Nobuo NAKAMURA

• Position: Professor (Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University)
• Degree: BA in Law, Waseda University; MA in Law, Waseda University
• Background:
  Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University (2001 – present)
  Lecturer, National Tax College (2007 – present)
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University (1996 – 2001)
  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University (1994 – 1996)
  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi (1991 – 1994)

Field of Specialization / Research Theme / Research Projects

Insurance Law / Civil Law / Corporate Governance / Company Law / UK Law 

[Research Grants]

• Sustainable improvement of corporate value and mitigation of associated risks by concentrating minority shareholder management control, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 2024 – 2031
• The Developments in the Mandatory Disclosure of Significant Controller in a Company or other Business Entities in Europe and Japan and the Expected Contribution to both the Company Law System and the Company Law Theories, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 2022 – 2027

Major Works/ Publications

[Books]

• Nobuo Nakamura, Munehisa Wada, Arai Tsuyoshi, Introduction to Business Law (4 ed., Chuokeizai, 2023) (Japanese)
• Nobuo Nakamura, Commercial Law III – Insurance Law (Noritaka Yamashita ed.) (2nd ed., 2025) (contributor) (Japanese)

[Articles]

• Nakamura Nobuo, Comparative study of legal issues on equity crowdfunding by start-up private companies between Japan and Australia－Does Japanese Company Law need to divide private companies into crowd-sourced equity funding private companies and ordinary private companies?－, 44 Waseda Bulletin of Comparative Law 11 (2026)
• Nakamura Nobuo, De facto director’s liability to a company under case law in Japan, 43 Waseda Bulletin of Comparative Law 23 (2025)
• Nakamura Nobuo, Cash-out Transactions and de Facto Dual Class Share Structure under Japanese Companies Act and the Appropriate Legal Protection of Minority Shareholders, 38 (4) Business Law Review 143 (2024)
• Nakamura Nobuo, Comparative study on legal solutions for possible risks to be incurred by the dual class share structure used by listed companies, 42 Waseda Bulletin of Comparative Law 9 (2024)
• Nakamura Nobuo, Beneficial Owner Register under British Law and Recommendation for the Japanese Legal System, 25 Disclosure & IR 95 (2023) (Japanese)

Academic Societies/ Service to Society

Academic Societies

• European Union Studies Association in Japan
• The Japanese Society of Insurance Science
• Japanese Association of Private Law

Service to Society

• Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2018 – present)
  Legal Cost Insurance Committee Member
• The General Insurance Association of Japan (2012 – present)
  General Insurance Counseling and ADR Center Dispute resolution specialist
• The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) (2009 – present)
  Contract Monitoring Committee Member

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Message to Prospective Students

Corporate governance law, including the Corporate Governance Code, and financial market regulation are highly dynamic areas of law that evolve in response to socioeconomic changes not only in Japan but around the world. I would be delighted to study and discuss legal issues in corporate governance and financial market law with you here at Waseda University. Looking forward to meeting you.