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Shiho Konno
Lawyer
Statutory Auditor, Yahoo Japan Corporation
Visiting Associate Professor, Meiji University School of Law
Visiting Researcher, Hokkaido University School of Law
Ms. Konno graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo. She was registered as a lawyer in 1991. In 1996, she established her own practice, the Yaesu Law Office. Between 1997 and 2000, Ms. Konno was employed at the Supreme Court Legal Training and Research Institute, becoming its first female assistant instructor. She deals with numerous branches of the law, including Internet and copyright law, IPO (initial public offering) support, and has worked on numerous divorce cases. She has co-authored "Netto Kokuhatsu" [Internet Accusations] (Mainichi Communications Inc.) and "Intanetto horitsu sodan" [Legal Consultation on the Internet] (ASCII Publishing). She appears regularly on TV and has written articles for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun as well as various other newspapers and magazines. She also gives numerous lectures at various organizations, such as the National Police Academy, and conducts in-house training for a number of corporations. In addition to her work as a lawyer, she also teaches at law schools. Ms. Konno became an outside auditor for Yahoo Japan Corporation in June 2005. In July 2006, she was appointed a member of the National Police Agency General Security Countermeasures Committee.
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