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HIROAKI ASAHARA

Hiroaki Asahara

Admitted to the Japanese bar in 2012 (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association). Previously worked at City-Yuwa Partners and MICIN, Inc. (Business Development, Public Affairs, Legal). Currently serves as a committee member of the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) "Working Group for Formulating Development Guidance (Draft) on Surgical Data Collection and Utilization," an expert consultant for the AMED-supported project HealthTechHub Chugoku-Shikoku, a specially appointed fellow at the Ohara Memorial Institute for Medical Research within the Kurashiki Central Hospital Foundation Medical Device Development Department, and as a Director and Chair of Section 6 of the Japan In-house Lawyers Association. His main practice areas include startup investment, M&A, contracts related to business development and other corporate areas, regulations in the medical and healthcare fields, public affairs strategy planning, and business development strategy planning.

Career

2011　Completed the Legal Training and Research Institute, Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
2013　City-Yuwa Partners (until 2025)
2018　Graduated from University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)
2018　Hughes Hubbard & Reed (until 2019)
2019　MICIN, Inc. (to present)
2020　Committee Member, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry "Working Group on Devices and Software (Programs) Supporting Self-Care" (until 2022)
2022　Specially Appointed Fellow, Medical Device Development Department, Clinical Medical Research Institute, Ohara Memorial Kurashiki Central Medical Organization (to present)
2023　Committee Member, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development "Working Group for Formulating Development Guidance (Draft) on Surgical Data Collection and Utilization" (to present)
2025　Auditor, HealthTechHub Chugoku-Shikoku General Incorporated Association (to present)