JAPAN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Yasushi Kudo, Yukiko Konno and Takayuki Inukai Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is one of the foremost providers of international and com - mercial legal services, based in Tokyo. The firm has approximately 600 lawyers, including nearly 50 experienced foreign lawyers from vari - ous jurisdictions. Its overseas network includes offices in New York, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Shanghai, Jakarta and collaborative relationships with prominent local law firms throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America, and other regions. The firm pro - vides comprehensive assistance in the devel -
opment of cybersecurity systems, including the establishment of internal governance systems and vendor management. It also has extensive experience in crisis management in the event of a security incident. In collaboration with IT system experts, the firm also provides one-stop support for the entire process, from the initial response, including fact-finding and evidence preservation, to dealing with the authorities, in - formation disclosure and the mass media, liais - ing with victims, root cause analysis and recur - rence prevention measures.
Authors
Yasushi Kudo is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He mainly focuses his practice on crisis management, including dealings with domestic and international authorities,
Yukiko Konno is a counsel at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. Her practice primarily focuses on domestic and global data
governance and other emerging areas, including cybersecurity, data privacy/data protection, AI and IoT issues, as well as cross-border general corporate matters across a range of industry sectors. She is a graduate of Keio University (2005), Chuo Law School (JD, 2008) and Columbia Law School (LLM, 2015). She was seconded to a private trading company (2015–17) and the Trade Policy Bureau of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) (2019-22).
regulatory compliance, cybersecurity/data privacy, and advice on compliance systems and corporate governance, leveraging his expertise and experience gained from secondment to the Financial Services Agency and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission. Recently, his focus has been on legal issues raised by cybersecurity incidents such as ransomware attacks, data compromise and business e-mail compromise, as well as the development of internal control systems so as to mitigate cybersecurity risks such as supply chain risk.
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