Masahisa Deguchi Author & Editor

Masahisa Deguchi, Professor of Civil Procedural Law at Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto/Japan. He studied at Chuo University and Freiburg University (Germany) and got Master of law (Keio University 1988) and Doctor of law (University of Freiburg 1991) through DAAD-Scholarship. Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Freiburg (1994-1995, 2007), Regensburg (2015) and Colon (2015). JaDe-Preis [Die Stiftung zur Förderung japanisch-deutscher Wissenschafts- und Kulturbeziehungen in Köln] (2002). Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2006). Board Member of Notarial Law in Japan (since 2005). Vice President of International Association of Procedural Law (2007-2015) and Honorary Vice-President of International Association of Procedural Law (since 2015). Member of Judicial State Examination in Japan (2012). Vice President of DAAD-Tomonokai, Presidium Member of Freiburg Alumni and Board Member of Alumni Freiburg e.V. (since 2016).