ADACHI Makoto
- Title
- Associate
- Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- Telephone Number
- +81-3-3214-6039
- E-mail address
- makoto.adachi@iwatagodo.com
Career Summary
- April 1989
- Born in Osaka, Japan
- March 2008
- Graduated from Rakunan High School
- March 2014
- Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- March 2016
- Received his J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law
- December 2017
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (70th)・Registered as a Japanese attorney
- December 2017
- Joined Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
- December 2019
- Joined Iwata Godo
- August 2025
- Received his LL.M. from University of Edinburgh Law School
Awards
The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026
List of Main Publications
“The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 4(Japan Chapter) ”(co-author, Law Business Research Ltd, December 2022)
“Chambers Global Practice Guides White-Collar Crime 2022: Japan ”(co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2022)
“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
“The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 3 (Japan Chapter) ”（co-author, Law Business Research, 2021）
“The Legal 500: Data Protection 3rd Edition Country Comparative Guide （Japan）”（co-author）
“The Legal 500: Data Protection 2nd Edition Country Comparative Guide （Japan） ”（co-author）
“GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan”（co-author, Law Business Research, 2019）
Publications
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202403
Adachi Makoto authors a commentary on METI's model clause on the sharing of technical information related to cyberattacks (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202401
Adachi Makoto authors a commentary on TSE-listed companies' disclosures concerning minority shareholder protection and corporate governance (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202304
Adachi Makoto authors a commentary on MIC's proposed amendments to personal data protection guidelines for the telecommunications industry (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202212
Kudo Ryohei and Adachi Makoto co-author the Japan chapter of The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 4 (Law Business Research Ltd)
- Author：
- KUDO Ryohei ADACHI Makoto
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202211
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202211
Fukasawa Atsushi, Iida Hiroshi, Landry Guesdon, Fujinami Tomonori and Adachi Makoto co-author the Japan chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide "White-Collar Crime 2022"
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202211
Adachi Makoto authors a commentary for the Shoji Homu Portal website on the Tokyo District Court's October 6 decision in a copyright case (defendant posted a newspaper article on its Intranet without the permission of the plaintiff newspaper company)
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202204
Adachi Makoto's commentary on METI and MIC's "Guidebook Version 3.0" on privacy and other issues in business use of visual images from cameras is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202202
The lawyers of our firm participated in the writing of 6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)
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- WAKABAYASHI Shigeo TOJI Yoshihiro TAGO Shinya MOTOMURA Takeshi YOSHIHARA Tomomichi URANAKA Hirotaka UEDA Atsushi SAKAMOTO Tomoko IZUMI Atsushi TANAKA Takashi OKUSHI Kenichi KASHIWAGI Kensuke EIGUCHI Manabu ITO Hiroki ITO Nanako MARUYAMA Shinji MATSUDA Takao FUJIWARA Hiroki MATSUDA Akira AOKI Shinji TOKUMARU Daisuke MUTOU Yuuki FUKASAWA Atsushi KAKUNO Shu TOMITA Yusuke IIDA Hiroshi UENISHI Takuya KUDO Ryohei MORI Shunsuke KARASAWA Akira AOYAMA Masahiro SAITO Hiroki IKEDA Minako ISHIKAWA Teppei YAMADA Kohei SUZUKI Tomohiro SEKIGUCHI Akimasa NAKAMURA Saeko FUKATSU Haruno ADACHI Makoto FUKUCHI Takumi MATSUHASHI Sho KUKIMOTO Sayaka KANEKI Nobuyuki
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202110
Adachi Makoto's commentary "The Ministry of Justice Releases Materials on the 7th Meeting of the Security Interests Subcommittee of its Advisory Council on the Legal System" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202106
Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled "Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was introduced in “Introduction of New Publications” of June 2021 issue of Chizaikanri.
- The author and editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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202105
Matsuda Akira, Adachi Makoto, and Kukimoto Sayaka co-authored the Japan Chapter of "Data Protection 3rd Edition Country Comparative Guide" which appears on the Legal 500 web site.
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202104
Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Action for Declaratory Judgment of Non-Existence of a Claim in connection with the Use of Copyrighted Works in a Music School (the Court of Second Instance)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202101
Kudo Ryohei and Adachi Makoto co-authored the Japan chapter of The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 2 which is published from Law Business Research Ltd.
- Author：
- KUDO Ryohei ADACHI Makoto
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202012
With Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei as the editors & authors, Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto co-authord "Q&A on Intersection and Practice of the Antimonopoly Act and the Intellectual Property Rights - Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Fundamentals to Applications – " which is introduced in “The Latest Books to be Kept on Hand in the practice of the Antimonopoly Act” of February 2021 issue of Business Law Journal.
- Editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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202010
Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Study Group on the Ideal State of Disclosing Sender I Information publicizes 'Major Issues for Final Summary'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202010
With Motomura Takeshi as the representative editor & author, and Mutou Yuuki and Ikeda Minako as the editor & author, Adachi Makoto, Kudo Ryohei, Sasaki Tomoo, Fukasawa Atsushi,and Fujiwara Hiroki authored the publication titled " IPO Story and the 745-Day Voyage Leading up to the Listing of a Venture Company ", which was published by Shoji Homu.
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202008
Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa, and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled “Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Editor：
- EIGUCHI Manabu KUDO Ryohei
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202006
Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "Ministry of Justice Updates 'Q&A on Commercial/Corporate Registration Affairs'. Points at issue in the Companies Act." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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202005
Matsuda Akira, Adachi Makoto, and Kukimoto Sayaka co-authored the Japan Capter of "Data Protection 2nd Edition Country Comparative Guide" which appears on the Legal 500 web site.
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202002
Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Publishes the 'Interim Draft for the Revision of the Civil Code and the Real Property Registration Act (for Lands of Unknown Owners)' (December 3, 2019)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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201909
Okushi Kenichi and Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Requests for Public Comments on 'Guidelines Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position under the Antimonopoly Act on the Transactions between Digital Platformer Operators and Consumers that provide Personal Information, etc. (Draft)’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- OKUSHI Kenichi ADACHI Makoto
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201909
Matsuda Akira, Horita Koji and Adachi Makoto contributed to the publication entitled GIR Know how - Data Privacy and Transfer in Investigations 2019 - Japan which is published by Law Business Research.
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201904
Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "Progress toward Establishing Digital Governance Codes: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Study Group on System Governance (Summary of from the 1st meeting to the 3rd meeting)"is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- ADACHI Makoto
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News
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202601
Adachi Makoto will begin working at Shearn Delamore & Co. in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January.
Iwata Godo will further strengthen its cooperative relationships with local law firms in ASEAN countries, including Shearn Delamore & Co., Drew & Napier LLC in Singapore; Makarim & Taira S. in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Tilleke & Gibbins Bangkok Office in Thailand, where our attorneys are assigned, and will provide clients in Japan with a wide range of one-stop legal services.
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202601
Article of the Global Legal Team was published in "Lawyers Guide 2026"
Publisher：Lawyers Guide 2026
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202510
Adachi Makoto resumed his work at Iwata Godo upon completion of his study in the U.K.
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202504
22 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026.
22 of our lawyers were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026.
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202407
Adachi Makoto is currently studying at the University of Edinburgh Law School.
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201902
We welcomed a new attorney, Adachi Makoto.
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