Professor Hitoshi USHIJIMA is Professor of Law at Chuo University, Tokyo. His main fields of research are administrative law and regulatory policy, environmental and climate change law, comparative/transnational law, and multi-layered legal systems and governance.

Professor Ushijima will lead the research for Japan. 

Dr Masako ICHIHARA is a researcher at the Local Climate Change Adaptation Center in Kyoto, where the main focus of her work is in climate change litigation and climate change law.

Dr Ichihara will assist with the research and creation of the Japan report.

Professor Naoki IKEDA is a lawyer specialising in environmental law. He is a member of the Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy and also of Japan Environmental Lawyers for Future.

Professor Ikeda will provide research assistance and help to draft the Japan report. 

Misa NORIGAMI is the Japan researcher at Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.

Misa will assist with the research and drafting of the report for Japan.