• Continuous Learning and Adaptability: Keys to Success in the law in Japan with Yuko Kaneko

  • Sep 23 2024
  • Length: 55 mins
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Continuous Learning and Adaptability: Keys to Success in the law in Japan with Yuko Kaneko

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  • Yuko Kaneko is Director and Corporate Counsel of the Business Legal Department at Renesas Electronic Corporation. Yuko discusses her career journey, starting as an attorney at Nishimura Asahi before transitioning to in-house roles. A career can span many years and so we discuss career longevity, the importance of continuous learning, and balancing professional and personal life. If you are looking for a role model of how to do a legal career in Japan then please listen to Yuko’s story.

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    In this episode you’ll hear:

    • How Yuko left Iwate for Tokyo and found her way to a legal career

    • Her tips for lawyers transitioning from private practice to in-house

    • How she spends her time and makes exercising a priority even with a family

    • Her favourite saying and other fun facts

    About Yuko

    Yuko Kaneko is Director & Corporate Counsel, Business Legal Department of Renesas Electronic Corporation.

    She graduated from Tokyo University, and after attending the Legal Training Research Institute of the Supreme Court as a Legal Trainee, she started her career as an attorney-at-law at Nishimura & Asahi in 2000.

    In June 2010, Yuko changed her career path and switched to become an in-house legal counsel. She served as the Manager of Legal Affairs Office at Nippon Otis Elevator Company for over five and a half years. Thereafter, she moved to Alconix Corporation, where she served as the General Manager of the Legal and Compliance Department for just under 6 years.

    Yuko obtained an L.L.M. from the Florida Coastal School of Law through e-learning while raising three daughters.

    Yuko is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and volunteers for the Executive Board of Women in Law Japan. In her spare time she loves to get involved in her hobbies, which are golf, running, skiing and playing the koto.


    Connect with Yuko

    LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuko-kaneko-019188132/


    Links

    Hakone Pola Art Museum: https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/en/


    Connect with Catherine

    Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnellcatherine/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyeronair

    YouTube: https://youtube.com/@lawyeronair

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