family law committee. Lecturer and author on family law issues including article “International relocation of children law in Japan: overview” in Anna Worwood ed. International Relocation of Children: A Global Guide from Practical Law (Thomson Reuters 2016) and presentation “How to Fulfill it Sophisticatedly in Japan?” the session “The Promise of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention in Asia” in the conference “International Families: Money, Children and Long Term Planning” ABA at Seattle on 20 June 2014
