Career Summary
- March 1991
- Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- March 2009
- Graduated from Johoku Senior High School
- March 2014
- Received his LL.B. from Waseda University
- March 2016
- Received his J.D. from Hitotsubashi University Graduate 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 Takai Okazeri Law Firm
- July 2020
- Joined Iwata Godo
Engaged Cases
Personnel/labor cases (on the employer’s side)
・Consultation on daily personnel and labor issues (working hours, wages (overtime allowance, etc.), recruitment, retirement, transfer/secondment, disciplinary punishment, dismissal, mental health, harassment, occupational accidents, personal information management, etc.)
・Advice on how to deal with problematic employees
・Preparation and revision of working rules, etc., and dealing with problems associated therewith
・Labor due diligence (M&A, IPO, etc.)
・Response to workers’ union (collective bargain and administrative negotiation with labor unions, petition for unreasonable labor action and mediation with the Labor Relations Commission, etc.)
・Handling disputes and administrative actions (litigation, labor tribunals, provisional dispositions, guidance on advice from/mediation with the Labor Bureau, guidance on investigation by the Labor Standards Inspection Office, voluntary negotiations with the principal and agent, etc.)
Other general corporate matters
・Review of varieties of agreements
・General shareholders’ meetings
・Corporate governance
M&A/corporate reorganization
Message
In my previous job, I worked at the law office mainly dealing with personnel and labor matters on the part of the management. I will work together with clients having various concerns, regardless of their field, to address each case quickly and politely.
Professional Memberships
Labor Legislation Committee of Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
Member of Management Lawyers Council
List of Main Publications
・"2022 Version: Summary of Annual Judicial Precedents and Orders for Labour Cases" (co-author, Roumugyousei Co., Ltd., 2022)
・“Supplemental Pay in Busy Seasons for Part-Time Workers” (Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho No. 4031, 2022)
・“6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions” (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
・The 24th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Pharmaceutical Industry (3)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, December 2021）
・“Recruiting and Hiring Foreigners Working in Japan” (Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho No. 4022, 2021)
・“Lifting of Digital Payment of Salary and Its Impact on Financial Transactions” (co-author, Ginko Jitsumu No. 747, July 2021)
・The 19th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (4)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, July 2021）
・“Case Studies of Dismissal, Refusal to Renew Employment, and Disciplinary Action for Employers’ Reference” (co-author, Seirin Shoin, 2021)
・“Basic Law Course Useful in Practice (70) Equal Pay for Equal Work” (co-author, Roseijiho No. 4012, 2021)
・The 16th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (1)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, April 2021）
・“Is it a problem to require an employee to inform its manager when going to a lavatory during business hours?” (Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho No. 4007, 2021)
・The 14th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (3)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, February 2021）
・“Legal and Practical Measures in Considering Withdrawal of a Tentative Job Offer” (co-author, Roseijiho No. 4006, 2020)
・The 12th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (1)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, December 2020）
・The 10th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (4)" (co-author, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A, October 2020）
・“Abstract book of Annual Labor Judicial Precedents and Orders, 2020 Version” (co-author, ROUMUGYOUSEI Co., Ltd., 2020)
・“Explanation of Judicial Precedents: Analysis of Wins and Losses of Dismissal/Disciplinary Action Cases” (co-author, Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020)
Publications
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2022.07Publications
Fukuchi Takumi, Kitagawa Hiroki, Kaneki Nobuyuki, Noguchi Daisuke, Ito Natsuho, Anzai Kazuto, Matsuda Taiki, Okanami Kentaro, and Bando Taisei co-authored the 2022edition of Annual Summaries of Labor-Related Judicial and Administrative Decisions (Roumugyousei).
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2022.06Shoji Homu Portal
Fukuchi Takumi's commentary on amendments to the Consumer Contract Act and the Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Property Damage Incurred by Consumers is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2022.06Publications
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Fujiwara Hiroki, Fukuchi Takumi, Kitagawa Hiroki, Anzai Kazuto, Matsuda Taiki, Bando Taisei co-authored "Labor Management and Information Security Measures for Telework (Practice Series No. 255)" (SMBC Consulting).
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2022.06Publications
Fukuchi Takumi participated in the writing of "Soliciting Employee Resignations and PIP" (Seirin Shoin).
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2022.05Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Transportation Industry (3)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for Working Styles in Different Industries and Occupations" in the May issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2022.03Publications
Fukuchi Takumi authored "Supplemental Pay in Busy Seasons for Part-Time Workers" in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho 4031.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2022.02Publications
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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2022.01Shoji Homu Portal
Fukuchi Takumi's commentary "Hiring Rules for Diverse Full-Time Employees and Related Issues: MHLW Held the 10th meeting of its Study Group on Diversity in Labor Contract Rules" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.11Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (3)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for Working Styles in Different Industries and Occupations" in the December issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.10Publications
Fukuchi Takumi authored "Recruiting and Hiring Foreigners Working in Japan" in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho No. 4022.
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2021.07Shoji Homu Portal
Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "With Respect to the Proposal for the Election of Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members, the Proposal of the Company by the Request of Audit and Supervisory Committee Members Conflicts with the Proposal of the Activist, --Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Hosted by TENMA Corporation as of June 29, 2021” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.06Publications
Tomita Yusuke and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored an article titled "Lifting of Digital Payment of Salary and Its Impact on Financial Transactions" which appears in Ginko Jitsumu No. 747 (July 2021 issue).
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- TOMITA Yusuke FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.06Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 19th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (4)" which appears in the July 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.05Publications
Fukuchi Takumi contributed to the publication of "Case Studies of Dismissal, Refusal to Renew Employment, and Disciplinary Action for Employers' Reference" which is published by Seirin Shoin.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.04Publications
Nakano Masayuki, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the article titled "Basic Law Course Useful in Practice (70) Equal Pay for Equal Work" which appears in 4012 issue of Roseijiho.
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2021.03Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 16th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (1)" which appears in the April 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.02Publications
Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Points to be Noted in Changes of Working Conditions and Workforce Reduction due to Business Restructuring" which appears in March 2021 issue of SMBC Management+ of SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.
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2021.01Publications
Fukuchi Takumi authored an article titled "Is it a problem to require an employee to inform its manager when going to a lavatory during business hours?" which appears in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho, 4007.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2021.01Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 14th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (3)" which appears in the February 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2020.12Shoji Homu Portal
Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association publicized 'The Principles to Strengthen the Audit System with the aim of Preventing Misconducts in Corporate Groups.' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
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2020.12Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Legal and Practical Measures in Considering Withdrawal of a Tentative Job Offer" which appears in Roseijiho, 4006.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2020.12Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 12th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (1)" which appears in the December 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2020.09Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 10th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Manufacturing Industry (4)" which appears in the October 2020 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi
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2020.08Shoji Homu Portal
Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "Discussions such as 'Management of Working Hours in the Case of a Side Business/Subsidiary Business' and 'Review of the Principle of Affixing Seals to Notifications, etc. based on the Labor Standards Act' were made at 162th Subcommittee on Working Conditions, Labor Policy Council of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- FUKUCHI Takumi
News
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2022.04
11 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023.
11 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2023.
Best Lawyers
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Product Liability Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Arbitration and Mediation
UEDA Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
KARASAWA Akira
FUKUCHI Takumi
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
2020.07
We welcomed a new attorney, Fukuchi Takumi.