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In January 2000, the “Corporate
Legal System Study Group (kigyo hosei kenkyukai) for Research
on Economic Activity and the Judicial System” was established under
the Director-General of the Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International
Trade and Industry.
The study group has considered
the reform in the judicial system mainly from the viewpoint of supporting
the economic activities, and, on May 9, 2000, published the report.
Members
of the Study Group
| Prof. Mitsuo
Matsushita (Chairman) |
Professor, Seikei University |
| Mr. Kazumasa
Abe |
Director, Intellectual
Property Division, Nippon Steel Corporation |
| Mr. Robert
F. Grondine |
Partner, White & Case
LLP |
| Mr. Ryuji Hori
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Director, Nissho Iwai
Corporation |
| Mr. Toshiharu
Kobayashi |
Director, Legal Division,Toshiba
Corporation |
| Mr. Hideaki
Kubori |
Lawyer |
| Mr. Junji Makino
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Director, Legal Division,
Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Prof. Koichi
Miki |
Professor, Keio University |
| Prof. Takato
Natsui |
Professor, Meiji University
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| Prof. Shozo
Ota |
Ex-Judge and Professor,
the University of Tokyo |
| Mr. Norihisa
Sakamaki |
Senior Fellow, The 21
st Century Public Policy Institute |
| Prof. Ikuo
Sugawara |
Associate Professor, Chiba
University |
| Mr. Minoru
Takeda |
Ex-Judge and Lawyer |
| Mr. Haruyasu
Uchida |
Lawyer |
| Prof. Kazuhiko
Yamamoto |
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi
University |
| Mr. Kenichiro
Yokoo |
Chief of Economic Law
Group, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) |
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