Attorney
Introduction

Yumiko Takatori
(Attorney at Law)

Frequently Handled Practice Areas
Space-related business transactions
(space act, civil aeronautics act, radio act, security export control, defense, etc.)

Corporate debt recovery and damage compensation
(provisional attachment, provisional disposition, dispute resolution, etc.)

Business administration
(cross-border transactions, contract negotiation, deal with corporate scandals, compliance, etc.)

Real estate
(redevelopments, real estate transactions, leases, etc.)

Entertainment
(management contracts, copyrights, image rights, slander on SNS, etc.)

Employment
(harassments, labor tribunals, litigation, etc.)

Family
(inheritance, wills, divorce, consolation payments, paternity/family register-related issues following divorce, existence/non-existence of parent-child relations, etc.)

Other general civil cases of all types Criminal cases
(victim of crime)

University

  • Keio University Faculty of Law (Department of Law)

Admission to Bar

  • Admitted in 2005

Bar Association

  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Service and Activities

Public Service

  • August 2024, Member of the Expert Panel on International Space Law and the Exploitation and Utilization of Space Resources, Cabinet Office
  • April 2024, Member of Satellite Communications Committee, TOKYO Data Highway Strategy Promotion Council, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
  • March 2024, Member of the Expert Panel on Investigation into the Launch of Satellites and Enforcement of the Law Concerning the Management of Satellites, Cabinet Office
  • November 2023, Member of Investigative commission on Jurisdiction over Space Objects and Exploration and Exploitation of Space Resources, Cabinet Office
  • April 2022, Temporary Member of Space Policy Committee of Cabinet Office（Member of Space act reference and safety subcommittee）
  • August 2011 to March 2014, Chief Senior Specialist, Intermediary Office for Settlement of Nuclear Damage Compensation Disputes, Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  • Observer, 2020-2024 Collaborative Investigation "Space Law Study Group", Keio University and Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency "JAXA"
  • Observer, 2017-2019 Collaborative Investigation "Space Law Order Formation Study Group", Keio University and Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency "JAXA"
  • Auditor at incorporation of General Incorporated Association UNISEC-Global（University Space Engineering Consortium-Global,March 2025～）
  • Representative, Young Lawyers' Association for the Unregistered Children Issue
  • Member of the defense counsel “New National Association of Crime Victims and Surviving Families”

Bar Association Activities

  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Member of The Qualifications Screening Board (2019,2020)
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Member of the Assembly（2017,2018)
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Vice Chair of Central Legal Research Institute
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Chair of Space Law Research Group, Central Legal Research Institute (2017,2018,2019,2020)
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Vice Chair of International Exchange Committee
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Member of Disaster Response Committee（Member of Great East Japan Earthquake Task Force）
  • Japan Federation of Bar Associations Member of International Exchange Committee
  • Japan Federation of Bar Associations Secretary of Disaster Reconstruction Support Committee
  • Three Tokyo Local Bar Associations Member of Disaster Recovery/Reconstruction Task Force and Disaster Response Committee

Publications
/Presentations, etc.

Publications, etc.

  • December 2024, Routledge Handbook of Space Policy（Routledge）Co-author
  • August 2023, Japan in the New Lunar Space Race（Space Policy：Elsevier）Co-author (Corresponding author：Prof. Saadia M. Pekkanen, Prof. Setsuko Aoki)
  • December 2019, Legal services for Child, Parent and Relationship (Nihonkajo-Shuppan) Co-author and Chair of editorial board
  • May 2019, Without a Family Register: Constitutional Issues and Realities. (Kenpo-kenkyu：Review of Constitutional Law Ⅳ, Shinzansha)
  • November 2018, Space Business Guide from Japanese Lawyer’s Point of View (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association：Doubunkan Shuppan) Co-author and Chair of editorial board
  • March 2018, Collected Investigative Reports on SentencingⅤ (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association); Co-Chair of editorial board
  • March 2018, Collected Investigative Reports on Sentencing； Destruction of Unreasonable Sentencing II (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association); Co-Chair of editorial board
  • March 2015, Collected Investigative Reports on Sentencing IV (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association); Co-Chair of editorial board
  • November 2013, Collected Investigative Reports on Sentencing III (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association); Co-Chair of editorial board
  • September 2013, Attempting Attorney-led Governmental ADR: For Resolution of the Compensation Issue Relating to the Accidents at TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-Ichi and Dai-Ni Nuclear Power Stations (Liberty & Justice, Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
  • May 2012, Activities of a Senior Specialist in the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center: 1 (Legal Precedent Times No. 2143)
  • January 2012, Activity Reports of the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association Bulletin)

Presentations

  • February 20, 2024 Consideration on National Laws Concerning Management of Space Activities – Analysis from State Liability Litigation Cases Concerning “Industry Promotion Policy and Non-Exercise of Regulatory Authority”; Cabinet
  • November 24,2023 The Frontiers of Space Business and Space Law Policy - What is Needed for Lawyers Now; Legal Association of the Chuo University
  • April 4,2023 The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in the United Kingdom: Toward Fundamental Reform of Financial Support for Crime Victims in Japan; the Liberal Democratic Party
  • September 25, 2022 DNA Paternity Tests and Attorney Practice in Paternity Proceedings; Science Council of Japan
  • August 19, 2020 Legal system and Measures for solving unpaid child support issues; New Komeito
  • March 24,2020 The Issue of Unregistered Children; the Liberal Democratic Party
  • December 3,2019 Legal Environment Enhancement of Japan for Sustainability Space Development and Use-Increasing Ranges, Space Debris; Keio University
  • June 19,2018 Three suggestions for solving The Issue of Unregistered Children; New Komeito
  • February 8,2018 Dispute risk of the accident on orbit or in the ground and the international arbitration system; Cabinet Office National Space Policy Secretariat; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Manufacturing Industries Bureau
  • December 7,2017 Legal problem about the disaster and the medical care; The medical care meeting
  • December 1,2016 The Issue of Unregistered Children; Japan Federation of Shiho-shoshi's Associations
  • August 2, 2015 Thoughts on Unregistered Children, Presumed Legitimacy, and Prohibition of Remarriage; Waseda University
  • June 23, 2015 The Issue of Unregistered Children; The Diet Members Caucus for the Issue of Unregistered Children
  • August 23, 2012 The Legal Framework for the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center and Efforts to Provide Prompt Relief in Cases of Major Damage; Frankfurt am Main Bar Association