A primary mission of the Center is building a vibrant academic community at Columbia Law School of people interested in Japanese Law. An important component of that community, in addition to the J.D. and LL.M. students, are the scholars who are in residence for extended periods. These include visiting scholars from a wide variety of institutions and backgrounds and faculty from the University of Tokyo School of Law.
Visiting Scholars
Each year, academic researchers from Japan become affiliated with the Law School as visiting scholars. Practitioners and members of the judiciary who have completed the LL.M. degree at the Law School often affiliate for an additional year as special students.
Kohei Takata Judge, Tokyo District Court. Judge Takata's area of research is the U.S. judicial system and criminal procedure.
Asako Hirata, 2009-2010
Masahiko Ishida, 2009-2010
Yuji Kai, 2009-2010
Yusuke Nakai, 2009-2010
Nanae McIlroy, Spring 2009-Summer 2009
Kana Morimura, Spring 2009
Sun Hongxia, Spring 2009
Issei Iwata, Fall 2009
Yasuhiro Okudaira, Fall 2009
Bo Hyuk Kim, 2008-2009
Takashi Maruta, 2008-2009
Kana Morimura, 2008-2009
Yoshio Ohara, 2008-2009
Eugenio Battesini, Spring 2008
Sei Jin Jung, Spring 2008
Keizo Sakata, Fall 2008
Shuichi Nezaki, 2007-2008
Etsuko Sugiyama, 2007-2008
Toshiyuki Tamai, 2007-2008
Keizo Sakata, Fall 2007
Tomomi Kawasaki, Spring 2007
Yasuyuki Kawabata, 2006-2007
Yasuhiro Okudaira, Spring 2006
Hyeok Joon Rho, Spring 2006
Simone di Castri, Spring 2006-Fall 2006
Susumu Atsuki, 2005-2006
Yasuhiro Okudaira, Fall 2005
Hisakazu Hirose, Spring 2005
Keizo Sakata, Fall 2005
Shiu-Mi Li, 2004-2005
Youngjae Lim, 2004-2005
Daniel Foote, Spring 2004
Yasuhiro Okudaira, Spring 2004
Shozo Ota, Spring 2004
Shigeki Morinobu, Fall 2004
Keizo Sakata, Fall 2004
Kazuo Sugeno, Fall 2004
Shuichiro Hoshi, 2003-2004
Mayumi Takahashi, 2003-2004
Keizo Sakata, Fall 2003
University of Tokyo Faculty Exchange Visitors
The Center also administers an annual faculty exchange program between Columbia Law School and the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, under which two members of the faculty of each university teach at the other university for several weeks.
Recent University of Tokyo Faculty Exchange Visitors
Daniele H. Foote, currently Affiliate Professor of Law; Dan Fenno Henderson Professor Emeritus, University of Washington School of Law
Takeshi Fujitani, Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Yoshimasa Furuta, currently Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Hisashi Harata, Professor of Law specializing in International Private Law and Conflict of Laws, University of Tokyo
Yasuo Hasebe, currently Professor of Law, Waseda University
Norio Higuchi, currently Professor of Law, Musashino University, Law Department
Haruo Hirano, Graduate School of Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo
Yuji Iwasawa, Professor of International Law, University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kohyama, Professor of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Kentaro Matsubara, Professor of Oriental Legal History, University of Tokyo
Minoru Nakazato, Professor of Law, Tax Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Yoshihisa Nomi, Professor of Law, University of Tokyo
Kazuo Ohtake, currently Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Atsushi Omura, Professor of Civil Law, University of Tokyo
Shozo Ota, Professor of Law, Society and Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Sayako Takizawa, Professor of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Masayuki Tamaruya, Professor of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Yoshiko Terao Kakishima, Professor of Law, Anglo-American Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Koji Teraya, Professor of Law, International Law, International Human Rights Law, University of Tokyo