After
obtaining his undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States,
Professor Fujikura returned to Japan to join the law faculty of of Doshisha
University, where he later served as Dean, and subsequently taught law
at both the University of Tokyo and Waseda University. Considered a pre-eminent
scholar on law and the environment in Japan, he has been honored with
visiting professorships at the Global Law Faculty, New York University
School of Law, as well as at Harvard, Berkeley, Duke, and Michigan. His
fields of academic expertise also include comparative law, with particular
emphasis on the contrasts between the Japanese and American legal systems.
Professor Fujikura's publications include several books in English: Environmental
Law in Japan; A Comparative View of Legal Culture in Japan and
the United States; and The Role of Law and Lawyers in Japan and
the United States. He is currently at the Tezukayama University, Faculty
of Law and Policy, Nara, Japan.
