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Data Protection and Privacy

Oct. 17, 2023 Public Service: Masafumi Masuda becomes a member of the Study Group on the Realisation of a Safe and Secure Metaverse, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Oct. 2, 2023 Awards: MHM lawyers selected in "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2023"
Sep. 5, 2023 Public Service: Atsushi Okada states his opinions regarding policy on copyright and AI as an expert at the Commission on Legal Affairs of the Subdivision on Copyright, the Council for Cultural Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Apr. 20, 2023 Awards: The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)
Sep. 22, 2022 Awards: Our lawyers selected in "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2022"
Apr. 14, 2022 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™
Apr. 7, 2022 Public Service: Atsushi Okada states opinions regarding Japan's approach to AI/data transactions as member of Japanese delegation at Working Group on Electronic Commerce of UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
Feb. 18, 2022 Public Service: Initiatives by the Expert Committee in which Atsushi Okada serves as a member, introduced as a specific example of practicing privacy governance in the "Corporate Privacy Governance Guidebook for the DX Era ver. 1.2"
Sep. 6, 2021 Awards: High evaluation received from "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2021"
Apr. 15, 2021 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Japan
Dec. 4, 2020 Public Service: Atsushi Okada states his opinions regarding policy for data utilization as an expert at the conference of the "Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy" organized by the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Oct. 6, 2020 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders"
Oct. 6, 2020 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders Global Elite – Data 2020"
Sep. 18, 2020 Awards: High evaluation received from " Who′s Who Legal: Japan 2020"
Sep. 14, 2020 Awards: High evaluation received from "Who’s Who Legal: Global 2020"
Jun. 5, 2020 Media: Comments by Atsushi Okada were featured in a OneTrust DataGuidance article titled "Japan: Parliament passes bill to amend APPI" published on June 5, 2020
Apr. 9, 2020 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 11th edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Japan
Dec. 16, 2019 Awards: Top rankings received in The Nikkei's "Corporate Legal Affairs and Lawyer Survey 2019"
Dec. 5, 2019 Media: Comments by Atsushi Okada were featured in an OneTrust DataGuidance article titled "Japan: APPI revision includes "strengthening regulations of cross-border data transfers"" published on December 5, 2019
Oct. 12, 2019 Awards: Top rankings received from " Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Data 2019"