Biography
Hitoshi Ushijima is a Professor of Law at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.
His research foci include human rights, administrative law and regulatory policy, environmental and energy law, comparative/transnational/global law, and multi-layered legal systems and governance.
Professor Ushijima has been a Visiting Professor at Tulane Law School, a Guest Professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, an invited Professor at the University of Paris 13, a visiting senior fellow at LSE, and a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown Law School. He is the author of the Japan Chapter of “Administrative Law and Governance in Asia” (Routledge, 2009).
Professor Ushijima has been a guest speaker at Hong Kong and Tsinghua Universities in China, Yonsei, Hanyang, and Soongsil Universities in Korea, Thammasat University in Thailand, National University of Singapore, Yangon University in Myanmar, Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia, Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, Australian National University, University of Wisconsin, American University, and University of Oxford.
Professor Ushijima has served as a National Bar Examiner in the Ministry of Justice, a member of the Personnel Council in the Ministry of Defense, and an instructor in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication. He has also served on many local government advisory councils/boards for administrative reform, administrative complaint review, environmental impact assessment, freedom of information, and data protection. He has been a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN.
Professor Ushijima received his LL.B. from Chuo and his LL.M.s from Hiroshima University and the University of Wisconsin (Fulbright Program).