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Alumni Association of Japan Holds Inaugural Meeting in Tokyo
The first meeting of the newly formed alumni association of Japan was held in Tokyo on May 17. The event was attended by alumni in Japan as well as former Visiting Sho Sato Professors Kahei Rokumoto of Tokyo University, Takao Tanase of Kyoto University, and Setsuo Miyazawa of Wasada University. Professor Harry Scheiber, director of Boalt’s Sho Sato Program for Japanese and U.S. Law, spoke briefly about new appointments and programs at Boalt.
Professor Yasuhei Taniguchi ’63 (LL.M.)of Kyoto University was unanimously elected as the association’s first president at the meeting. Taniguchi practices law in Tokyo and is a member of the judiciary panel of the World Trade Organization. For more information, please contact Erin Campbell at 510-643-8010 or ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu.
(6/25/03)
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