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FUJITANI, Takeshi

Division | Department of Comparative Contemporary Law |
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Research Fields | Tax Law, Law of Public Finance, Administrative Law |
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CV | Fujitani CV(Feb. 2020) [PDF] |
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Teaching and Research Appointments
2019- | Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
2012-2019 | Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
2004-2012 | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University |
1999-2004 | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo |
Education
2009 | S.J.D., Harvard University |
2002 | LL.M., Harvard University |
1999 | LL.B., The University of Tokyo |
Other Teaching and Research Appointments
2019 Spring | Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School |
2017-2018 | Visiting Scholar, École de Droit, Sciences Po Paris |
2011 Winter | Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Chicago Law School |
2009 Spring | Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Chicago Law School |
Topics of Research
- 1Institutional Analysis of Public Finance Law
- 2Globalization and the Law
- 3International Tax Law and Policy
- 4Taxation and Regulation of Nonprofit Organizations
Selected Publications
- “Japan - Still Hesitant Towards Environmental Tax ?”, in Marilyne Sadowsky (ed.), Fiscal Policies to Mitigate Climate Change (IUS Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law) (Intersentia, 2023), pp.439-457
- “Missing the point: facts and rhetoric about Japan's fiscal crisis” in James Babb & Takashi Iida (eds.), Dealing with Crisis: The Japanese Experience and Beyond (Edward Elgar, 2023), pp.130-153
- "Legal Framework for Government Debt Management Policy in Japan", Public Policy Review (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan), vol.18, June 2022, pp.1-17
- Minoru Nakazato & Takeshi Fujitani (eds.), A Comprehensive Study of The Principle of Statute-Based Taxation in Japan, Yuhikaku, 2021
- “Solidarité et famille en droit japonais”, La solidarité : Journées françaises, Tome LXIX/2019, Bruylant, novembre 2021, pp.161-182 (avec Tetsushi Saito, Eri Kasagi, Lisa Oshima).
- “Legal Framework for Government Debt Management Policy in Japan”, Financial Review (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan), no.146, June 2021, pp.58-73
- “Country Chapter : Japan”, In Brian Arnold, Hugh J. Ault & Graeme Cooper (eds.), Comparative Income Taxation : A Structural Analysis (4th ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2019 (with Minoru Nakazato, J. Mark Ramseyer & Yasutaka Nishikori)
- « Les données et chiffres des finances publiques au Japon ». In Alain Pariente (ed.), Les chiffres en finances publiques, Mare & Martin, 2019 [in French]
- “How Japan is (not) dealing with the public finance crisis”. In Manuel Tirard (ed.), La Nouvelle-Calédonie face à la crise des finances publiques, Univerisité de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, 2019, pp. 211-222
- « Les Finances publiques au Japon ». In Manuel Tirard (ed.), Les finances publiques autour du Pacifique, Mare & Martin, 2019, pp.153-188 [in French]
- “Tax Legislative Reference to External Sources and the Constitutional Principle of Statute-Based Taxation in Japan”. In Festschrift for Professor Keh-Chang Gee (National Taiwan University), 2016 http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010706046
- Globalization of Policy Implementation Process [Seisaku-Jitsugen-Katei no Global-ka], co-edited with Yuki Asano, Hiroki Harada, and Dai Yokomizo, Koubundo Publisher, 2019 [in Japanese]
- Globalization and The Reformation of Public Law-Private Law Relationship [Global-ka to Koho-Shiho Kankei no Saihen], co-edited with Yuki Asano, Hiroki Harada, and Dai Yokomizo, Kobundo Publisher, 2015 [in Japanese]
- “The Law, Governance, and Society in the Context of Globalization – Renewed Formation of the Law and Sovereign States”, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 57, 2015, pp. 195-216
Educational Activities
Graduate School of Law and Politics / Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo | Government Finance Law |
Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo | Tax Law, Law and Economics |