Eri Osaka is a Professor of Law at Toyo University, Japan. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law from Waseda University and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania under the Fulbright Graduate Study Program.

Osaka’s involvement with the Law and Society Association dates back to 2005. As an active member of the global socio-legal community, she currently serves on the Board of Trustees of both the Asian Law and Society Association and the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law.

Specializing in environmental law and torts, Osaka’s representative publications in English include: Current Status and Challenges in the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Compensation Scheme in Toward a Sustainable Japanese Economy Beyond the Triple Failures of Market, Government, and Institutions (2021) and Reevaluating the Role of the Tort Liability System in Japan (Ariz. J. of Int’l & Comp. L., 2009). Beyond her research, she serves as a Bar Examiner (Environmental Law) and an Examiner for the Preliminary Examination (Environmental Law) of the Bar Examination in Japan, a managing director of the Japan Environmental Council, and a board member of the Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy.