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Kazuhiro Taniguchi

Tokyo

Partner
Tokyo Bar Association

Practice Areas

  • Corporate business law
  • Tourism related legal matters (especially travel business, lodging business)
  • Real estate transaction related law
  • Construction –related law
  • Support for start-up companies

Biography

1985 Born in Osaka
Mar. 2004 Koyo Gakuin High School
Mar. 2008 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
Mar. 2010 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
Dec. 2011 The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (64th term)
Jan. 2012 Midosuji LPC Tokyo Office
May 2014 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Japan Tourism Agency Tourism Industry Division (- Apr. 2016)
Oct. 2016 Member of "Investigative committee on Travel Agency Law system in a new era", Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (- Sep. 2017)
Apr. 2017 Management Governance Working Group, Investigative Committee on Travel Agency legal system, Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (-Sep. 2017)
Apr. 2018 Member of “Promotion Committee on Appropriate Transactions of Overseas Tour” (- present)
Nov. 2018 Member of “Complaints Conciliation Committee”, The Japan Association of Travel Agents General Incorporated Association (- present)
Jan. 2020 Partner of Midosuji LPC (- present)

Publications

  • “Guideline of The Private Lodging Business Act” (NBL No.1112 December. 2017)
  • “New Edition Overview of Travel Industry”, Joint Author (May. 2018 Doyukan Inc.)
  • “The Significant Point to Know about Support and Recent Trend of Act Amendment Regarding Recent Tourism Industry” (Banking Law Journal 21 No.832 September. 2018)

Lectures

  • Compliance Training for Executives, jointly hosted by Japan Association of Travel Agents and All Nippon Travel Agents Association (March 2022)
  • Seminars of “The Private Lodging Business Act”, hosted by business organizations, corporations, Chamber of Commerce and so forth.
  • “The Expected Changes of Travel Caused by the Enforcement of ‘The Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities’”, hosted by Tokyo Metropolis (January. 2018)
  • “Trend of Deregulation in the Accommodation Industry ~Such as amended ‘Inns and Hotels Act’ Enforced on June, 2018 and ‘The Private Lodging Business Act’~”, hosted by TAP Co., Ltd. (September. 2018)
  • “Tourism Professional Seminar ‘The Truth Talk of Human Resources Person Series Vol.3. Is Curtailment of Overtime Work Really Possible? ~Could the Awareness-Raising of Management Be Realized?~, hosted by a private company (September. 2018)
  • In-house Seminar of Amendment of ‘The Law of Obligations’ for Real Estate Agent (October. 2018)

Languages

Japanese / English