Yasutaka Tokuda

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Yasutaka Tokuda

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Languages
Japanese

Contact Information

TEL
+81-3-6266-8934
FAX
+81-3-6266-8834

Practice Areas

Work Highlights

  • Sale of Sasaeah Holdings to Virbac Japan by ORIX Corporation (March 2024)

Yasutaka Tokuda:Awards

Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 edition)
Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)

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Yasutaka Tokuda:News

Firm News
17 new partners and 17 new counsels
Public Service
Yasutaka Tokuda becomes a Research Collaborator for "Research for Revision of the Guidelines on Whether Programs Constitute Medical Devices," Health Labour Sciences Research
Firm News
13 new lawyers joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

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Yasutaka Tokuda:Newsletters

Renewable Energy Act: METI Ordinance, announcement and response to public comments

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Yasutaka Tokuda:Seminars

Jan. 29, 2020MHM Seminars
"Digital Health and Law"
Jan. 27, 2020MHM Seminars
"Digital Health and Law"
Jan. 21, 2020MHM Seminars
"Digital Health and Law"

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Yasutaka Tokuda:Publications

Book
"Positioning of Medical Devices Under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and Notes on Development, Approval, and Certification Systems"
Magazine Article
"Chambers Global Practice Guides Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoid Regulation 2023 - Japan Trends and Developments"
Book
"Q&A: Digital Health and Law [2nd ed.]"

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Yasutaka Tokuda:Other

Background

  • The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2007)
  • The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2010)
  • Seconded to Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (2013-2014)
  • Cornell Law School (LL.M., 2018)
  • with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago (2018-2019)
  • assigned to the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau (Compliance and Narcotics Division, Pharmaceutical Evaluation Division, and Medical Device Evaluation Division) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a fixed-term government employee(2020-2022)

Major Activities

  • Research Collaborator for "Research for Revision of the Guidelines on Whether Programs Constitute Medical Devices," Health Labour Sciences Research (2023-)

Practice Group

  • Healthcare Practice Group
  • M&A Practice Group
  • Agriculture & Food Products​​ Practice Group

Bar Admissions

admitted in Japan, 2011; New York, 2019
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association