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FURUKAWA, Taito, INDO, Naohiro and FUJINAMI, Tomonori joined Asahi Law Offices after completing apprenticeship program at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court.

YAMAGISHI, Kazuhiko reported “Distribution and EU Competition Law” at the 36th Annual Conference of European Union Studies Association-Japan on November 22.

NASU, Kohei assumed the position of the Vice President of All Nippon Kyudo Federation

NISHIOKA, Seiichiro assumed a member of Medical Malpractice Litigation Committee of the Supreme Court.

MITSUMORI, Satoru assumed the position of the Managing Director of Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation of Japan (REVIC).

YAMAGISHI, Kazuhiko assumed the position of the Outside Company Auditor of NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (Listed in JASDAQ Securities Exchange).

KANEKO, Noriyasu assumed the position of the Outside Director of ESPOIR Co., Ltd.（Listed in NSE (Nagoya) Centrex）.

NIWAYAMA, Shoichiro assumed a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Tokyo Law School.

Legal Affairs and Tax Practices for a Subsidiary's Management (the second edition) " a book co-authored with TACT consulting, by YAMAGISHI, Kazuhiko, UWATOKO, Ryuji, KANEKO, Noriyasu, KAMEI, Youichi, ARAMAKI Keiji, NAMBU, Keiichi, KOHARA, Satoru, and SHIMAMURA, Nao was published by Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.

NISHIOKA, Seiichiro assumed the position of a visiting professor of KEIO University Law School.

MITSUMORI, Satoru and UWATOKO, Ryuji co-authored an article entitled “A Shelter for the Sole Person in Charge of Legal Affairs: VOL 4 Risk for Share Certificate-Issuing Companies” appeared in “Business Homu, May 2015 issue” published from Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.

KAMEI, Youichi lectured on “The Recent Important Precedents of Civil Affairs which the People in Charge of Legal Affairs and Managements would Want to Know” at the 281st Forum of Credit Management held by Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.

NASU, Kohei assumed the position of the chairman of the House of Delegates, Japan Federation of Bar Associations.

“Understand in 90 Minutes!! Learn A to Z about Inheritance from a Story”, the book co-authored by NIWAYAMA, Shoichiro, FUJIWARA, Michiko, KAMEI, Youichi, MIYAMURA, Keita, ARAMAKI Keiji, KANAYAMA, Takaharu, KOHARA, Satoru, YAMAZAKI, Jun, Pak Kwiryong, TANABE Akio, EKI, Tomohisa, and SEKINE, Cosmo, was published from Keizai Horei Kenkyukai.

NISHIOKA, Seiichiro has joined our firm as a counsel. Until his retirement from President of Hiroshima High Court in September 2014, NISHIOKA had served important positions such as the Chief Judge of Utsunomiya District Court, , the Presiding Judge of Tokyo High Court, the Chief Judge of Tokyo Family Court etc., and had been involved in number of lawsuits, including well-known cases, at the forefront of litigation practice.

UWATOKO, Ryuji co-authored an article entitled “A Shelter for the Sole Person in Charge of Legal Affairs: VOL 2 Death of the Large Shareholder” appeared in “Business Homu, March 2015 issue” published from Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.

KAMEI, Youichi authored an article entitled “Essence of Revision of Law of Obligations and Its Impact on Banking Practice ? Part 1. Extinctive Prescription　Etc.” appeared in “Banking Law Journal 21, January 2015” published from Keizai Horei Kenkyukai.

NAMBU, Keiichi, IGETA, Daisuke have been promoted to a partner of Asahi Law Offices, effective January 1, 2015.