Mr Hikaru IWAKI 

Consul (Attorney), Consulate-General of Japan in Strasbourg

Deputy to the Permanent Observer of Japan to the Council of Europe

Professional experience:

• July 2021: Consul (Attorney),  Consulate-General of Japan in Strasbourg (Secondment)
• April 2021 - June 2021 : Judge, Staff Attorney of the Liaison Office, General Secretariat, Supreme Court of Japan
• December 2020 - March 2021 : Judge, Staff Attorney of the Criminal Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat, Supreme Court of Japan
• June 2020 - November 2020 : Judge, Tokyo District Court
• July 2018 - May 2020 : Judge, Overseas Researcher of the National Personnel Authority (New York University School of Law)
• January 2015 - June 2018 : Judge, Kyoto District Court
• November 2013 - December 2014 : Legal Apprentice, Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan

Education:

• 2018-2019: LL.M., New York University School of Law, New York
• 2011-2013: J.D., Keio University, Tokyo
• 2007-2011: Bachelor of Law, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo