The is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Japan and is the head of the judicial branch of the Japanese government.
The chief justice is ceremonially appointed by the emperor of Japan after being nominated by the Cabinet; in practice, this is following the recommendation of the retiring chief justice.
List of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Japan Name Kanji Appointment date Tadahiko Mibuchi 三淵忠彦 August 4, 1947 Kōtarō Tanaka 田中耕太郎 March 3, 1950 Kisaburo Yokota 横田喜三郎 October 25, 1960 Masatoshi Yokota 横田正俊 August 6, 1966 Kazuto Ishida 石田和外 January 11, 1969 Tomokazu Murakami 村上朝一 May 21, 1973 Ekizo Fujibayashi 藤林益三 May 25, 1976 Masao Okahara 岡原昌男 August 26, 1977 Takaaki Hattori 服部高顯 April 2, 1979 Jiro Terada 寺田治郎 October 1, 1982 Koichi Yaguchi 矢口洪一 November 5, 1985 Ryohachi Kusaba 草場良八 February 20, 1990 Toru Miyoshi 三好達 November 7, 1995 Shigeru Yamaguchi 山口繁 October 31, 1997 Akira Machida 町田顯November 6, 2002 Niro Shimada 島田仁郎 October 16, 2006 Hironobu Takesaki 竹崎博允November 21, 2008 Itsurō Terada 寺田逸郎April 1, 2014 Naoto Ōtani 大谷直人 January 9, 2018 Saburo Tokura 戸倉三郎 June 24, 2022 Yukihiko Imasaki 今崎幸彦 August 16, 2024
See also List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan
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