Admitted, Tokyo Bar Association, 1990. Practices in Tokyo, specialising in family law with particular focus on international family cases. Served as family affairs conciliator, Tokyo Family Court, since 2003. Member: Tokyo Bar Association, Family Law Section; Japanese Association of Socio-Legal Studies on Family Law. B.A., Law (International Legal Studies), Sophia University, Tokyo; Master of International Affairs on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York; L.L.M., International Law, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law & Politics, Tokyo.