Profile

Education

• Japan-Illini Club Scholarship Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA, 1991-1992)
• LL.B. (Kyoto University, Japan, 1993)
• LL.M. (Kyoto University, Japan, 1995)
• Docteur en droit (Université de Paris II - Panthéon Assas, France, 2007)

Academic Experience

• Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1995-1998)
• Assistant, Kyoto University (1998-2000)
• Associate Professor, Kobe University (2000-2006)
• Professor, Kobe University (2006-2009)
• Professeur invité, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (2009)
• Professor, Kyoto University (2009-)

Other Professional Activities

• Advocate for the Japanese Government in the cases of “Hoshinmaru” (Japan v. Russia) and “Tomimaru” (Japan v. Russia) before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2007)
• Assistant for the Spanish Government in the Fisheries Jurisdiction case (Spain v. Canada) before the International Court of Justice (1997-1998)
• Vice-president, EU Institute in Japan, Kansai (2007-2009)
• Arbitrator, Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (2008-2009)
• Japanese Representative (observer), Advisory Group on Legal Issues (T-DO LI), Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention, the Council of Europe (2010- )
• Japanese Representative, UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) (2010- )
• Japanese Representative, OECD Investment Committee (2011)

Professional Associations and Activities

• American Society of International Law (member, 1989- )
• Japanese Society of International Law
  • member (1993- )
  • member of the General Council (2003- )
  • member of the Steering Committee (2006-2009)
  • member of the Committee on International Law Education (2009- )
• Japanese Association of World Law (member, 1993- )
• Société française pour le droit international (membre, 1997- )
• International Law Association
  • member (2006- )
  • alternate member, Committee on Recognition/Non-recognition in International Law (2009- )
• International Law Association, Japan Branch
  • member of the Board of Editors of the Japanese Annual of International Law (2006-2008)
  • member of the Board of Editors of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (2008- )
• Asian Society of International Law
  • member (2007- )
  • member of the Research Committee of the Japan Chapter (2008- )