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Yuko KAWAI
Yuko has continuously advised a multitude of global and prominent companies on data privacy issues, including data breaches and security incidents, data privacy structures in the design of their business, cross-border data transfers, global data compliance, data governance and medical/genome data. During her many years of professional practice as a corporate lawyer, she has also conducted transactional and advisory work in cross-border and domestic M&As, joint ventures and business alliances, and general corporate matters for listed companies.
Her recent major books include, “Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2020 and Practical Approaches” (Shojihomu, 2022) and “Corpus Juris Series - Personal Information Protection Legislation (Global)” (Shojihomu, 2020).
She has served as a member of Committee for Promoting Open-data in Public Transportation Sectors, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, as well as a member of Tokyo Data Platform Case Study Project Review Board, Bureau of Digital Services, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Awards & Rankings
N&A Newsletters
Seminars
Publications
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Global Data Governance in Light of LINE Issues
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Corpus Juris Series - Personal Information Protection Legislation (Global)
Books
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Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2020 and Practical Approaches
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Practice on CCPA Compliance
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Commentary on the TPP Agreement
Articles
News
- Press Releases
- Nishimura & Asahi has been appointed as a certified education provider of the Japan DPO Association
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- Yuko Kawai and Takayoshi Hojo appointed as members of the “Special Committee on Global Data Governance”
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- Notice of our new partners and a foreign law partner
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- Yuko Kawai has been appointed as a Statutory Auditor of the Council for Protection of Individual Genetic Information.
Education
- 2013
- Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- 2000
- Keio University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Member, External Assessment Committee for Fiscal Investment and Loan Program to Mobility DX/GX Businesses, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
- Member, Committee for Aviation, at Council for Transportation Policy, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
- Member, Committee for Local Public Transportation, at Council for Transportation Policy, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
- Member, Tokyo Data Platform Case Study Project Review Board, Bureau of Digital Services, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- Member, "Special Committee on Global Data Governance" of Z Holdings Corporation
- Member, Committee for Promoting Open-data in Public Transportation Sectors, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
- Statutory Auditor, Association of Genetic Information
- Statutory Auditor, Council for Protection of Individual Genetic Information
- Yahoo Japan Corporation