Home Visiting Professors BLC - Past Faculty 2023 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Testuo Kabe Visiting Professor International Taxation,Public Finance Of Counsel, Nishimura& Asahi Senior Advisor, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc. President, Foundation for the Advancement of Life & Insurance Around the World Hideki Matsui Visiting Professor Corporate governance and compliance system Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Takeshi Shimamura Visiting Professor Environmental Law Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University 2022 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Hiroya Nakakubo Visiting Professor Labor Law Professor, Hitotsubashi University Kazuyuki Furuya Visiting Professor Policy-making System Chairman, Japan Fair Trade Commission Masaki Hosaka Visiting Professor Corporate & Commercial Transactions Partner, NISHIMURA & ASAHI 2021 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Hiroya Nakakubo Visiting Professor Labor Law Professor, Hitotsubashi University Kazuyuki Furuya Visiting Professor Policy-making System Chairman, Japan Fair Trade Commission Masaki Hosaka Visiting Professor Corporate & Commercial Transactions Partner, NISHIMURA & ASAHI 2020 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Hiroya Nakakubo Visiting Professor Labor Law Professor, Hitotsubashi University Kazuyuki Furuya Visiting Professor Policy-making System Chairman, Japan Fair Trade Commission Masaki Hosaka Visiting Professor Corporate & Commercial Transactions Partner, NISHIMURA & ASAHI 2019 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Akiyuki Asatsuma Visiting Professor Intellectual property taxation and allocation of taxing jurisdiction among countries Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University Masaaki Kobayashi Visiting Professor Environmental Law Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment President & Representative Director, JESCO Takeshi Motomura Visiting Professor Corporate Governance Partner, Iwata Godo 2018 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Of Counsel Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Yoshihiro Toji Visiting Professor, Corporate legal affaires, contract law, coporate law Managing Partner, Iwata Godo Akiyuki Asatsuma Visiting Professor, Intellectual property taxation and allocation of taxing jurisdiction among countries Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Japanese Law Professor, Harvard Law School 2017 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Of Counsel Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Yoshihiro Toji Visiting Professor, Corporate legal affaires, contract law, coporate law Managing Partner, Iwata Godo Akiyuki Asatsuma Visiting Professor, Intellectual property taxation and allocation of taxing jurisdiction among countries Professor, College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University 2016 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Of Counsel Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Kenichi Fujinawa Visiting Professor, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate Governance/Compliance Partner, NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Japanese Law Professor, Harvard Law School 2015 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Of Counsel Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Kenichi Fujinawa Visiting Professor, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate Governance/Compliance Partner, NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Professor, Seikei University 2014 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Of Counsel Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Kenichi Fujinawa Visiting Professor, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate Governance/Compliance Partner, NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Professor, Seikei University J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Japanese Law Professor, Harvard Law School Hideyuki Matsui Visiting Professor, Civil jurisprudence Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Law, Rikkyo University 2013 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yasushi Manago Visiting Professor, Finance Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance Kenichi Fujinawa Visiting Professor, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Corporate Governance/Compliance Partner, NAGASHIMA OHNO & TSUNEMATSU Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Professor, Seikei University J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Japanese Law Professor, Harvard Law School Katsuro Tanaka Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property and International Corporate Transactions Partner, TMI Associates Hideyuki Matsui Visiting Professor, Civil jurisprudence Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Law, Rikkyo University 2012 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Mamoru Umemoto Visiting Professor, Insurance Law Former Director - General of Tokyo Customs Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Professor, Seikei University Kazuyuki Sugimoto Visiting Professor, Finance Former Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance Adviser to the Mizuho Corporate Bank Katsuro Tanaka Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property and International Corporate Transactions Partner, TMI Associates Hideyuki Matsui Visiting Professor, Civil jurisprudence Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Law, Rikkyo University 2011 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Professor, Seikei University Kazufumi Ioki Visiting Professor, Tax Law Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Mamoru Umemoto Visiting Professor, Insurance Law Former Director - General of Tokyo Customs Katsuro Tanaka Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property and International Corporate Transactions Partner, TMI Associates Hideyuki Matsui Visiting Professor, Civil jurisprudence Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Law, Rikkyo University 2010 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Kougyoku Kin Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Seikei University Kazufumi Ioki Visiting Professor, Tax Law Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Eiichi Fukushima Visiting Professor, International Trade NISHIMURA & ASAHI Masahiro Murakami Visiting Professor, Economic Law Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University 2009 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Kin Kougyoku Visiting Professor, Criminal Law Seikei University J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Japanese Law Harvard Law School Kenichi Masuda Visiting Professor, Corporate Law Anderson Mori and Tomotsune Masahiro Murakami Visiting Professor, Economic Law Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University Hiroyasu Watanabe Visiting Professor, Tax Law Waseda University Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law 2008 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Masaru Ono Visiting Professor, General Corporate NISHIMURA & ASAHI Masahiro Murakami Visiting Professor, Economic Law Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University Hiroyasu Watanabe Visiting Professor, Tax Law Waseda University Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law 2007 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Jens Meierhenrich Visiting Associate Professor, Government Harvard University Shunpei Tanaka Visiting Professor, General Corporate Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Hiroshi Inomata Visiting Professor, International Law The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yasutaka Yamaki Visiting Professor, Antimonopoly Law Home Electric Appliances Fair Trade Conference 2006 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Takashi Yoneda Visiting Professor, General Corporate Nishimura & Partners Yun, Sun Hee Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law Hanyang University 2005 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Yukiyasu Aoyama Visiting Professor, Law on Customs Duties Ministry of Finance Japan Hisayoshi Yokoyama Visiting Associate Professor, Intellectual Property Law Gakushuin University Kenneth L. Port Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law William Mitchell College of Law 2004 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Masao Yoshimura Visiting Associate Professor, Tax Law Yokohama National University Etsuro Honda Visiting Professor, International Financial Law Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Koichi Kusano Visiting Professor, Commercial Law Nishimura & Partners Kwon Jong Ho Visiting Associate Professor, Commercial Law College of Law, Konkuk University 2003 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law & Economics Harvard Law School Hidetaka Aizawa Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law Waseda University Hiroyasu Watanabe Visiting Professor, Tax Law Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance 2002 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Lawrence Lessig Visiting Professor, Cyber Law Stanford University Nobuo Yoshikuni Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law Japan Patent Office Hiroyasu Watanabe Visiting Professor, Tax Law Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance 2001 Name Official labels / Specialty Affiliation Satoshi Watanabe Visiting Professor, Tax Law Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Akihiro Kobayashi Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law Japan Patent Office Dennis Te-Chung Tang Visiting Professor, Administrative Law National Taiwan University Nobuaki Usui Visiting Professor, Tax Law Chiba University of Commerce Roberta Romano Visiting Professor, Commercial Law Yale Law School J. Mark Ramseyer Visiting Professor, Law & Economics Harvard Law School Shigeki Morinobu Visiting Professor, International Tax Law Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance