Board Members

President

Osamu NIIKURA
Professor emeritus and Attorney at Law, Aoyama Gakuin University

Vice-President

Kazuko ITO
Attorney at Law

Hiroko GOTO
Professor of Law, Chiba University School of Law

Board of Directors

Stephanie COOP
Associate Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University

Kanae DOI
Attorney at Law Auditor & director of Human Rights Watch, Japan

Koji FUJIMOTO
Associate Professor, Dept. of International Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Keiwa Gakuen University

Mami ISHIDA
Attorney at Law

Makoto ITO
President, Ito-juku

Takako KONNO
Tax Accountant

Mari MIURA
Professor of Law, Sophia University

Kei NOMA
Attorney at Law

Akira SUGIMOTO
Attorney at Law

Toko TERAMACHI
Attorney at Law and Social Worker

Juri YUKITA
Secretary General of HRN Kansai, Attorney at Law

Hae Bong SHIN
Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University

Auditor

Mitsuru IKEDA
Tax Accountant

Counsel

Setsuo MIYAZAWA
Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University School of Law

Susumu OISHI
Senior Adviser of Nippon Hyoron Sha Co., Ltd.

Itsuo SONOBE
Attorney at Law, Former Justice of Supreme Court of Japan

Takao SUAMI
Professor of Law, Waseda University School of Law

Kazuo TASE
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting, Director

Frank UPHAM
Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

Management Counsel

Takahiko DATE
Attorney at Law, Asahi Nishimura Law Office

Kunio HAMADA
Attorney at Law, Hibiya Park Law Offices

Tomoaki IKENAGA
Attorney at Law, Anderson, Mori, Tomotsune Law Office

Takenobu IMAEDA
Attorney at Law, TMI General Law Office

Shigeaki ITOH
Attorney at Law, City-Yuwa Partners

Yukino KIKUMA
Attorney at Law, Matsuo & Kosugi

Shinichiro KOIKE
Attorney at Law

Hideaki KUBORI
Attorney at Law, Hibiya Park Law Offices

Tadashi KUNIHIRO
Attorney at Law, T.Kunihiro & Co. Attorneys-at-law

Shiro KUNIYA
Attorney at Law, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Satoshi MORIGUCHI
Attorney at Law, Nagashima, Ohno, Tsunematsu Law Office

Koichiro OHASHI
Attorney at Law, Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices

Koichi SAITO
Attorney at Law, Anderson, Mori and Tomotsune Law Office

Yasuzō TAKENO
Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Akira TAKEUCHI
Attorney at Law, Proact Law Office

Kenji TANEDA
Attorney at Law, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Advisors

Tomoko AKO
Professor, University of Tokyo

Yoko HAYASHI
Attorney at Law

Jun HORI
Journalist / Representative of NPO 8Bit News

Jinshiro MOTOYAMA
Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Junji TAKAHASHI
Social Studies Teacher, Shin Watato Cultural High School

Saul TAKAHASHI
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College

Naoko TAKATO
Aid Worker

Daisuke TSUDA
Journalist / Media Activist / Editor-in-Chief of Politas

Shogo WATANABE
Attorney at Law

Secretary Generals

Secretary General
Ryutaro Ogawa

Attorney at Law

Secretary General Kansai
Juri YUKITA

Attorney at Law

Deputy Secretary Generals

Ryo SASAKI
Professor, University of the Sacred Heart, Faculty of Contemporary Liberal Arts, Dept. of International Relations

Akiko SATO
Attorney at Law

Wataru TAKAHASHI
Attorney at Law

Tatsuyuki UMABA
Attorney at Law

Yumiko Inaoka
Attorney at Law

Articles of Incorporation (teikan / 定款): HRN Articles of Incorporation 2023.pdf