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Akira Takakuwa

Languages: Japanese, English, German Print profileOpen PDF file

Major Practice Areas

Litigation/Dispute Resolution < International Dispute Resolution Litigation/ADR >

Contact Information

TEL:+81-3-6212-8322
FAX:+81-3-6212-8222
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Background

Professional License (Judicial Examination in Japan, 1959, 1962)
Associate Judge in Tokyo District and High Courts; Councillor of Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice; Legal Adviser to Treaties Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Professor of International Trade Law in Rikkyo and Kyoto Universities. 1962 - 2000
Admitted to Bar in Japan, 2000
Daini Tokyo Bar Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren)
Managing director of Japan Association of Arbitrators 2003 -
Professor of Law, Seikei University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, LL.D.
Comité Maritime International (Titulary Member)
International Law Association (Japanese Delegate to International Civil and Commercial Litigation Committee)
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law
The Japan Maritime Law Association
The Japanese Society of International Law
The Japan Private International Law Society
The Japan International Economic Law Society
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1960)
Columbia University Law School, Graduate Studies (M.C.L., 1968)

Bar Admissions

Professional License (Judicial Examination in Japan, 1959, 1962)
admitted in Japan, 2000
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren)

Major Activities

Memberships
- Comité Maritime International (Titulary Member)
- International Law Association (Japanese Delegate to International Civil and Commercial Litigation Committee)
- The British Institute of International and Comparative Law
- The Japan Maritime Law Association
- The Japanese Society of International Law
- The Japan Private International Law Society
- The Japan International Economic Law Society
Official Positions
- Associate Judge in Tokyo District and High Courts
- Councillor of Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
- Legal Adviser to Treaties Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- Professor of International Trade Law in Rikkyo University and Kyoto University (1962 - 2000)

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