Leon Wolff is Professor of Global Business Law at the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University. He coordinates the English-language Master of Business Law specialization in global business law as well as the international exchange and internship programs.

With combined qualifications in law and Japanese Studies, he is a lawyer (admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales), a licensed mediator and a NAATI-accredited Japanese-English interpreter and translator. After a career spanning 25 years in Australia, where he taught and researched Japanese law as well as co-founded the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL), he immigrated to Japan in 2023. His work focuses on the interface between economic and social justice issues in Japanese law. His publications cover sexual harassment, lifelong employment, corporate governance, the judiciary, law and popular culture, and legal system reforms in Japan. He is currently researching the role of emotion in Japanese law, society and business. 

Leon is a two-time winner of a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for teaching excellence; a recipient of an Australian Government Citation for contributions to student learning; and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In addition to his chair at Hitotsubashi University, he holds adjunct positions at the Universities of Melbourne, Monash, Sydney, Queensland and Griffith in Australia; Temple and California (San Diego) in the United States; Goethe in Europe; and Chuo and Sophia in Japan.