New Year's Greeting

Principal Lawyer John Urabe

New Year’s Day, 2025 (Reiwa 7)

As we welcome the beginning of 2025 (Reiwa 7), I would like to extend my heartfelt New Year’s greetings.

Looking back, the year 2024 was one in which the international community faced numerous challenges. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, global inflation, and the impact of climate change affecting people’s lives in profound ways, efforts continued to find hope and pave the way toward a better future. At the same time, events such as the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) and the global efforts to address climate change pointed to new possibilities.

At our firm, as a partner in shaping the future of both Australia and Japan, we have remained close to our clients’ diverse challenges and provided effective legal support aimed at resolution. In particular, we have devoted ourselves to ensuring that our clients can confidently shape their futures in areas such as international commercial transactions between Japan and Australia, immigration law, employment matters, and corporate legal affairs.

In 2025, under the theme of “Sōshin” (創進 – “creative advancement”), we aim to make this a year of creating new value and taking a step forward into the future. Sōshin goes beyond mere change or progress—it signifies advancing with creativity and building new possibilities together with our clients. Guided by this philosophy, we are committed to delivering flexible and precise legal services while contributing to the sustainable development of society as a whole.

This year as well, we remain dedicated to sincerely supporting the achievement of your goals. We wish all our clients and the wider community continued prosperity and growth from the bottom of our hearts.

We humbly ask for your continued support and patronage in the year ahead.

Ainsworth Albright Lawyers

John Urabe

Principal Lawyer