Yoshihiro MASUI

Overview

Professor at UTokyo focusing on tax law and policy and international taxation, with long-standing engagement in policy, academic societies, and international visiting positions.

Appointments and Visiting Positions

• Special Member, The Tax Commission, Government of Japan (202401 - present)
• Chair, The Japanese Society for Tax Law (202210 - 202410)
• Chair, Japanese Branch of the International Fiscal Association (201503 - present)
• Member, The Tax Commission, Government of Japan (201306 - 202307)
• Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law (201402)
• Visiting Scholar, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan (201003-201103)
• Visiting Professor, National Tax College (200904 - present)
• International Visiting Faculty, Sydney Law School (200903)
• Global Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law (200803-200805)
• Expert Member, The Tax Commission, Government of Japan (200310 - 200611)
• Visiting Professor, Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien (200212 - present)
• Member, Permanent Scientific Committee, International Fiscal Association (199910 - 200909)
• Member of the board, The Japanese Society for Tax Law (199810 - present)
• Visiting Professor on Japanese Law, Columbia Law School, New York (199603-199604, 200104)
• IFA Scholar, International Fiscal Association, Amsterdam (199505 - 199509)
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA USA (199209 - 199305)
• Visiting Scholar, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley CA USA (199206 - 199208)
• ITP/LL.M., Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA USA, June 1992
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo (199006 - 200306)
• Research Associate, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo (198704 - 199005)
• LL.B., Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo, March 1987

Books in Japanese

• INTRODUCTION TO TAX LAW (2014, Yuhikaku; 2nd edition 2018; 3rd edition 2023)
• INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TAXATION (University of Tokyo Press, 2008, with Y. Miyazaki; 2nd edition 2011; 3rd edition 2015; 4th edition 2019)
• Dissolving Borders, Transcending Law 3: MARKETS AND ORGANIZATIONS (University of Tokyo Press, 2005, with K. Egashira)
• CASEBOOK TAX LAW (Kobundo, 2004, with H. Kaneko, H. Sato and M. Shibuya; 2nd edition 2007, 3rd edition 2011, 4th edition 2013, 5th edition 2017)
• TAXATION OF CORPORATE GROUPS (University of Tokyo Press, 2002), The Institute of Tax Research and Literature Award in 2002.

Personal

Supporting Member, Koishikawa Botanical Garden