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Attorneys

Ryu Nakasaki

Ryu Nakasaki, Managing Attorney, Attorney-at-Law (Japan)

Areas of expertise

    • Internet businesses (advertising, data, games, online sales, licensing, etc.)
    • Payment regulations (card payments, anti-money laundering regulations, etc.)
    • Contract negotiations and other matters involving cross-border transactions

Background

March 2002 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
2004 Judicial training at Legal Research and Training Institute (until 2005)
2005 Became registered attorney (First Tokyo Bar Association)
Joined Nagashima, Ono, & Tsunematsu law firm (until 2011)
2008 Joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Trade Credit Division (Currently Trade Inspection Division) (until 2009)
2010 Joined Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Trade Credit Division (Currently Trade Inspection Division) (until 2011)
2011 Joined Yahoo! Japan Corporation Legal Department (until March 2015)
2015 Joined Yamashita, Tsuge, and Nimura Law Offices (until September 2018)
2018 Established Nakasaki International Law Firm (now Nakasaki Law Firm)
2022 VP Legal (Head of Legal and Compliance), DEGICA Co., Ltd.
2023 Director and VP Legal, DEGICA Co., Ltd.
2024 Head of Legal, bitFlyer, Inc.
2025 Head of Risk and Compliance, bitFlyer, Inc. (overseeing the Legal and Compliance Department, AML Department, and Risk Management Department; current position)
2026 Resumed practice at Nakasaki Law Firm

Books

Articles

Seminars & Symposiums

    • December 2023 — Improving Fraud Countermeasures, AML Conference: Improving the Effectiveness of Financial Crime Countermeasures (jointly hosted by Hiroshima Bank and Seven Bank, at Hiroshima Bank)
    • November 2023 — Credit Cards and Crime Countermeasures (Kinzai Consumer Credit Study Group)
    • November 2023 — Financial Institutions and Financial Crime Countermeasures (Council of Financial Information Systems Auditors)
    • October 2023 — Lecture at the University of Tokyo School of Law (video lecture and in-person session). Videos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
    • July 2023 — The Front Line of Organized Crime Countermeasures: Reducing Organized Crime in Japan (Financial Crime Study Group)
    • April 2023 — Overview of the Installment Sales Act and the Specified Commercial Transactions Act (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act Study Group, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association). Materials: 1, 2
    • February 2023 — Presentation on the Proposed EU Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (Financial Crime Study Group). Presentation materials
    • April 26, 2022 — Consumer Credit Study Group Seminar (first session of fiscal 2022, Kinzai)
    • February 24, 2022 — Challenges Identified by FATF and Possible Legislative Responses: General Overview
    • January 15, 2022 — Trends and Challenges in Crime Countermeasures
    • December 12, 2021 — Possible Measures and Challenges in Ensuring Effective Extraterritorial Application
    • December 9, 2021 — The Concept of Beneficial Ownership
    • December 1, 2021 — Anti-Money Laundering Reform, Reconciliation with Privacy, FSA AML Guidelines and the Principle of Administration According to Law, and the FC2 Supreme Court Decision
    • November 7, 2021 — The FATF Mutual Evaluation Report of Japan and Reform Issues Concerning the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds and Related Laws (Academy for International Business Transactions)
    • November 5, 2021 — Legislative Issues Concerning Beneficial Ownership
    • Academy for International Business Transactions Symposium  (Jun 5, 2021)
    • Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Practices and Utilization of KYC Data
      ～Practical response to the Criminal Revenue Law, Foreign Exchange Law, FATF, FSA guidelines～ (Seminar Info, May 30, 2019)
    • Seminar on the Amendment to the Enforcement Regulations of the Criminal Revenue Law and Thorough Understanding of the Internet-based Identity Verification (eKYC) (Liquid Corporation, Jan 16, 2019) 
    • “The Light and Dark Side of Virtual Currency” Symposium (Japan Law Foundation/Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association IT Law Study Group, Dec 3 2018) 
    •  2018 7th Annual Consumer Credit Research Association Seminar (Kinzai Corporation, Nov 26, 2018) 
    • Practical Data Management and Utilization in Anti-Money Laundering/Fraud and KYC～Practical response to the Criminal Revenue Law, Foreign Exchange Law, FATF, FSA guidelines～(Seminar Info, Nov 12, 2018)
    • The 20th  Lawyer Business Reform Symposium (Japan Federation of Bar Association, Sep 9, 2017) 
    • Regulations and Considerations for Payment Services～In light of the introduction of a registration system for settlement agents and electronic payment agents～(FN Communications, May 24, 2017)
    • The Revised Installment Sales Law and its Impact on the Payment Industry (Seminar Info, Jan 16, 2017）
    • Analyzing the Reform of the Draft Amendment of the Cabinet Enforcement Order and Cabinet Enforcement Ordinance of the Japanese Personal Identifiable Information Act (Speaker at the Conference of Information Network Law Association, Aug 19, 2016)
    • Dealing with the  Japanese Anti-Money Laundering Regulations Reform (Seminar at Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc, Jun 27, 2016)
    • Revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Act in Japan the impacts on Money Lending Businesses (Seminar at Japan Financial Service Association, Feb 8, 2016 and Feb 15, 2016)
    • Data business and the reforms in privacy, credit card, and anti-money laundering regulations (Seminar at Fintech Association, Jan 25, 2016)
    • Revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, and related laws (Consumer Credit Research Seminar, Oct 29, 2015)
    • 19th Law Practice Reform Symposium Session 2: The relationship between law firms and in-house lawyers – Structural changes in law business – (Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Oct 16, 2015)
    • Revision of the Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds Act (Japanese In-house Lawyers Association (3rd division), Aug 31, 2015)
    • Amendment developments of the Installment Sales act and the Personal Information Protection Act (Consumer Credit Research Seminar, May 27, 2015)
    • “The appeal of being a lawyer and the needed personnel within a symposium organization: Things every graduate law student should know” [Record of announcement] (Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Jul 2, 2011)

Other

March 2025 Representative Director, Japan Anti Money Laundering Association (a general incorporated association; current position)
April 2022 Chair, IT Law Division, General Legal Research Institute, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (until March 2023)
April 2021 Vice Chair, IT Law Division, General Legal Research Institute, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (until March 2022)
February 2016 Auditor, Japan Online Game Association (until March 2018)
June 2015 Vice Chair, In-house Lawyers Subcommittee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Qualifications, etc.