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