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TETSU TANAKA
Education Kyushu University, 1953; Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (Diploma, 1957).
Admitted 1957, Japan.
Member Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Languages Japanese and English.
E-mail tanaka@blakemore.gr.jp
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TAKESHI KUBOTA
Education The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1967).
Admitted 2009, Japan, special training completed in accordance with Article 5 of the Lawyers’Law of Japan (Law No. 205 of 1949, as amended).
Professional
Experience
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) / National Land Agency of Japan (1967-1998)
  Legal Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MAFF;
  Director, Promotion Office, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
  Hyogo Prefecture;
  Director, International Affairs Division, Fisheries Agency;
  Director, Milk and Dairy Products Division, Livestock Industry Bureau;
  Director, Agricultural Policy Planning Division, Agricultural Structure
  Improvement Bureau;
  Director, Administration Division, Minister's Secretariat;
  Director General, Oceanic Fisheries Department, Fisheries Agency;
  Director General, Forest Policy Planning Department, Forestry Agency;
  Deputy Director and Director General, Land Bureau, National Land Agency.
Vice President of the Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation (1998-2001)
Counsel, Executive Managing Director, and President of the Tokyo Grain Exchange (2001-2009)
Chairman of Tokyo Grain Market Research, Inc. (2006-2010)
Member Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Languages Japanese and English.
E-mail kubota@blakemore.gr.jp
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KEIICHI HAYASHI
Education The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1968); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1973).
Admitted 2006, Japan, special training completed in accordance with Article 5 of the Lawyers’Law of Japan (Law No. 205 of 1949, as amended).
Professional
Experience
Ministry of Construction/National Land Agency of Japan (1968-2001); Director of City Planning Division of the Ministry of Construction (1989-1991); Director of Policy Division of the Ministry of Construction (1992-1993); Deputy Director General of River Bureau of the Ministry of Construction (1994-1996); Director General of Metropolitan Region Development Bureau of the National Land Agency (1996-1997); Director General of Disaster Prevention Bureau of the National Land Agency (1997-1998); Vice Deputy Director of the Ministry of Construction (1998-2001); Advisor of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (2001-2006); Executive Vice President of The Real Estate Companies Association of Japan (2006-2009); President of the Institute For Areal Studies, Foundation (2009- ).
Member The Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.
Languages Japanese and English.
E-mail hayashi@blakemore.gr.jp
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MAMORU TOBA
Education The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1975).
Admitted 2007, Japan, special training completed in accordance with Article 5 of the Lawyers’Law of Japan (Law No. 205 of 1949, as amended).
Professional
Experience
Ministry of Finance, National Tax Agency (1975-2006); Assistant Regional Commissioner (Criminal Investigation), Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau (1993-1994); Director, Criminal Investigation Division, Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation Department, National Tax Agency (1994-1997); Director, Individual Taxation Division, Taxation Department, National Tax Agency; (1998-1999); Regional Commissioner, Sendai Regional Taxation Bureau (2000-2002); Regional Commissioner, Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau (2002-2003); Deputy Commissioner (Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation), National Tax Agency (2003-2005); Senior Counsel, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (2008-2017); Special Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (2018-2022).
Member The Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.
Languages Japanese and English.
E-mail toba@blakemore.gr.jp
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