Professor Akira Minamikata   ●EDUCATION 1975-78 1975 1973 LL.D. Program, Kyushu University M.A., Tokyo University of Education B.A., Tokyo University of Education ●ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1996-97 1995 1991 1984-86 1979 1978 Fellow of the Japan Foundation, University of Essex Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford Professor, Faculty of Law, Niigata Universtiy Fellow of the British Council (Faculty of Law, University of Bristol/ Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford) Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts, Ibaraki University Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University ●PUBLICATIONS 2005 2002 2000 “Resolution of Disputes over Parental Rights and Duties in a Marital Dissolution Case in Japan: A Non-litigious Approach in Chotei (Family Court Mediation) ”, Family Law Quarterly Vol.39, No.2, pp.489-506. “Family Law in Japan During 2000”, A. Bainham(ed.), International Survey of family Law 2002 Edition, Blistol Family Law, pp.221-228. “Developments in Japanese Family Law During 1998 - Domestic Violence Reforms”, The International Survey of family Law 2002 Edition, Blistol Family Law, pp.231-238.