Awards
Ayumi Fukuhara
Partner
Tokyo Office
- Languages
- Japanese, English
- Qualifications
- 2013, Japan (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Utilizing her experience in the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office, Ms. Fukuhara’s main practice area is corporate crisis management and global investigations. She specializes in representing companies and individuals in complex cross-border investigations involving domestic and foreign regulatory authorities. Further, she has advised many companies about business and human rights (BHR) as well as supporting establishing an effective compliance system regarding personal information and trade secrets, anti-corruption, and other matters.
She is a committee member of Anti-Bribery Committee Japan (ABCJ).
She has been selected as one of the 40 outstanding legal professionals under the age of 40 in the ALB Asia 40 under 40 2023 and has been ranked Number 2 by Nikkei’s Best Performing Lawyers Survey in Business and Human Rights in 2023, by both client and peer vote.
Practice Areas
Education/Professional Experience
- 2006
- Kyoto University (LL.B.)
- 2007 - 2008
- Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
- 2008 - 2009
- Public Prosecutor, Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office
- 2009 - 2010
- Public Prosecutor, Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office
- 2010
- Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
- 2011
- University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.)
- 2012
- Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School
- 2012 - 2013
- Public Prosecutor, Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office
- 2016 -
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2022 - present
- Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2022 - present
- Member of the Study Group on Sustainability of Storage Batteries, established by METI
- 2022
- Member of the Study Group on Guidelines for Respecting Human Rights in the Supply Chain, established by METI
Awards
Seminars
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October 24, 2025 (Fri) 09:30 - 17:507th White Collar Crime Workshop 2025
- Daisuke Fukamizu (Project Organizer)
Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C. / Online
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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October 15, 2025 (Wed) - April 15, 2026 (Wed) 16:00Publication Commemorative Seminar for “Legal Practice of Business and Human Rights from the Basics” (2nd Edition) – Latest Developments in Europe and the U.S. and Implications for Corporate Practice –
- Ayumi Fukuhara
Online (On-Demand)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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June 4, 2025 (Wed) - December 4, 2025 (Thu) 16:00Latest Developments in “Business and Human Rights” in Europe and the U.S. – In Light of the EU’s Omnibus Proposal and U.S. Policies –
- Ayumi Fukuhara
Online (On-Demand)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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May 20, 2025 (Tue) 15:00 - 18:00NO&T Europe Week – Day1: Recent Trends in Energy, Environment and Sustainability in Europe
- Junichi Ikeda
- Kiyoshi Honda
- Ayumi Fukuhara
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Tokyo Office
- Infrastructure/Energy/Environment
Publications
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Articles
Lexology Panoramic – Business & Human Rights 2025 JAPAN
(April 2025)
Ayumi Fukuhara, Momoko Yamashita, Nina Newcombe (Co-author)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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Articles
Lexology Panoramic – Business & Human Rights 2024 JAPAN
(April 2024)
Ayumi Fukuhara, Momoko Yamashita, Nina Newcombe (Co-author)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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Newsletters
Extended supply chain due diligence obligations for companies active in Germany
Ayumi Fukuhara, Akiko Inoue, Simon Clemens Wegmann（Gleiss Lutz） (Co-author)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
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Newsletters
Proposed SEC climate-disclosure and ESG rule changes, and recent ESG-related enforcement
Ayumi Fukuhara, Ramsay Randall, Momoko Yamashita (Co-author)
- Global Investigations / Crisis Management / Compliance
