NEED LEGAL HELP IN TOKYO? ---- This list might help you. Between May 14 and May 29 2007 I was held in custody at Kitazawa Police Station in Tokyo, Japan, an experience I would not wish on anyone. On one of my first days there, I was visited by the Australian Consul, who provided me with a list of lawyers in the Tokyo area. Since my release I have done my own research with the hope of compiling a database of lawyers and avenues of legal help in the Japanese capital, to help you with any legal woes or issues you might be having. Anderson Mori and Tomotsune: Izumi Garden Tower, 1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato Ward. Phone: 03-6888-1000. Email: info@amt-law.com. Practices civil, corporate, property tax, foreign investment and divorce law. English and Japanese are spoken, and there are some foreign staff. Blakemore and Mitsuki: 4F Nitochi Building, 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward. Phone: 03-3503-5571. Fax: 03-3503-4707. Practices international contract and general law. English and Japanese are spoken, and there are some foreign staff. Hamayotsu and Hamayotsu: 2F Nagatacho Palaceside Building, 1-11-4 Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward. Phone: 03-3593-3351. Email: lawfirm.hamayotsu@nifty.ne.jp. Practices civil and criminal law, corporate, banking, antitrust, foreign investment, licensing, entertainment, joint venture, branch establishment, real estate, family law, and domestic and international law including litigation. English and Japanese are spoken, and there are some foreign staff. Ichigo Law Office: 4F Akabishi Building, 4-1-29 Akasaka, Minato Ward. Phone: 03-3589-4905. Fax: 03-3589-1199. Email: info@ichigo_law.com. Practices criminal law, and boasts some English speaking staff. Morgan Lewis Counsellors At Law: 9F Shin Tokyo Building, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward. Phone: 03-5219-2500. Fax: 03-5219-2501. Homepage: Click here. The firm's website reads: "Our Tokyo office opened in 1988 to support Japanese investment and trade in and with the United States. The three primary missions of the Tokyo office are: To have experienced and qualified resident lawyers available in Japan to enhance our service to existing Japanese corporate clients. To provide advice and assistance to U.S. and other non-Japanese companies with respect to their business activities in Japan or with Japanese companies, to the extent permitted under the legal practice rules under the Foreign Attorney Law. To offer immediate, effective, local legal assistance to Japanese firms requiring legal representation in connection with their U.S. and European business activities. Additionally the office assists clients with transactions in Korea, China, Taiwan and throughout Southeast Asia. Tanaka Law Office: 3F BIC Akasaka Building, 3-9-18 Akasaka, Minato Ward. Phone: 03-5114-1818. Fax: 03-5114-1855. Practices civil, company, litigation and criminal law. English and Japanese are spoken. Toho International Patents and Law Office: On the 21st floor of the Shinjuku Maynds Tower right near the Shinjuku Line subway station, in the guitar and business schools neighborhood of town. Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office: 11F The Prudential Tower, 2-13-10 Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward. Phone: 03-5157-2700. Fax: 03-5157-2900. Practices company law, foreign investment and imports and exports. This is a qualified joint venture office with Baker and McKenzie Attorney at Foreign Law Office. English and Japanese spoken. Usami Law Office: Hibiya Mitsui Building Room 955, 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda Ward. Phone: 03-3591-4716. Fax: 03-3580-6637. Practices corporate, tax, labour, private and estate law, international and foreign patents, maritime law, trademarks and copyrights, unfair competition practices, international and domestic investment, general practice and international and foreign law. Japanese, English and French spoken. Wakely Foreign Law Office: 24F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato Ward. Phone: 03-5288-5417. Cellphone: 090-1595-6875. Email: wwakely@attglobal.net. Operates in association with TMI Associates. Specializes in child abduction issues. English and Japanese spoken here.