| Born | April 14, 1951 |
| Career |
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| 1984 | Graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1987 ~ 1996 | Associate and Asian Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
| 1996 ~ 2002 | Of Counsel (Foreign Licensed Attorney), Nishimura & Partners, Tokyo |
| 1997 ~ 2002 | Visiting Lecturer, Doshisha University, Faculty of Law |
| 1997 ~ 2002 | Visiting Professor, University of Virginia Law School |
| 2000 | Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center |
| 1999 ~ 2002 | Professor, Keio University |
| Bar Membership |
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| Japan (Foreign Attorney) 1997 |
| Washington, DC, 1985 |
| New York, 1984 |
| Education |
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| B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service |
| J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center |
| Other Activities |
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| 1999 ~ Present | Member, U.S.-Japan Study Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan |
| 1994 ~ 1995 | Member, Advisory Group to Tokyo Electric |
| 2002 | Member, Foreign Minister’s private advisory group for the reform of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Main Publications |
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| Maritime Friendship: A History of the Relationship between the Japan Maritime Defense Force
and the United States Navy (Chuokoron 2001) |
| Have You Found America? Post WWII Period (Toshi Shuppan 2001) |
| Voyage on MS Northern Star (Kodansha 2000) |
| A History of the Jews (Tokuma Publishing 1999) (co-translation with others) |
| Have You Found America? Pre-WWII Period (Toshi Shuppan 1999) |
| To America with de Tocqueville (Shinchosha 1998) |
| Letters from Charlottesville (Bungeishunju 1997) |
| Shall We Sue The President? (PHP Publishing 1994) |
| Do You Dislike America? (Shinchosha 1993) |
| Pitfalls for Japanese Employers in the United States (Nihon Keizai Shimbun 1993) |
| Co-authored with Stephen Tallent and William Kilberg of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
The Birth of An American Lawyer (Chuokoron 1986) |