Jiro Tamura is a Professor at the Law Faculty of Keio University and is a recognized authority on Japanese antimonopoly law, trade regulation and negotiation.
While Professor Tamura was at Harvard Law School (1983-85) he learned from Roger Fisher, author of Getting to Yes and founder of Harvard Program on Negotiation.
Professor Tamura joined Keio University's Law Faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1987. He was an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, 1991-1993, Adjunct Professor at George Washington Law School, 1991-1993, Visiting Scholar at American Enterprise Institute, 1991, International Economic Fellow to Sen. William V. Roth, Jr. (R-Del.), 1992, and Guest scholar at Brookings Institution, 1992.
Upon his return from the US in 1993, Professor Tamura transferred to the Keio University Policy and Management Department, and was promoted to full Professor in 1995. In 1997, he returned to the Law Faculty as Professor of Law. From 2000, he has been teaching “Strategic Negotiation” at the Keio Marunouchi City Campus and has also been teaching “Business Negotiation” to top corporations in Japan.
Professor Tamura started Keio Fukuzawa Leadership Institute in 2008 starting real leadership education to Keio alumni. And he also recently started “Leadership Basics” course for Keio undergraduates which is the first of its kind in active learning skills in Japanese university education.
Professor Tamura was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation. He was also a member of the Committee on the Competition Policy for the 21st Century, which was the leading committee for all amendments under the Koizumi Administration. In his former duties as a member of the JFTC's Committee on the Amendments of the Anti Monopoly Act, and Chairman for the Antitrust Compliance Committee, he played a key role in shaping today's Antimonopoly law policy.
He is the President of the Negotia Club (Japan) and collaborates with Doctor Daniel Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program on international negotiation research projects.
He has numerous publications on Antitrust Law, Trade Regulation, Leadership and Negotiation.