Awards
Makoto Ito is a special advisor at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He supports the firm by providing an academic viewpoint primarily in the fields of civil procedure, bankruptcy and business rehabilitation.
He graduated with an LL.B. from The University of Tokyo in 1967, then served as a Professor at Hitotsubashi University from 1985 to1993, the University of Tokyo from 1993 to 2007 and Waseda Law School from 2007 to 2015. He was admitted to practice law in Japan in 2007.
Practice Areas
Education/Professional Experience
- 1967
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 1968 - 1971
- Research Assistant, The University of Tokyo
- 1971 - 1983
- Associate Professor, Nagoya University
- 1978 - 1979
- Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School
- 1979 - 1980
- Visiting Fellow, University of Michigan Law School
- 1983 - 1985
- Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
- 1985 - 1993
- Professor, Hitotsubashi University
- 1993 - 2007
- Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2006
- Visiting Fellow, Seoul National University
- 2007 - 2015
- Professor, Waseda Law School
- 2007 - present
- Special Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2007 - present
- Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
- 2015 - 2019
- Visiting Professor, Nihon University
- 2015 - 2020
- Visiting Professor, Soka University
- 2020 -
- Member, The Japan Academy
Awards
Seminars
Publications
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Articles
Discharge of Debt and Limits of Mercy – Legitimacy of Bankruptcy Discharge
(January 2025)
Makoto Ito
- Restructuring and Insolvency
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Books
Bankruptcy and Civil Rehabilitation Act (2nd edition)
Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd (June 2009)
Makoto Ito
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Articles
Japan’s Revised Framework for Economic Failures
(January 2008)
Makoto Ito (Co-author)
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Books
”Bankruptcy and Civil Rehabilitation Act”
Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd (November 2007)
Makoto Ito (Co-author)
- Restructuring and Insolvency
