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Global Legal Insights: Cartels 2021, 9th Edition - Japan

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Daiske Yoshida, Tomohiko Kimura and Kazuyasu Yoneyama authored the Japan chapter of Global Legal Insights - Cartels 2021 that covers key topics including latest developments in Japanese cartel enforcement and recent amendments to Japan’s Anti-Monopoly Act.  

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Daiske Yoshida, Tomohiko Kimura and Kazuyasu Yoneyama authored the Japan chapter of Global Legal Insights - Cartels 2021 that covers key topics including latest developments in Japanese cartel enforcement and recent amendments to Japan’s Anti-Monopoly Act.  Read the <a href="https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/cartels-laws-and-regulations/japan" target="_blank">full article</a>.*This article was first published in Global Legal Insights - Cartels 2021.

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Tomohiko Kimura is a partner of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. He specializes in antitrust and competition law, including merger control, cartel defense, investigations of unilateral conduct/unfair trade practices, and antitrust litigation.Tomohiko regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) and assists clients in conducting internal investigations to identify and address anticompetitive conduct. His practice also covers advising clients on a wide range of competition matters, including joint ventures and strategic alliances. Tomohiko is ranked for Japan: Competition/Antitrust in the 2024 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific and recommended for Japan: Antitrust and Competition in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.Tomohiko previously served as a chief investigator with the JFTC where he handled global cartels as well as IP-related cases involving high-tech industries. He currently serves as a Non-Government Advisor (“NGA”) to the JFTC. He is a member of the Japan Competition Law Forum and the Japan Association of Economic law.Tomohiko received his LL.B. from Kyoto University in 1992. He completed training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan in 2002 (55th trainee) and received his LL.M from Cornell Law School in 2007. Tomohiko is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan and is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

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