Mikio Tanaka
16th October 1958 - 1st June 2022
Mikio Tanaka passed away on 1st June 2022 at the age of 63 from a sudden battle with sepsis, during a business trip to Portugal.
Mikio was born on 16th October 1958 in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Hitotsubashi University, he spent five years working for a local firm before departing for Europe. He received a Diploma in International Law from the University of Cambridge.
Mikio then worked for a major international firm in Brussels and then for another firm in Frankfurt. He served as a lecturer of Japanese law at a German university. In 2004, he returned home to Japan and joined City-Yuwa Partners.
His experience abroad gave him the skills and background necessary to help foreign clients and their Japanese subsidiaries navigate the Japanese market and its regulations. Not only was he fluent in English and German, but also spoke basic Russian and led City-Yuwa’s German Practice.
As well as working hard, Mikio enjoyed his personal life a lot. He was incredibly passionate about European culture and especially European trains, frequently flying to Europe to take an enormous number of photos of local trains. He showed and talked about the photos, not only to his family and friends, but also to his colleagues and sometimes to his clients.
Mikio was a great father and husband. He took care of his family to be healthy and happy. He often took his family on trips to have wonderful experiences. Although Mikio passed away in an unexpected way, he supported and was relied on by many people.
We strongly believe that he had a happy and fulfilling life.
The Tanaka family
22 August 2022
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