In the 14th "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey" published by Nikkei Inc., the following lawyers have been chosen as the Best Performing Lawyers 2018 (as selected by companies and overall (by both companies and lawyers)):

Corporate Legal Affairs category

• Minoru Sawaguchi (8th by companies; 7th overall)
• Shin Kikuchi (6th by companies; 9th overall)
• Gaku Ishiwata (6th by companies; 9th overall)

Crisis Management category

• Yasuhiko Fujitsu (10th overall)

Internatinal Trade Law category

• Yoshio Iteya (4th by companies; 8th by overall)
• Takuya Eguchi (2nd by companies; 6th overall)
• Hideaki Umetsu (5th by companies; 5th overall)