Why Even A Monkey Could Practice Law In Japan

This book fully exposes the real truths behind the distortions that characterize the practice of law in Japan. This work constitutes an electronic version of the sensationally received Why Even A Monkey Could Practice Law In Japan.

(Main contents)
Lawyers in Japan are arrogant, idle, and incapable of performing substantial work. Closed to competition, it is the legal profession that maintains control over these lawyers. As guardians of the law, lawyers are required to help people harness the law to resolve issues and let them know how to properly use the law to their advantage. Yet, these same lawyers have utterly failed to fulfill their role in this regard. Kenshi Nishida, a lawyer and director of the Home Lawyers Law Office, explores the reasons for this state of affairs and denounces the legal profession in Japan for being inefficient and outdated to the extent that lawyers are simply of no real use to people. This book sheds light on the realities of and problems concerning lawyers and the practice of law in Japan and calls for genuine reform to sweep through the legal profession.

Part I. Fallen Idols – The Truth About Japanese Lawyers
Part II. Behind Bars – How Japanese Lawyers Lost Their Freedom
Part III. Are Japanese Lawyers Still Controlled by the Japanese Communist Party?
Part IV. Even a Monkey Could Do a Lawyer’s Job
Part V. New Possibilities for Lawyers
 
(Background of the author)
Kenshi Nishida
Director, Home Lawyers Law Office
Kenshi Nishida was born in Sasebo City, Nagasaki in 1949. After graduating from Sasebo Minami High School, he entered Hitotsubashi University, where he majored in law. As a student, he headed Hitotsubashi University’s second Amazon exploration team. After graduation, he joined Nissho Iwai. He began practicing law in 1987. He gained renown as an international human rights lawyer for his work in addressing the problem of Japanese orphans and people of mixed ancestry left behind in the Philippines in the aftermath of World War II, and issues involving Japanese immigrants in the Dominican Republic.
 
* The Home Lawyers Law Office has changed its name to the MIRAIO Law Office.
* This work constitutes a version of Why Even A Monkey Could Practice Law In Japan (published by Gentosha Media Consulting in December 2008) that has been released for the iPhone/iPad.