We are very pleased to announce that this December 17, 2018, the following 36 new first year Japanese associates have joined our firm:

Yuta Komatsu, Hiroaki Nakano, Akihiro Shimada, Naoyuki Komine, Ayaka Kawabata, Yusuke Abe, Hojun Lee, Yudai Shibuya, Kana Choi, Yasuhiro Nakauchi, Hiroki Muroya, Shogo Inamura, Harutada Nakamura, Yuriko Uyama, Jumpei Watanabe, Shogo Tsunoda, Miki Mochizuki, Daisei Chiba, Yuki Nishino, Mari Yamasaki, Nozomi Nakayama, Jun Kosaka, Yoshiko Nakamura, Masataka Higuchi, Kensuke Tsuboi, Taiga Setoyama, Tomoki Kashimura, Hiroaki Masuo, Kazuya Uryu, Tomoki Yamada, Marilyn Ozuka, Shoto Tamura, Nana Torii, Ryuta Tokubi, Yuhei Watanabe and Yuko Misumi.

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.