Attorney and Consultant

Law Offices of Mark E. Foster

2615 S.W. Allen Blvd.
Suite 103
Portland, OR 97005

TEL: (503) 643-0065
FAX: (503) 643-6800
EMAIL: mfoster@markfoster.com

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  agricultural trade; automotive industry; capital markets; competitive strategy; computer industry; distribution; entrepreneurship; executive and top management teams; finance, financial services; foreign corporations in Japan; foreign direct investment in Japan; government bureaucracy; government-business relations; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; international direct investment; international trade; joint ventures; marketing, distribution; medical industry; mergers and acquisitions; pharmaceuticals industry; quality improvement; steel industry; structural trade impediments; telecommunications industry; US competitiveness
• HISTORY
  business history; history of investment; history of trade; political and diplomatic history
• LAW
  administrative law; commercial law; comparative law; corporate law; dispute resolution; immigration labor law; intellectual property law; international law; international trade law; investment law; legal professionals; litigation; mediation and arbitration; private law; real estate law; regulation of economic activities; role of US lawyers in Japan; trade law
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  aerospace technology policy; antitrust and competition policy; cultural and trade impediments; industrial policy; international economic policy; science policy; strategic alliance; technology policy; trade policy; US lobby in Japan; US policy affecting Japan-US relations
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  electronics technology; engineering; Japanese language word processing; optoelectronics; research and development; technology competition and cooperation; technology management; technology transfer
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  Japanese perceptions of the US; law and society; US perceptions of Japan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Special Counsel, Commercial Section, US Embassy, Tokyo, 1984-86; Japan Counsel, Electronic Industries Association (EIA), 1986-87.

IN JAPAN: 1971-73 - study, fellowship; 1980-87 - employment; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

A Guide to Japan's Electrical Appliance and Materials Control Law (US Department of Commerce, 1984); Medical Device Certification in Japan (US Department of Commerce, 1985); Telecom Product Certification in Japan (US Department of Commerce, 1985).