Career Summary
- October 1984
- Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- December 2002
- Graduated from Singapore American School
- March 2007
- Received her LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- May 2009
- Received her LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School
- March 2010
- Received her J.D. from Waseda Law School
- June 2010
- Admitted to the New York State Bar Association
- December 2013
- Registered as a Japanese attorney and received her Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (66th)
- January 2014
- Joined Yoshida & Partners
- May 2018
- Joined Iwata Godo
Engaged Cases
・International legal affairs (dispute resolution, international transactions)
・Corporate/M&A (general corporate legal affairs, M&A transactions)
・Crisis management/compliance
・Dispute resolution
・IPO support
・Field by industry (marine, automobile, medical care)
Message
I will endeavor to provide service that caters to the needs of our clients by always asking myself whether it really serves their interest.
Professional Memberships
Tokyo Bar Association
List of Main Publications
・Pharmaceutical Advertising 2023 : Japan（The International Comparative Legal Guide）（co-author, Global legal group 2023）
・Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022: Japan (co-author, The International Comparative Legal Guide, Thomson Reuters, 2022）
・6,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (co-author, Kinzai Institute For Financial Affairs, 2022)
・The International Comparative Legal Guide : Corporate Investigations 2022（co-author, Global Legal Group, 2022）
・The International Comparative Legal Guide : Pharmaceutical Advertising 2021（co-author, Global Legal Group, 2021）
・The International Comparative Legal Guide : Corporate Investigations 2021（co-author, Global Legal Group, 2021）
・The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide（Japan）（co-author, 2020）
・The IPO Story –A 745-day story to IPO and Beyond（co-author/editor, Shojihomu, 2020）
・The International Comparative Legal Guide : Corporate Investigations 2020（co-author, Global Legal Group, 2020）
・The Shipping Law Review 3rd edition (co-author, Law Business Research, 2016)
Publications
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2023.07Publications
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako and Landry Guesdon co-author "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2023: Japan" in Global Legal Group's International Comparative Legal Guide
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2023.05Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako authors a commentary on the PPC's release concerning leaks of personal data from system errors in the issuance of residential registration certificates (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- IKEDA Minako
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2022.12Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako authors a commentary on amendments to regulatory guidelines concerning marketing of health foods (Shoji Homu Portal website)
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- IKEDA Minako
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2022.12Publications
Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Ikeda Minako co-author the Japan chapter of "The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide"
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- TAGO Shinya Landry GUESDON IKEDA Minako
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2022.07Publications
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022: Japan" in The International Comparative Legal Guide (Thomson Reuters).
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2022.07Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary on the JFTC's Antimonopoly Act Consultation Cases in FY2021 is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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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
Ikeda Minako's commentary "New Regulations on Cross-Border Data Flow under the Revised APPI Effective April 2022: METI Held the Second Meeting of its Expert Group on Cross-Border Data Flow" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2021.12Publications
Matsuda Akira, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2022: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
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- MATSUDA Akira IKEDA Minako Landry GUESDON
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2021.08Publications
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
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- TAGO Shinya IKEDA Minako Landry GUESDON
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2021.07Publications
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Personal Information Protection Commission Requests for Public Comments on a Proposal to Partially Revise the Guidelines for the Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2021.01Publications
Matsuda Akira and Ikeda Minako co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
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- MATSUDA Akira IKEDA Minako
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2020.12Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Zenkoku Kabukon Published a Proposal 'Overview of the Amedment to the Companies Act and its Impact on Stock Practice' -- Revision of Laws and Practical Responses to the Restrictions on Proposal Right of Shareholders" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2020.12Publications
Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored the Japan Chapter of the "Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide" published by Legal 500.
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2020.10Publications
With Motomura Takashi 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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2020.08Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates the 'Practical Guidelines for What an Outside Director should be'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2020.04Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "MHLW calls for efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infections in workplaces - Communicate points to note in labour management to economic organizations -" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2020.01Publications
Matsuda Akira and Ikeda Minako co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2020: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.
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- MATSUDA Akira IKEDA Minako
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2019.11Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Accuses Former Employees of Palma Co., Ltd. of Insider Trading of the Company's Shares" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2019.07Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "OECD Publishes the 'OECD Corporate Governance Factbook 2019'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2019.02Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Announces the Outline of the System to Accept More Foreign Workers" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2018.10Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Trial Introduction of 'Fast-track Examination' for Trademark Examination" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
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2018.05Shoji Homu Portal
Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Amendment to Article 11 of the Enforcement Rules for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in relation to Article 24 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.
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- IKEDA Minako
News
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2023.05
19 lawyers of our firm were recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024.
Best Lawyers
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
■ Arbitration and Mediation
UEDA Atsushi
■ Banking and Finance Law
TOJI Yoshihiro
SAKAMOTO Tomoko
MATSUDA Takao
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
MOTOMURA Takeshi
■ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
TAGO Shinya
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Labor and Employment Law
TAGO Shinya
■ Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
WAKABAYASHI Shigeo
MOTOMURA Takeshi
YOSHIHARA Tomomichi
URANAKA Hirotaka
■ Product Liability Litigation
TOJI Yoshihiro
Best Lawyers - "Ones to Watch"
■ Antitrust / Competition Law
ISHIKAWA Teppei
■ Arbitration and Mediation
SAITO Hiroki
■ Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
KARASAWA Akira
IKEDA Minako
YAMADA Kohei
SUZUKI Tomohiro
FUKUCHI Takumi
■ Information Technology Law
SAITO Hiroki
■ Intellectual Property Law (Non-Patent)
ISHIKAWA Hiroaki
■ Labor and Employment Law
KITAGAWA Hiroki
■ Privacy and Data Security Law
HORITA Koji -
2023.01
Saito Hiroki, Ikeda Minako and Ishikawa Teppei were appointed Partners.
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2018.05
We welcomed a new attorney, Ikeda Minako.