We are very pleased to announce that this January 2009, 16 new first year Japanese associates joined our firm. As a result, our firm now has over 250 Japanese attorneys. These new associates are:

Ryuji Kato
Kiyoko Yagami
Miki Goto
Tomokazu Suwa
Masayuki Yamanouchi
Masato Nozaki
Mitsunobu Sato
Yuki Imai
Yujin Nakano
Yasutaka Emoto
Saori Ikeda
Akira Tanaka
Keiichiro Ichikawa
Jun Ishii
Maki Kadonaga
Maho Ozeki

We welcome these new associate attorneys to our firm. With these new members, we have increased our capacity to handle large and complex legal projects while maintaining the highest standards of quality.