He handles a wide range of civil, domestic affairs, and criminal cases, with a particular emphasis on the following areas:
◆Consumer Acts (remedies for consumer damage caused by fraud, investment damage, door-to-door sales, etc.)
◆Legal issues related to suicide
◆Support for sexual minorities
◆Legal affairs of local self-government
◆Public Offices Election Act
◆Political Funds Control Act
◆Diet members support
◆Real estate disputes
◆Inheritance disputes
◆Criminal defense for drug offenses
Lecture on “Consumer Issues and Lawyers” at Kanto Gakuin University on May 12, 2014
LGBT Support Lawyers Network Publication Project, “Sexual Minority Q&A,” Kobundo, Japan, author and core member of the editorial team.
Same-sex Marriage Human Rights Relief Lawyers’ Association, “Same-sex Marriage: The Right to Marry Freely for Everyone”, Akashi Shoten, in charge of writing and editing.
Asahi Shimbun Publishing, “AERA,” May 16, 2016 issue, comments on Article 24 of the Constitution.
Keiji Kato, “On the Legal Theory of Non-Discrimination Concerning LGBT,” Houhou no Hiroba, July 2016
Keiji Kato and Shigenori Nakagawa, “LGBT and the Constitution,” BEYOND, October 2016
Sunday Mainichi, October 1, 2017 Commentary published in Sunday Mainichi, October 1, 2017
November 25, 2017 Report on the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for AIDS Research, “Life and Legal Challenges of HIV-Positive People”
December 11, 2017 Tokyo San Bengoshikai Tama Branch Training
November 1, 2018 Lecture on “Considering Diverse Families” at Aichi Gakuin University
Keiji Kato, “LGBT Rights and Equality: Disadvantages and Countermeasures in the Workplace,” in “Diverse Sexuality Recognition in the Workplace and Society,” in Science of Labor, Vol. 71, No. 12.
January 28, 2020: “What to do when you are cheated? Lecture
Tokyo Shimbun, February 25, 2020 morning edition. Commented on the situation of accommodating foreign trans women.
Sekiguchi, Takeuchi, and Kaneko (eds.), “What to Do in Such Cases! 150 Questions and 150 Answers on Election Campaigning” (in Japanese), written in part.
Necessity of Legal Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities,” Monthly Human Rights Now, No. 397, April 2021.
Tokyo Shimbun, March 9, 2021 morning edition. Commentary in an editorial in the March 9, 2021 morning edition of the Tokyo Shimbun.
I am sometimes asked the question, “What kind of lawyer is a good lawyer?” It goes without saying that “knowledge” is important, but I do not think that a lawyer should specialize only in legal knowledge. I want to be an “easy to talk to” lawyer who can work side by side with my clients.