Masaki Kito


Masaki Kito is a Japanese attorney at law who specializes in consumer affairs, investment frauds and cases involving religious cults, especially Aleph and Unification church. He regularly appears as a commentator on Japanese TV news and current affairs programmes.
He was born November 21, 1960, in Ube, Yamaguchi, and is a graduate of Osaka University and Graduate School of Law and Politics of Osaka University.

Career

Masaki Kito is a head lawyer of Link Law Office Kito and Partners in Tokyo, established in 2001.
He is a member of the Consumer Affairs Committee in Japan Federation of Bar Associations.

Predecessor

Before Kito, victims of Unification Church and Aum Shinrikyo were represented by Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was murdered, together with his family, by several members of Aum Shinrikyo.

Major publications