Masayuki Otake

Masayuki Otake

Counsel

Tokyo

  • Language : Japanese, English
  • Mail : masayuki.otake@tkilaw.com

EXPERIENCE

2009-2012
Prosecutor, district public prosecutor’s offices (Tokyo, Osaka, Yamagata)
2012-2014
Attorney, Criminal Affairs Bureau (International Division), Ministry of Justice, Long-term research fellow at the National Personnel Authority (UK)
2013
Training at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)
2014-2017
Prosecutor, district public prosecutor’s offices (Sendai, Chiba, Tokyo)
2017-2019
Head Prosecutor, Uwajima Branch, Matsuyama District Prosecutors Office
2019-2020
Attorney, Criminal Affairs Bureau (International Criminal Affairs Division and Public Security Division), Ministry of Justice
2020-2023
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the UK (Legal Attaché)
2023-2024
Prosecutor, Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office (Head of Serious fraud, Cybercrime and Organized Crime, Criminal Division)
Aug. 2024
Joined Tokyo International Law Office

QUALIFICATION

  • 2023 Solicitor, England & Wales
  • 2024 Japan (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
  • 2025 Certified Fraud Examiner

EDUCATION

2008
LL.B., University of Tokyo
2013
MA in Criminology, University of Kent (School of Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research), UK
2014
LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science (Department of Law), UK

Publication

2025
Co-authered “Legal and Governance Issues regarding Agentic AI in the EU and Japan” (International Journal of Blockchain Law, vol 12, June 2025, pp 18-25)
2024
“Do you have reasonable procedures in place to prevent fraud involving your organisation?: Publication of UK Government guidance on ‘offence of failure to prevent fraud’” (TKI Newsletter, December 2024)
2021
Ministry of Justice of Japan, 50 years pf Criminal Justice in Japan (2021) (participated in the project).
2019
“Review of a judgment on criminal practices”, Keisatsu Koron, Nov 2019, pp86-95
2012
Co-authored within the Police Practices Study Group, Important judgments on police practices 2012 (Tachibana-Shobo 2012).

Seminar / Speaking Engagements

2025. June
“Legal Risks and Practical Responses Arising from Ransomware Attacks” (Seminar at Financial Management Forums, June 2025)
2025. Feb
“Cyberattack and Data Breach Countermeasures from the Perspective of a Former Cybercrime Prosecutor” (Webinar at FRONTEO, February 2025)