We are pleased to announce that Kotaro Okamoto, Eiji Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Kuroda, Kenichi Yamamoto, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Tomoki Debari and Yuichiro Nukada have been promoted to partners of the firm as of January 1, 2010.

Kotaro Okamoto
Eiji Kobayashi
Yasuyuki Kuroda
Kenichi Yamamoto
Daisuke Yamaguchi
Tomoki Debari
Yuichiro Nukada

We are also pleased to announce that Hiroya Ito has been promoted to a special counsel of the firm as of January 1, 2010.

Hiroya Ito