Junko Watanabe

Sustainability, Global Compliance, Cross-border Transactions, Governance, Corporate Crisis Management, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, China and other Asian Countries, EU & EU Member States, United Kingdom

Partner Nishimura & Asahi

2024 -

Expert Member, Roundtable on Promoting Response to Environmental Due Diligence Response of Japanese Companies, Ministry of the Environment of Japan

2024 -

Observer, Study Group on Strategies for Formulating Rules for Responsible Corporate Behavior in the Japanese Audit Standard for Textile Industry (JASTI) Formulation Study Working Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan

2024 -

Advisor, Sustainability Due Diligence Working Group of CSR Committee at Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)

2023 -

Advisor, the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Strategic Law and Governance Study Group

2023 -

Member of the Subcommittee on Textiles of the Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan

2023 -

Committee Member of the Study Group on Strategies for Formation of Rules for Responsible Corporate Behavior in the Textile Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan

2023 -

Advisor, Sustainability Advisory Board of Sumitomo Corporation

2023 -

Committee Member, the Circular Economy for Textile Products Study Group jointly hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and the Ministry of Environment of Japan

2022 -

Senior Advisor, General Incorporated Association Chubu SDGs Promotion Center

2022 -

Member of the Advisory Mediation Committee, the Japan Center for Engagement and Remedies for Business and Human Rights

2022 -

Member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Network Steering Committee

2021 -

External Collaborator at International Labour Organization

2020 - 2021

Ashurst LLP, London (on secondment)

Admitted: Japan (2011)

2025

Shoji Homu, “The Newest Perspectives to See Governance: Toward the Realization of Economic Growth Strategies”

2024

Bunshindo, “Corporate Technology Strategy and International Public Policy” (Chapter 8: Current Status and Issues of

Japanese Companies’ Efforts on “Business and Human Rights”)

2023

Shoji Homu, “Human Rights, Environment, and Economic Security: New Trends in International Trade Regulation and

Corporate Strategy”

Shoji Homu, “Practice on Business and Human Rights"

2022

Business Homu, “Overview of the EU’s New Bill on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence and its Impact on

Japanese Companies”

The London School of Economics and Political Science

LL. M. specialized in international human rights law

2020

Keio University Law School

J.D.

2010

Keio University

LL.B.

2008

Ranked 3rd in the Business and Human Rights Category, The Nikkei Most Successful Lawyers in 2023

Nihon Keizai Shimbun

2023