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AKAGI MARITIME SOGO LAW OFFICE

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Name Fumio Akagi
Title Head partner, Attorney at law, Marine Counselor
Career, etc Awards
  • April, 2000ˇˇDecorated the Third Class Order of the Sacred Treasure
  • July, 2003ˇˇMinister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Commendation
Main books, Teaching & Speech
  1. Counterfeit Bills and Notes & Occurrence of Damage , in Legal Practitions 4 Cases of Torts, coedited by Ryohei Hayashi and Toshimasa Nakatsukasa
  2. Troubles on Real Estate Transactions (No. 138-141), coedited by Ryohei Hayashi and Taisuke Biwata
  3. Basic Property Registration (No.31 and 36), edited by Ryohei Hayashi and Kikuo Ishida
  • THE GENERAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, Specific Course at 1981 Second period, "Responsibilities of Ocean Carriers" (8-lecture course)(Sep.-Nov.1981)
  • THE GENERAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, Kanssai General Insurance Course at 1982 First period, "Responsibilities of Carriers on Inland Transportation" (4-lecture course)(May-June 1982)
  • THE GENERAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, Specific Course at 1984 Second period, "Responsibilities of Carriers on International Cargo Transportation" (8-lecture course)(Sep.-Nov. 1984)
  • 172nd KUTSUNA MARITIME LAW STUDY GROUP, Case Report, "Asahi Metal Indus. Co. v Superior Court of Calif., 480 US 102 (1987) " (July 2006)
Curriculum Vitae 
March, 1954 Ritsumeikan University Graduate School
cousework completed without degree 
April, 1958 Admitted Bar in Japan (Osaka Bar Association)
started law practice at FURUNO LAW OFFICE, Osaka
1960 with the spirit of Yukio Akagi, opened AKAGI LAW OFFICE in Osaka
1966 moved the base of AKAGI LAW OFFICE to Kobe
April, 1969 Vice President of Kobe Bar Association (now: Hyogo-ken Bar Association)(ˇÁ March,1970)
Feb., 1971 Public Interest Memter of Hyogo-ken Local Labour Committee (ˇÁ Sep., 1977)
April, 1972 Civil Conciliation Commissioners of Kobe District Court (ˇÁ March, 2000)
April, 1983 President of Kobe Bar Association (ˇÁ March, 1984)
Sep., 1988 Arbitrator of TOMAC (Tokyo Maritime Arbitration Commision of JSE)(ˇÁ October, 2010)
April, 1992 Vice President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations (ˇÁ March, 1993)
April, 1993 President of Kobe Local Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers (ˇÁ August, 2003)
July, 2001 Governor of Rotary International district 2680 (ˇÁ June, 2002)
Nov., 2016 Head Partner of AKAGI MARITIME SOGO LAW OFFICE With the increase of the numbers of Attorneys at law, AKAGI LAW OFFICE changed its name in several times (AKAGI MICHIGAMI LAW OFFICE, KOBE BLUE SKY LAW OFFICE). However, as TRUTH was revealed and we, as Craftsman of Law and Truth, have to comply with the crucial demand to strengthen Information Security from our Clients. So, we newly started as AKAGI MARITIME SOGO LAW OFFICE steering our course to STELLA MARIS forever for our clients.
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Membership
  • Member of Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practice Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Association (ˇÁ May, 2018)
  • Member of Japan Association of the Law of Finance, The Maritime Law Association of Japan, Association of Average Adjusters of Japan, Kutsuna Maritime Law Study Group, The Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc., Marine Traffic System Forum,Reseach Council of Maritime Issues
  • Member of Rotary Club of KOBE EAST, Hyogo Club, The KOBE Chamber of Commerce and Industry


Name Junko Akagi
Title Partner attorney-at law, Marine Counselor
Career, etc     Awards
  • WON 3rd Prize in 31st Public Essay Contest promoted by KAWAKAMI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (now Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences) as Student, in area of Law
Main books, Teaching & Speech  
  • Tutor at NATIONAL TAX COLLEGE of National Tax Agency
    ˇ¦ Seminor on Commercial Law
  • 213th KUTSUNA MARITIME LAW STUDY GROUP, Case Study Report, "Breffka & Hehnke GmbH & Co KG & Ors v Navire Shipping Co Ltd & Ors (The 'Saga Explorer') [2012]EWHC3124 (Comm) (07 November 2012)" (Dec., 2012)
  • 136th COMPARATIVE AND FOREIGN LAW STUDY GROUP, Report, "An attempt to analize by Comparative Law's point of view -comparing cases regarding 'RETLA Clause' on Bill of Ladings - Saga Explorer and Tokio Marine" (Feb., 2014)
  • Speeches at Clients' STUDY GROUP (Feb., 2014ˇÁ)
  • Guest Speaker, at KONAN LAW SCHOOL, Commercial Transaction Law
    "Legal Practice on Carriage of Goods by Sea" (Jan., 2015ˇÁ)
  • Part-time Lecturer, at KOBE UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Maritime Sciences (April 2015ˇÁ)
    ˇ¦ Maritime Policy
    ˇ¦ Maritime Sociology
  • 2015 3rd COSTAL SHIPPING STUDY GROUP, Report, "Points on Law Reform of COMMERCIAL LAW (Releted to Transportation and Maritime Commerce)" (Oct., 2015)
  • Special Speaker, UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCE, Logistics Policy, "Logistics Policy - Relating to Maritime Policy" (Nov., 2015)
Curriculum Vitae 
  • graduated SOPHIA UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Law,
    Department of International Legal Studies
    (Recommendation Admission)
    Bachelor of Law
  • graduated SOPHIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW
    (Recommendation Admission)
    Master of Law
  • worked as Legal Assistant of Fumio Akagi,
    Head Partner of Akagi Michigami Law Office
Aug., 2007 RITSUMEIKAN LAW SCHOOL WASHINGTON SEMINOR
at American University, Washington College of Law (WCL)
March, 2009 graduated RITSUMEIKAN LAW SCHOOL (A-Scholarship) Juris Doctor
Dec., 2011 Admitted Bar in Japan (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
started law practice at KUTSUNA LAW OFFICE,
in Marunouchi Tokyo, as associate lawyer
Dec., 2013 moved to KOBE BLUE SKY LAW OFFICE as associate lawyer (Hyogo-ken Bar Association)
June, 2015 OUTSIDE DIRECTOR (ˇÁJune, 2017)
Nov., 2016 Partner of AKAGI MARITIME SOGO LAW OFFICE
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Membership
  • Member of The Maritime Law Association of Japan, Association of Average Adjusters of Japan, Kutsuna Maritime Law Study Group, The Japan Shipping Exchange Inc. Case Study Group, Marine Traffic System Forum
  • Member of Comparative and Foreign Law Study Group (Sophia Univ.), Law of Marine Insurance Study Group (Waseda Univ.), Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics, Reseach Council of Maritime Issues, Marine Traffic System Forum
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