Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Japan
Ken Okawara
Shin Nihon Ernst & Young
Hibiya Kokusai Building 20F
2-2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
Japan
Tel: (81) 3 3506 2461
Fax: (81) 3 3506 2413
Email: ken.okawara@jp.ey.com
Website: www.ey.com
Ken Okawara is a PhD economist and tax partner in Ernst & Young’s Tokyo/Osaka
office, where he leads the transfer-pricing practice.
Dr Okawara has assisted numerous multinational companies in their negotiations with
the tax authorities of Japan and other countries, and has helped clients to obtain
resolution of transfer-pricing disputes at bilateral and multilateral competent authority
proceedings. He has been involved in over 40 APA cases covering the countries of
Japan, USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia and
China. He is a frequent speaker on transfer pricing and international tax issues at
various seminars in Japan and other countries. He has published a number of articles
and books on transfer pricing and international tax issues. He also teaches economics
at Gakushuin University.
He received a BA and MA from Gakushuin University, a masters degree in
international affairs from Columbia University and a PhD from Chiba University of
Commerce. He is also a Japanese certified tax public accountant.
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