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Takashi Soga, Shingo Morikawa, Takuro Awazu, Takayuki Sumida, Yusuke Tani have been made Partners of the Firm. In addition, Yuki Mori, Xiaolong Li (registered foreign lawyer (China)), and Nga Tran Thu Le (attorney admitted in Vietnam) have joined the firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Ryoko Takeda, Yuko Toyoda, Hitomi Sakai, Naoyuki Kishimi, Yuka Sakai and Masatsugu Kobayashi have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Yoshitada Ogiso and Izuru Goto have been promoted to Of Counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Ayaka Itoh and Fumi Kawashima have been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 5 areas and further recommends our 3 lawyers.December 21, 2022Awards
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Seven attorneys newly admitted, Arisa Mio, Kazuki Mochizuki, Ryota Nakatani, Miyu Park, Hiroaki Sekoguchi, Yuto Takeuchi, and Takahiro Tateno have joined the Firm.December 15, 2022Firm News
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Ayaka Miyata, admitted in 2022, has joined the Firm.December 1, 2022Firm News
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Ryoko Takeda has been appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners (in charge of the Tax Law of the Bar Examination and the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination).November 1, 2022Pro Bono
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City-Yuwa Partners attorneys have been recognized as leading attorneys in their practice areas in Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2022.October 25, 2022Awards
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Consolidation of Soga Law Office and City-Yuwa Partners. (PDF)October 3, 2022Notices
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Yudai Oka, admitted in 2020, has joined the Firm.October 1, 2022Firm News
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City-Yuwa Partners and our lawyers are recommended in IFLR1000’s 32nd edition.August 26, 2022Awards
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Hitomi Sakai has been recognized as “Ranked Individual” in Private Wealth Law-Japan by Chambers HNW Guide 2022.July 15, 2022Awards
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Sayako Tsukamoto has been promoted to Partners of the Firm.July 1, 2022Firm News
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Christopher T. Rathbone, admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, has joined the Firm.June 23, 2022Firm News
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Yoko Maeda has been recognized as a “Future Star” for International Arbitration by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific & China 2022 Edition －the guide to the region’s leading dispute resolution law firms and lawyers published by Euromoney Institutional Investor (Jersey) Ltd (June 2022).June 23, 2022Awards
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Mr. Hitoshi Sakai’s passingJune 9, 2022Notices
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Mr. Mikio Tanaka’s passingJune 9, 2022Notices
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Hidetomo Futami has joined the Firm as a Partner.May 2, 2022Firm News
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Reiko Yoshida has been appointed to the subcommittee on the Commercial Code (relating to bills of lading, etc.) of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice.April 27, 2022Pro Bono
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Seven newly admitted attorneys, Shizuka Kamiya, Fumiya Nishikawa, Shoko Tanaka, Yota Uno, Kyosuke Yamada, and Takahiro Zaima have joined the Firm.April 22, 2022Firm News
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Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 19, 2022Awards
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Ken Kurokawa, admitted in 2020, has joined the Firm.April 1, 2022Firm News
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Seunghoon Kim, admitted to the Korea Bar, has joined the Firm.March 22, 2022Firm News
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Tsubasa Ito, admitted in 2019, has joined the Firm.February 21, 2022Firm News
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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 10 areas and further recommends our 7 lawyers.January 14, 2022Awards
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Yoko Maeda was appointed an Arbitrator of the 7th Shanghai Arbitration Commission.January 1, 2022Notices
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Kentaro Sadahiro, Aya Kinoshita, Yutaka Takiguchi, Shotaro Aoki, Yusuke Shimada, Kosuke Hasegawa, Kenta Ikebe and Ryoichi Yoshida have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Yuichi Tamura has been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Taehyok Im, admitted in 2019, has joined the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Consolidation of Soga Law Office and City-Yuwa Partners. (PDF)October 3, 2022Notices
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Mr. Hitoshi Sakai’s passingJune 9, 2022Notices
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Mr. Mikio Tanaka’s passingJune 9, 2022Notices
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Yoko Maeda was appointed an Arbitrator of the 7th Shanghai Arbitration Commission.January 1, 2022Notices
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Takashi Ohtake was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star.November 10, 2021Notices
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Yoko Maeda was appointed as an Arbitrator of the 6th Dalian Arbitration Committee.March 31, 2021Notices
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We could not receive e-mails and our website could not be accessed from June 4, 2020 around 22:45 due to a power failure in our web server administrator’s building.June 5, 2020Notices
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Measures against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)February 28, 2020Notices
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Yoko Maeda has been appointed an Arbitrator in KCAB INTERNATIONAL’s Panel of International Arbitrators.January 17, 2020Notices
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Toshifumi Minami was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star.May 23, 2019Notices
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A new page with a German-language glossary of Japanese legal terminologies used in modern transactions has been launched.February 6, 2019Notices
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Yoko Maeda became Deputy Secretary General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA).July 1, 2018Notices
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Yoko Maeda was appointed as an alternate court member of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).July 1, 2018Notices
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Yoko Maeda was appointed to be on Panel of Arbitrators of Asia International Arbitration Center (AIAC).April 6, 2018Notices
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Tohoku District – off the Pacific Ocean EarthquakeMarch 15, 2011Notices
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Masamichi Sakamoto resumed his practice in Tokyo, following his graduation from the LL.M. program at Northwestern University School of Law and training with a law firm in the United States.June 15, 2006Notices
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City-Yuwa Partners was formed on February 1, 2003 through the merger of Yuwa Partners and the Law Department of Tokyo City Law & Tax Partners.February 1, 2003Notices
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Takashi Soga, Shingo Morikawa, Takuro Awazu, Takayuki Sumida, Yusuke Tani have been made Partners of the Firm. In addition, Yuki Mori, Xiaolong Li (registered foreign lawyer (China)), and Nga Tran Thu Le (attorney admitted in Vietnam) have joined the firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Ryoko Takeda, Yuko Toyoda, Hitomi Sakai, Naoyuki Kishimi, Yuka Sakai and Masatsugu Kobayashi have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Yoshitada Ogiso and Izuru Goto have been promoted to Of Counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Ayaka Itoh and Fumi Kawashima have been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2023Firm News
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Seven attorneys newly admitted, Arisa Mio, Kazuki Mochizuki, Ryota Nakatani, Miyu Park, Hiroaki Sekoguchi, Yuto Takeuchi, and Takahiro Tateno have joined the Firm.December 15, 2022Firm News
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Ayaka Miyata, admitted in 2022, has joined the Firm.December 1, 2022Firm News
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Yudai Oka, admitted in 2020, has joined the Firm.October 1, 2022Firm News
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Sayako Tsukamoto has been promoted to Partners of the Firm.July 1, 2022Firm News
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Christopher T. Rathbone, admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, has joined the Firm.June 23, 2022Firm News
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Hidetomo Futami has joined the Firm as a Partner.May 2, 2022Firm News
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Seven newly admitted attorneys, Shizuka Kamiya, Fumiya Nishikawa, Shoko Tanaka, Yota Uno, Kyosuke Yamada, and Takahiro Zaima have joined the Firm.April 22, 2022Firm News
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Ken Kurokawa, admitted in 2020, has joined the Firm.April 1, 2022Firm News
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Seunghoon Kim, admitted to the Korea Bar, has joined the Firm.March 22, 2022Firm News
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Tsubasa Ito, admitted in 2019, has joined the Firm.February 21, 2022Firm News
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Kentaro Sadahiro, Aya Kinoshita, Yutaka Takiguchi, Shotaro Aoki, Yusuke Shimada, Kosuke Hasegawa, Kenta Ikebe and Ryoichi Yoshida have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Yuichi Tamura has been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Taehyok Im, admitted in 2019, has joined the Firm.January 1, 2022Firm News
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Ryo Suzuki, admitted in 2005, and Naosuke Fujita, admitted in 2009, has joined the Firm as a Counsel. Katsuya Fujita, admitted in 2015, and Kenta Fujieda, admitted in 2017, has joined the Firm Associates.April 1, 2021Firm News
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Seven attorneys newly admitted, Mimoe Furihata, Ryo Ida, Yuta Kakura, Ken Kishimoto, Ryota Morimura, Misako Oishi and Takako Okamura have joined the Firm.January 1, 2021Firm News
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Taketomo Morita, Koji Mizutani, Yoshitaka Hagiwara, Shuichi Nagaoka and Yasuhiro Okuhara have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2021Firm News
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Yusuke Shimada has been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2021Firm News
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Reiko Yoshida has joined the Firm as a Partner.January 1, 2021Firm News
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Onkyo Lee, admitted to the Korea Bar, has joined the Firm.October 26, 2020Firm News
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Takuya Fujimori has joined the Firm as an Associate.September 23, 2020Firm News
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Fumiya Hirakoba, admitted in 2020, and Kentaro Moriya, admitted in 2016, have joined the Firm as Associates.April 1, 2020Firm News
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Six attorneys newly admitted, Takahito Okuda, Takanari Sasai, Ayaka Sato, Shun Takahashi, Daisuke Midorikawa and Hirosuke Yoshizawa have joined the Firm.January 1, 2020Firm News
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Daigo Nomura, Rie Hosaka, Eiichiro Hino, Junichi Ueno, Go Kobayashi and Katsuki Matsuura have been promoted to Partners of the Firm.January 1, 2020Firm News
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Taketomo Morita, Naoyuki Kishimi, Aya Kinoshita, Koji Mizutani, Yuka Sakai and Sayaka Eguro have been promoted to counsel of the Firm.January 1, 2020Firm News
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Kanako Inokuchi has joined the Firm as a Partner.January 1, 2020Firm News
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Aditya R. Poojari, admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in India, has joined the Firm.May 20, 2019Firm News
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Yoshiko Koizumi’s interview was published on August 2019 issue of Lawyer Monthly Magazine.August 1, 2019Media
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Akira Nagasaki has been quoted on Bloomberg BNA: Environment & Energy’s article “Almost Half of Japanese Mercury Handlers Face New Reporting”.June 1, 2018Media
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Yoshiko Koizumi wrote an editorial entitled “Difficulty of International Construction Contacts – Revision of FIDIC Standard Forms of Contract and Dispute Resolution Culture in Japan” which appeared in Editorial/Opinion No. 130(2) (March 2018 issue) posted on the website of the Editorial Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.March 20, 2018Media
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Article concerning the interview with Cholmin Kim titled “한•일 기업소송 재일동포 변호사 활용을 – M&A전문 교포3세 김철민 변호사 (Use of Korean Japanese Lawyer in Lawsuits between Japanese and Korean Companies – Chomlin Kim, Third-Generation Korean Japanese Lawyer Specializing in M&A)” was published in Korean newspaper, Seoul Shinmun.October 9, 2012Media
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Article concerning the interview with Cholmin Kim titled “인수합병 전문 변호사 재일동포 김철민씨 – 韓•日 법과 문화 잘 아는 변호사 활용해야 (Chomlin Kim, Korean Japanese Lawyer Specializing in M&A – Lawyer Who Has Good Understanding of Japanese and Korean Laws and Cultures Should be Used)” was published by Korean news agency, Yonhap News.October 8, 2012Media
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Interview with Mikio Tanaka appeared in the September/October 2011 Issue of “Sky”, the in-flight magazine of Delta Air Lines.September 1, 2011Media
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City-Yuwa Partners was awarded the Deals of the Year 2010 by the magazine Asian-MENA Counsel issued by the Pacific Business Press for the work on Global Logistic Properties IPO.June 30, 2011Media
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Hideo Ozaki’s comments appeared in the MSN Sankei News entitled “Stop the Patent Application on Usurped Technologies – Chinese High Speed Train and IT Strategy”.June 30, 2011Media
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An article of interview with Yoshiko Koizumi titled “Personal connections in Asia – Cooperation with local top law firms in Asian countries by utilizing our global network” appeared in March 2011 Issue of The Lawyers published by ILS Publications, Inc.March 1, 2011Media
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Noriyuki Katayama’s dialogue titled “Current Status and Issues on J-REIT market with the 10th Year Anniversary” appeared in The Nikkei Business Daily on June 24, 2010.June 24, 2010Media
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Noriyuki Katayama was introduced in an article “Series of Interviews of Excellent Teachers/Interviewing Prof.June 11, 2010Media
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Yoshiko Koizumi participated in an interview entitled “Risk Management of Overseas Business” for the March 28, 2010 issue of “Architectures, Constructions & Engineering News (The Kensetsu Tsushin Shimbun)”.May 28, 2010Media
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Noriyuki Katayama authored an article titled “Taxation on Foreign Investment Funds,” which appeared in Business Skill of The Nikkei Business Daily on May 26, 2010.May 26, 2010Media
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Hideo Ozaki’s comments appeared in “Five Years of the Intellectual Property High Court” of The Nikkei Daily on May 17, 2010.May 18, 2010Media
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Noriyuki Katayama’s comments appeared on the article of Bloomberg News of December 4, 2009 titled “Tokyo Stock Exchange Ordered to Pay JPY 10.7 Billion in the Mizuho Securities’ Law Suit on Wrongly Made Share’s Transaction’s Order (Update 2)”.December 4, 2009Media
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Mikio Tanaka’s presentation paper, titled “Points to Consider when Entering into Agreements with Russian Entities”, appeared on the December 2008 Issue of Dobenren published by the Hokkaido Federation of Bar Associations.December 25, 2008Media
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An article of interview with City-Yuwa Partners appeared in February 2009 Issue of the Business Law Journal published by LexisNexis.December 20, 2008Media
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Noriyuki Katayama’s comments appeared on the article of Bloomberg News titled “Judgment on the Mizuho-TSE JPY 41.5 Billion Damage Claim Law Suit to be given on February 27, 2009 after Two-year Court Battle”.December 19, 2008Media
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Mr. Anton Ivanov, the President of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation was invited by the Japanese-Russian Lawyers’ Association, for which Mikio Tanaka serves as the Secretary-General.July 25, 2008Media
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Noriyuki Katayama has been appointed as an adjunct lecturer at Seikei Law School from April 2008 to give lectures titled “Structured Finance – focusing on Real Estate Financing”.February 25, 2008Media
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Masaaki Sawano’s comment on the fight over control of Nippon Broadcasting System, between Fuji Television Network, Inc and Livedoor Co., Ltd. was broadcasted “News 7” on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) on February 23, and Masahiro Terada’s comment was broadcasted “News 7″on NHK on March 15, “News 7″on NHK on March 24 and “News 23” on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc).April 1, 2005Media
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Shinya Okauchi’s comments on the Supreme Court Judgments dated October 21 and 23, 2003 regarding Sub-Lease issue, appeared in the November 25, 2003 (No. 1691 page 10) issue of Banking Law Journal (Kinyu home jijyo).December 3, 2003Media
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 5 areas and further recommends our 3 lawyers.December 21, 2022Awards
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City-Yuwa Partners attorneys have been recognized as leading attorneys in their practice areas in Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2022.October 25, 2022Awards
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City-Yuwa Partners and our lawyers are recommended in IFLR1000’s 32nd edition.August 26, 2022Awards
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Hitomi Sakai has been recognized as “Ranked Individual” in Private Wealth Law-Japan by Chambers HNW Guide 2022.July 15, 2022Awards
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Yoko Maeda has been recognized as a “Future Star” for International Arbitration by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific & China 2022 Edition －the guide to the region’s leading dispute resolution law firms and lawyers published by Euromoney Institutional Investor (Jersey) Ltd (June 2022).June 23, 2022Awards
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Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 19, 2022Awards
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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 10 areas and further recommends our 7 lawyers.January 14, 2022Awards
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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 recommends City-Yuwa Partners in 2 areas and further recommends our 4 lawyers.December 16, 2021Awards
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In Asialaw Profiles 2022, City-Yuwa Partners has been recognized as one of the recommended law firms and received high evaluation in the following categories.September 17, 2021Awards
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City-Yuwa Partners and our lawyers are recommended in IFLR1000’s 31st edition.August 25, 2021Awards
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Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners are listed at Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2021.August 1, 2021Awards
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Hitomi Sakai has been recognized as “Ranked Individual” in Private Wealth Law-Japan by Chambers HNW Guide 2021.July 27, 2021Awards
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Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 12th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 15, 2021Awards
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City-Yuwa Partners has received high evaluation in the following categories in Chambers Global 2021 and Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021, published by Chambers & Partners.February 18, 2021Awards
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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 has recommended City-Yuwa Partners in the 8 areas, and further recommended our 6 lawyers.January 18, 2021Awards
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In Asialaw Profiles 2021, City-Yuwa Partners has been recognized as one of the recommended law firms and received high evaluation in the following categories.September 17, 2020Awards
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Yoshiko Koizumi, Izuru Goto, and Mikio Tanaka have been recognized by the Asian Business Journal as Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2020.July 22, 2020Awards
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Chambers High Net Worth 2020 has ranked Hitomi Sakai as a leading individual in the area of Private Wealth Law-Japan.July 13, 2020Awards
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Yoko Maeda has been recognized as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020 – The definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers published by Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, London, UK.May 18, 2020Awards
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Fifteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 9, 2020Awards
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Mikio Tanaka has been recommended as the “Cross Border Transactions Lawyer of the Year in Japan” by Corporate International.February 19, 2020Awards
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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 has recommended City-Yuwa Partners in the 9 areas, and further recommended our 4 lawyers.January 17, 2020Awards
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Chambers High Net Worth 2019 has ranked Hitomi Sakai as a leading individual in the area of Private Wealth Law-Japan.July 12, 2019Awards
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Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Tenth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 4, 2019Awards
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Yoko Maeda has been listed in 2019 Who’s Who Legal – Future Arbitration Leaders (Partners).December 1, 2018Awards
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Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as Leading Lawyers in Japan by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018.May 14, 2018Awards
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Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Ninth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan.April 6, 2018Awards
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Nine lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan 2018 by Best Lawyers.March 3, 2017Awards
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Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers.February 26, 2016Awards
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Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as Leading Lawyers in Japan by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016.February 24, 2016Awards
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Ryoko Takeda has been appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners (in charge of the Tax Law of the Bar Examination and the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination).November 1, 2022Pro Bono
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Reiko Yoshida has been appointed to the subcommittee on the Commercial Code (relating to bills of lading, etc.) of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice.April 27, 2022Pro Bono
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Arata Nomoto is appointed as a Vice Chair of American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, Cross-Border Real Estate Committee for FY2020-2021.September 1, 2020Pro Bono
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Shigeaki Itoh assumed the office of the President of Kanto Federation of Bar Associations for fiscal year 2020.April 1, 2020Pro Bono
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Yusuke Shimada was appointed as a committee member of Investigation Committee for Power Data established based on Grid Data Bank Lab.September 30, 2019Pro Bono
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Akira Nagasaki was appointed as a member of the Board of Examiners for the National Bar Examination (Environmental Law).November 1, 2018Pro Bono
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Ryoko Takeda has been appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners (in charge of the Administrative Acts of the Bar Examination and the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination).November 1, 2017Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito, Yuka Sakai and Naoki Matsuo have contributed to the World Bank Group’s annual report “Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs.”October 31, 2017Pro Bono
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Masaaki Sawano assumed the offices of the President of Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and the Vice-President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations for fiscal year 2017.April 1, 2017Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito, Yuka Sakai and Naoki Matsuo have contributed to the World Bank Group’s annual report “Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All.”October 25, 2016Pro Bono
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Akira Nagasaki has been appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners (Environmental Law).October 17, 2016Pro Bono
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Ryoko Takeda has been appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners (in charge of the Administrative Acts of the Bar Examination and the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination).October 17, 2016Pro Bono
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“The Research Report on Copyright Systems and Trends in Related Policies, etc. in Foreign Countries (March 2016)”, which is a compilation of the results of research conducted by City-Yuwa Partners as a research project commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, was published on the website of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.September 13, 2016Pro Bono
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Noriyuki Katayama is appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners and is in charge of the commercial and corporate law portion of the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination.March 4, 2016Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2016: Measuring Quality and Efficiency.”October 27, 2015Pro Bono
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Shigeaki Itoh assumed the offices of the President of Tokyo Bar Association and the Vice-President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations for fiscal year 2015.April 1, 2015Pro Bono
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Noriyuki Katayama is appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners and is in charge of the commercial and corporate law portion of the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination.March 9, 2015Pro Bono
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Ryoko Takeda has been appointed as a research scholar in the tax law case study section of the Japan Tax Research Institute (JTRI), a public interest incorporated foundation of the Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants’ Associations and the Japanese Certified Public Tax Accountants and Customers Association.February 1, 2015Pro Bono
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Noriyuki Katayama has accepted a position to serve as a part time lecturer and will teach a course on “Corporate Law and Practice” at Nanzan School of Law.December 15, 2014Pro Bono
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Yoshiko Koizumi has been appointed as an arbitrator of the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center).December 1, 2014Pro Bono
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Yumiko Aoi appointed as a member of the Government Procurement Review Board.November 1, 2014Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency.”October 29, 2014Pro Bono
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Yumiko Aoi has been appointed as a director of Japan Competition Law Forum as from July 2014.July 3, 2014Pro Bono
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Noriyuki Katayama is appointed as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners and is in charge of the commercial and corporate law portion of the Preliminary Qualifying Bar Examination.February 24, 2014Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises.”October 29, 2013Pro Bono
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Mikio Tanaka is appointed as a Board member of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law.June 23, 2013Pro Bono
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Yasuyuki Kuribayashi, Hirosato Nabika, Hiroyasu Horimoto, Takashi Saito and Yuka Sakai have contributed to the World Bank/IFC report “Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises,” which was published on October 23, 2012.December 28, 2012Pro Bono
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Yoshiko Koizumi was appointed as a member of the Government Procurement Review Board as from October 1, 2012.October 31, 2012Pro Bono
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Yoshiko Koizumi was reappointed as a councilor of International Civil and Commercial Law Centre Foundation.May 22, 2012Pro Bono
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Yumiko Aoi served as a committee member of a study group concerning collaborations among competitors in emergency situations, and its report has been posted on the website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.April 5, 2012Pro Bono
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The delegates of the French National Bar Council (Le Conseil National des Barreaux) visited our Firm.November 20, 2018Others
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Our firm has represented Chugai Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd in a lawsuit against generic drug manufacturers seeking permanent injunction based on infringement of Chugai’s manufacturing process patent, in which Tokyo District Court and IP High Court (Grand panel) both already rendered judgements finding infringement of the patent under the doctrine of equivalents.March 24, 2017Others
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The Grand panel of IP High Court found patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents in the patent infringement case filed by Chugai Pharmaceuticals against generic manufacturers.March 25, 2016Others
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The Supreme Court judged the case in favor of the court appointed bankruptcy trustee Masaaki Sawano of Kabushiki Kaisha Quin Ash, a bankrupt company. Kazunori Furukawa as a bankruptcy trustee representative and Yoshitaka Hagiwara, Shotaro Aoki and Kosuke Hasegawa as representatives for the bankruptcy trustee have also been engaged in this case.October 28, 2014Others
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During the IBA Annual Conference held in Tokyo, the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee conducted visits to three leading law firms in Tokyo, including our Firm.October 22, 2014Others
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Lutz Simon, the President of the Frankfurt Bar Association, Dr. Hans-Peter Benckendorff, the Vice-President, and Dr. Rudolf Lauda, the director, visited the firm.March 26, 2010Others
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Dr. Martin Henssler, Professor of University of Cologne and President of Documentation Centre for the Law of the Legal Profession in Europe (Dokumentationszentrum fur Europaisches Anwalts- und Notarrecht) and of Institute for Labor Law and Business Law (Institut fur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsrecht,) as well as Professor Isamu Mori of Chuo Law School visited the Firm.March 9, 2009Others
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The Japanese-Russian Lawyers’ Association, for which Mikio Tanaka serves as the Secretary-General, assisted in hosting Ms. Tatiana K. Andreeva, Vice President of the Highest Commercial Court of Russian Federation, Sergey T. Chumakov, President of the Commercial Court in the Maritime Province and other Russian Judges, during their visit in Japan.December 9, 2008Others
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Mikio Tanaka assisted in the signing of a friendship agreement between Japan Federation of Bar Associations and the German Federal Bar and in interpreting the commemorative speech from Japanese to German and translating the information materials.June 24, 2008Others
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Axel C. Filges, the President of the German Federal Bar, Norbert Westenberger, the Vice-President, Wolfgang Eichele, the Director, Heinz Weil, the President of the International Bar Association and Jan Grotheer, the President of the German-Japanese Lawyers’ Association and of the Finanzgericht in Hamburg visited the firm.June 23, 2008Others
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City-Yuwa Partners held a cocktail reception for Mr. Ronald Kenneth Noblel, Secretary General of INTERPOL (The International Criminal Police Organization)June 13, 2008Others
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The Japanese-Russian Lawyers’ Association, for which Mikio Tanaka serves as the Secretary-General, invited Mr. Anton Ivanov, the President of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation, for the first time to Japan.November 25, 2007Others
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President and Vice-President of Primorsky Krai Bar Association visited the Firm.April 24, 2006Others
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Mikio Tanaka, as director and Secretary-General of the organization, contact with the member of the Japanese-Russian Lawyers’ Association in headquarters of Association of International Lawyers of in Moscow, Russia.October 28, 2005Others
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On October 21, 2003, in a so-called sublease lawsuit represented by Shigeaki, Ito, Shinya Okauchi and Yukihiro Takumi, the Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan held in favor of City-Yuwa Partners by concluding that “the contract is a lease agreement and Article 32 of the Act on Land and Building Lease (shakuchi shakka hou) is applicable thereto.November 6, 2003Others