Lecturer, joint lecture series of the Tokyo Bar Association and the Commission of the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (Bankruptcy Law), 1987-1989. Director General, Bankruptcy Law Division, Legal Studies Department, 1991—. Member, Council on Measures relating to the Bankruptcy Law Revision, 1998—, Tokyo Bar Association. Member, Committee on Revision, Bankruptcy Law, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, 1997—; Member, Bankruptcy Legal Structures Study Group, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1998. Board Member, Japanese Association for Business Recovery, 2002—. Representative Director, Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals, 2003—. Board Member, Advisory Board on Small and Medium Enterprise Support Center Headquarters, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, 2007—. Member, Examination Board for Strengthening of Financial Function (tentative translation), Financial Services Agency, 2008—.