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Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 2008.04

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  Present

  慶應義塾大学, 大学院法務研究科, 教授

• 2020.01

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  2024.03

  University of Washington, School of Law, Affiliate Professor

• 2013.09

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  2014.06

  Columbia Law School, Visiting Scholar

• 2014.09

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  2015.03

  London School of Economics and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Visiting Scholar

• 2022.04

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  2023.03

  東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科, 客員研究員

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 1985

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  1989

  Keio University, 法学部, 法律学科

  Graduated, Other

• 1989

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  1991

  Keio University, 大学院法学研究科

  Completed, Master's course

• 1992

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  1993

  Harvard Law School, Master of Laws

  Completed, Master's course

• 1991

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  1995

  Keio University, 大学院法学研究科

  Withdrawal after completion of doctoral course requirements, Doctoral course

• 2004

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  2008

  University of Tsukuba, 大学院ビジネス科学研究科後期博士課程, 企業法学専攻

  Completed, Doctoral course

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

• 博士（法学）, University of Tsukuba, Coursework

Licenses and Qualifications 【 Display / hide 】

Licenses and Qualifications 【 Display / hide 】

• Admitted to the New York Bar, 1994.09

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Public law (行政法)

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

• 行政法

• 対内直接投資規制（日米比較）

• 外国為替及び外国貿易法

• 経済安全保障

Books 【 Display / hide 】

Books 【 Display / hide 】

• 経済安全保障と対内直接投資　ーアメリカにおける規制の変遷と日本の動向ー

  渡井理佳子, 信山社出版株式会社, 2023.08,  Page： 232

• Digital Trade and Economic Security: Considerations on the Japan-US Digital Trade Agreement

  Rikako Watai, Chapter 25 (pp. 439-454) in David Collins & Michael Geist Eds., RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON DIGITAL TRADE (Elgar Publishing) , Elgar Publishing, 2023.10

  • Access to Document (DOI)

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Digital Trade and National Security Exceptions

  Watai R.

  International Trade Law and Regulation （International Trade Law and Regulation)  27 （ 2 ） 119 - 128 2021

  ISSN  13573136

  　View Summary

  In January 2019, the then Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, proposed the idea of “Data Free Flow with Trust” (DFFT) in a speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. The US-Japan Digital Trade Agreement, which reflects the digital chapters of the Transpacific Partnership Agreement, became effective on 1 January 2020. The Agreement is part of the effort to realise DFFT and provides guidelines on cross-border data flows. While it is important to ensure freedom of business activities, regulating the flow of data to safeguard legally protected interests is also justifiable. Article 4 of the Agreement provides for national security exceptions. What national security means has not been defined by the World Trade Organization or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , nor in the laws of the United States and Japan. Thus attempts to regulate digital trade based on national security are fraught with ambiguity and varying interpretations in both countries. Although fifth-generation mobile communications standards will soon be implemented, control of digital trade has just begun. Issues ahead include legal clarity about balancing national security with the free flow of data. DFFT is a matter of securing rights for citizens and security for states. If national security is cited as a reason for restricting the flow of data or right to access it, there should be no abuse of discretion.

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• Economic security and implementation of the Economic Security Promotion Act

  Watai, Rikako

  Keio law journal （慶應義塾大学大学院法務研究科)   （ 50 ） [333] - 350 2023.03

  ISSN  18800750

• Forfeiture of local assembly membership and the legal interest to seek a provisional remedy : 2375･2376 hanrei jiho 176 (supreme court December 19, 2017)

  Watai, Rikako

  Keio law journal （慶應義塾大学大学院法務研究科)   （ 43 ） 119 - 138 2019.12

  ISSN  18800750

• Development of foreign direct investment regulation in Japan

  Watai, Rikako

  Journal of law, politics, and sociology （慶應義塾大学法学研究会)  91 （ 1 ） 97 - 120 2018.01

  ISSN  03890538

• Regulation of foreign direct investment in the U.S. and Japan : current regulatory status

  Watai, Rikako

  学事振興資金研究成果実績報告書 （慶應義塾大学)  2018

• Regulation of foreign direct investment in the U.S. and Japan

  Watai, Rikako

  学事振興資金研究成果実績報告書 （慶應義塾大学)  2017

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

• 義塾賞

  2023.11

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• RESEARCH PAPER 2

  2023

• RESEARCH PAPER 1

  2023

• RESEARCH PAPER

  2023

• PROJECT 1B: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND SECURITY IN CIVIL LIFE

  2023

• PROJECT 1A: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND SECURITY IN CIVIL LIFE

  2023

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• Japanese Law

  University of Washington School of Law

  2020

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  Present

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  Lecture, Outside own faculty (within Keio)