Graduated from Hiroshima University Faculty of Politics and Economics. Obtained LL.B, LL.M at Hiroshima University Graduate School of Social Studies. Currently an Associate Professor at Hiroshima University of Economics, and Visiting Professor at University of Western Australia, School of Law.
Born in Yu, Towa Town, Oshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture
My area of specialty is comparative legal research concerning
Family Law. In 1991 I received an Australian Government research grant
to undertake research on Australian Family Law. Following this I began
giving lectures on Comparative Law (Japanese Law and Asian Business Law)
at the University of Western Australia Law School.
Co-chairman of the Family Rights and Family Law Section of LAWASIA, (Head
Office: Darwin, Australia).
Member of the Board of Directors of AFCC (An Association of Family, Court
and Community Professionals) (Head Office: Madison, State of Wisconsin,
USA)
Liaison Officer for the World Congress on Family Law and the Rights of
Children and Youth
Member of the Law Council of Australia
Member of the Editorial Board for "FAMILY COURT REVIEW An Interdisciplinary
Journal" published by Hofstra University School of Law, New York, USA
Member of the Editorial Board for "The Review of Legal and Political Sciences"
published by The Japan Association of Legal and Political Sciences