is a Japanese attorney and former politician, having previously served for one term in the

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Background

Nishikawa graduated from the Faculty of Law at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

and worked at the Ministry of Construction until 1975. Having passed the bar examination in university, he attended the Legal Research and Training Institute from 1975 and was admitted to the bar in 1977. Following admission, he became a partner at the law firm of Anderson & Mori (now

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) before leaving to co-found the firm of Komatsu, Koma & Nishikawa. While at Anderson, he completed an LLM at

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

in 1979. In October 1996, he ran in the Japanese general election for a seat representing the Kanagawa 3rd district as a member of the New Frontier Party, and defeated the LDP incumbent Hachiro Okonogi to win the seat. After the NFP dissolved in 1997, Nishikawa joined the Reform Club party led by Tatsuo Ozawa. He remained a member of this party until his defeat in the June 2000 election, following which he returned to law practice. During this time, Nishikawa was involved in the formation of the

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and the bail-out of the

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. In October 2002, Nishikawa's partners elected to join the Asahi Law Offices (a predecessor of

Nishimura & Asahi is the largest of the " Big Four" law firms in Japan, as of January 2024, by number of lawyers. History The firm's current form was established in 2007 by the acquisition of the Kokusai Bumon (International Division) of Asahi Law Offices (the fo ...

), while Nishikawa established a law firm affiliated with Sidley Austin. He was named as the member of the Executive Committee of Sidley LLP and served until December2014. Nishikawa serves as Outside Director of INPEX CORPORATION since March 2020 and as Distinguished University Professor of Josai International University since June 2020.

Personal life

He is married to

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politician

Akira Matsu is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Kanagawa Prefecture and former member of Takarazuka Revue, she was elected to the House of C ...

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