Hideroku Hara
Career. During his youth, Hara, as a kindergartener of the kindergarten attached to Club Athletico Paulistano, was in São Paulo, Brazil, where his father Otohiko Hara worked as an executive with Japanese corporation Nichibo (Unitika). After graduating from Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School, he was admitted to Hitotsubashi University and received his bachelor's degree "summa cum laude" from the University in 1980. Hara enrolled at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School. He became assistant professor at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business and was sent to the US as visiting scholar at Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1990. After  he was appointed Associate Professor at Shiga University in 1995, he was sent to Switzerland as visiting scholar at University of Zurich Law School in 2000. He was promoted to full professor in 2001 at Shiga University. In 2002, Hara was granted a Doctor of Philosophy in Law for his study of "Gappei Shinajī Bunpai no Hōri" ["The Legal Theory on the Distribution of Synergistic Effects caused by Mergers"] from Waseda University according to the system of Ronbun Hakase (Degree Number : 乙第1679号) along with Mamoru Ozaki (Degree Number : 乙第1669号). In 2003, he was categorized by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture , Sports, Science and Technology) in the highest rank called ""D-maru-gō professors"" who are officially qualified both to supervise PhD students and give lectures in the doctoral course. In 2020, he was appointed professor emeritus in recognition of as regulated in by Shiga University. During this period, Hara has consulted for government agencies, law firms, and multinational corporations. He was invited to teach at Japanese Central Railway School where the employees of Japanese National Railways (JNR) were trained to move into Ministry of Finance at the time of the reconstruction of JNR, to which his granduncle Kizo Yasui dedicated  himself as the 4th Chairman of Audit Committee. Hara was also invited to teach at other universities such as Aichi University Law School from the time of the establishment for the specific period of time under the monitoring by MEXT; Konan University Graduate School; Aichi University Graduate School; Shimane University; Meijo University and Chukyo University.