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Nishimura & Asahi

Data Protection

Global Guide 2026 : Asia-Pacific Region

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Nishimura & Asahi

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Data Protection - Asia-Pacific Region

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Nishimura & Asahi is a leading Japanese firm with notable practices in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. The firm has a growing data protection practice, which already fields a number of specialists in the area who have experience with regulatory investigations and disputes, compliance across multiple jurisdictions and data localisation. Its teams also handle privacy impact assessment, data processing and internal policy reviews.

Notable practitioners

Hitomi Iwase in Tokyo is a key point of contact for clients.

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Work Highlights

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  • Nishimura & Asahi advised West Japan Railway on global data protection compliance matters for their key pillar projects.

Strengths

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  • Their advice is well-structured, practical, and tailored to our needs, which gives us confidence in their expertise.

    Data Protection respondentGlobal

  • Most importantly, the true measure of their high level is that they do not take our requests at face value but deeply understand what we aim to achieve and work together with us toward that goal.

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