Ebisu Plax Bldg. 6F 1-25-1 Ebisu-Minami,
Shibuya-ku Tokyo JAPAN 150-0022
Office hour | Weekday 9：30～17：00 |
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Summary
Waseda University L.L.B
Member of Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted Bar, Japan, 1997)
Study in Abroad
Visiting scholar of U.C. Berkeley (2001)
Career highlights
1997~
Member of Tokyo Bar Association Committee on the Protection of Foreigners'Human Rights
Legal Counseler at Bar Association (Civil, Consumer, and Family Matters)
2000
Member of Judicial Survey Mission of JFBA to Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic
2001 ~2002
Visiting scholar of U.C. Berkeley
2002～
Project Member of JFBA・JICA
Member of JFBA and Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia Training Project
2004 April~
Adviser at ECOM
(Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan)
2004 Apri~
Registered Bankruptcy Trustee at Tokyo District Court
2006 October~
Participate the assembly for Member of Convention against Transnational Organized Crime held
at United Nation's Vienna Inter National Center as represantative of JFBA
2008 April～
Legal Counselor at JFBA Traffic Accident Consultation Center
2009 March
Joined the ILAC・IBA Project Training Iraq Lawyers in International Human Rights and Humanitalian Law at Prague, Czech Republic as the Memeber of JFBA
2010 July～
Guest Lecturer at Tokai University Law School
2014 April～
Registered lawyer's list of JFBA Lawyer Referral Service for Hague Convention Cases
Current
Listed in Lawyer's List at US, UK, Australia, Canada, NZ, and Norway Embassys in Japan
Official Represantative of JPBP
Listed to JFBA Lawyer Referral Service for Hague Convention Cases
Listed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lawyer Service for making application form for Ministry's Assistance in Child’s Return to Foreign State
Languages
Japanese・English
Background
Due to his father’s job transfer, Honda has spent six years in Bangkok, Thailand until entering high school in Japan.
After becoming a lawyer, he was involved in a JFBA and JICA project for three years, launching and operating a Cambodian lawyer training school. While engaging in international legal assistance, he also works on human rights issues of foreigners in Japan, such as getting not guilty verdicts in criminal cases involving foreigners.
Recently, he has a strong interest in the human rights issues of children, who are involved in conflicts of international divorces and separations of couples. He has handled a number of Hague Convention cases, joint custody cases, and other international family law cases, and has won favorable judgments.
He is also involved in the relief of victims of cross-border investment damage and international accidents.
Major Cases Involved
Tokyo Family Court Judgment on March 29, 2021 (Case related to private international law, published in Family Law and Judgment No. 38 & Hanrei Jiho No. 2527)
Tokyo High Court Decision on September 3, 2020 (Hague Convention Case, published in Family Law and Judgment No. 36)
Tokyo District Court Judgment on June 17, 2019 (Hague Convention-related Case, published in Hanrei Hisho)
Tokyo District Court Judgment on May 25, 2017 (Foreign Judgment Recognition and Enforcement Case, published in Hanrei Hisho)
Tokyo High Court Decision on May 19, 2017 (Joint custody, case related to private international law, published in Family Law and Judgment No. 12, Jurist No. 1523, Koseki Jiho No. 780, Civil and Commercial Law Journal Vol. 154 No. 6)
Chiba District Court Judgment on July 19, 2005 (Not-Guilty judgment on alleged drug (stimulant) smuggling, published in Hanrei Times No. 1206, Hogaku Seminar Vol. 51 No. 12
Summary
Sophia University B.A
Career highlights
1997 April～2012 March Public Prosecutor (Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, Ministry of Justice, Secretariat Section, Civil Litigation Division etc.)
2012 June Registered as Attorney at Law (Member of Tokyo Bar Association)
2019 June～2020 June Outside Director of Space Value Holdings Co., Ltd.
2020 June～2022 March Outside Director (Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee) of Space Value Holdings Co., Ltd.
Languages
Japanese ・ English
Background
Hiwatari served as a Public Prosecutor from April 1997 to March 2012, engaging in investigations, public trials (criminal trials), and administrative litigation.
She joined our firm in June 2012. Utilizing her experience up to that point, she specializes in international criminal cases and compliance, as well as handling international cases, mainly inheritance and traffic accident cases.
Nagiumi Washio
Attorney at Law
Summary
Kaisei High School
Keio University, Department of Politics, Faculty of Law, LL.B
The University of Tokyo, School of Law, Enrolled(withdrew due to passing the preliminary bar examination)
Passed the preliminary bar examination
Passed the new bar examination
Legal Training and Research Institute（74）
Member of Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted Bar, Japan, 2022)
Language
Japanese ・English （TOEIC 975）
Background
He was enrolled in a local school on the Gold Coast, Australia from 9 to 13 years of age and in an international school in Japan from 13 to 15 years of age. His area of interest is international family law including Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. He was a member of a seminar on private international law.
Yura Ichikawa
Attorney at Law
Summary
Kamakura Senior High School
Waseda University, School of Law, LL.B
Waseda Law School, J.D.
Passed the new bar examination
Legal Training and Research Institute (75)
Member of Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted Bar, Japan, 2022)
Language
Japanese・English（TOEIC 940）
Background
He was enrolled in an International School for 5 years through elementary and junior high school.
In Law School, he participated in a legal clinic about refugee problems in Japan, and was involved in litigation for recognition of refugee status.
He has a wide range of interests in legal issues facing foreign residents in Japan.
Shinya Uesaki
Affiliate Accountant
Summary
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Certified Tax Accountant, Certified Public Accountant (Japan, U.S., Singapore)
The University of Tokyo, Department of Economy, B.Ec
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The Masayuki Honda International Law Office, LPC is located in Ebisu, Shibuya.
We are specialized in International cases for individual clients and Small-Medium sized Companies.
Our English speaking lawyers provide the legal services with reasonable fees.
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| Main Districts for Service | For Greater Tokyo, Shibuya, Ebisu, area. Also covers Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Kanto Suburbs areas. We are available for Overseas Clients consultation through Telephone call and Skype. |
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Masayuki Honda International Law Office，LPC
Address
Ebisu Plax Bldg. 6F
1-25-1 Ebisu-Minami, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo JAPAN 150-0022
Office hour
Weekday 9：30～17：00