Prior to her appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, Ms. Yuko Miyazaki was a lawyer at our firm handling general corporate and taxation matters, the latter at various stages, from planning to tax controversy.
She has been involved in education and research on tax law at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Law and Kyoto University Law School, and also served as a member of the National Bar Examination Commission from 2011 to 2013.
In the Supreme Court of Japan, as a Justice of the Third Petty Bench, she presided over various civil, administrative, and criminal cases.
Ms. Miyazaki co-authored “Introduction to International Taxation, 4th Edition” (University of Tokyo Press, 2019), with Professor Yoshihiro Masui.
Education/Professional Experience
- 1976
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 1979 - 1983
- Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
- 1984
- Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
- 1984 - 1986
- The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
- 1986 - 2017
- Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu) (Partner from 1988 through 2016; Head of TPG/Senior Counsel from 2017)
- 2004 - 2007
- Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
- 2008 - 2010
- Lecturer, Kyoto University Law School (2008 - March 2009) Visiting Professor, Kyoto University (2008 - March 2010)
- 2018 - 2021
- Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
- 2021 - present
- Special Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2022 - present
- Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) International Judge
