Professor of Law, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University.
Attorney (State of Washington). Former in-house lawyer at Accenture (responsible for Employment Law) and at Morgan Stanley (responsible for corporate governance and employment law). Former Associate Professor and Director of Law School Program at Temple University, Japan Campus.
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