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Ichiro Sakai

Of counsel / Attorney at Law

Tokyo Office

Major Practice Areas
Corporate / Risk Management and Compliance / Antitrust and Competition Law / Dispute Resolution
Languages
Japanese / English / German

Profile

Utilizing his experience of working as a prosecutor in numerous Prosecutors Offices and the Ministry of Justice, Ichiro Sakai provides legal advice on matters relating to corporate governance and risk management, as well as violations of anti-monopoly law and other cases.

Recent Cases

Mr. Sakai has served as an Outside Auditor and Director for Toray Industries, Inc. and Kewpie Corporation, and currently, he has been appointed to serve as an Outside Director for Mazda Motor Corporation.

Education & Professional Career

Apr 2005 – PresentKitahama Partners, Of Counsel
Apr 2005Admitted to practice in Japan
Jun 2004Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office, Superintending Prosecutor
Oct 2002Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office, Superintending Prosecutor
May 2001Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice, President
Dec 1999Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, Chief Prosecutor
Dec 1997Ministry of Justice, Director-General of the Correction Bureau
Jan 1997Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office, Deputy Superintending Prosecutor
Jan 1996Naha District Public Prosecutors Office, Chief Prosecutor
Jul 1995Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Dec 1994Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, Director of the Criminal Affairs Department
Apr 1994Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, Director of the Public Security Department
Apr 1993Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Director of the Trial Department
Dec 1992Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Director of the Public Security Department
Apr 1992Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Apr 1990Ministry of Justice, Correction Bureau, Director of the General Affairs Division
Apr 1988Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Deputy Director of the Public Security Department
Mar 1987Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Deputy Director of the General Affairs Department
Mar 1985Sendai District Public Prosecutors Office, Director of the Criminal Affairs Department
Mar 1982Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Mar 1980Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Apr 1978Ministry of Justice, Minister’s Secretariat, Public Prosecutor assigned to the Judicial System and Research Department
Mar 1977Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Aug 1974Maebashi District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Aug 1972Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Mar 1969Kagoshima District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Apr 1968Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, Public Prosecutor
Apr 1968Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Mar 1966Kyoto University (LL.B.)

Other Activities

Refugee Examination Counselor, Ministry of Justice