Masako Wakui
7 November 2025
Biography
Masako Wakui is a professor at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University since Aprik 2019, and has been a visiting scholar at Newcastle University, UK, since September 2021. She has previously taught at Osaka City University and Rikkyo University in Japan. Her fields are competition law and policy, and she has published books and articles on these subjects. She has served as a chief researcher (2016-18) and visiting researcher (2018-present) for the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Competition Policy Research Centre (CPRC), as a member of the Monitoring Meeting of Improving Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2023-present), and various other advisory and study groups at the JFTC and other administrative bodies. Prof. Wakui is also a board member of the Japan Association of Economic Law and the co-head of the Asian Chapter of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA).
Project
The research project aims to develop a model framework for competition law by drawing on comparative insights from Japan, the UK, the EU and its member states as well as India. By analyzing recent developments and enforcement trends in these jurisdictions, the project seeks to identify both convergences and divergences in legal approaches to market regulation. Through a theoretical lens, it will explore the merits and limitations of various legal interventions using concrete case studies to ground the analysis. The ultimate goal is to propose a coherent and adaptable model of competition law offering practical relevance for both mature and emerging regulatory systems.
