Topics
Mar 1997
Background
| Mar 1980 | Keio University (LL.B.) |
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| Apr 1980 - Jun 1981 | SUMITOMO CORPORATION |
| Apr 1986 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan |
| 1986 - 1998 | The Tokyo District Court, Sapporo District/Family Court, Naha District Court, Civil Affairs Bureau of the Supreme Court, including one year overseas research in the United Kingdom |
| Jul 1999 | Counsellor of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Supreme Court |
| Jul 2001 | Counsellor of the Task Force on Judicial System Reform |
| Dec 2004 | Civil Division of the Tokyo High Court |
| Apr 2005 | Civil Division of the Saitama District Court (Division Concentrated on Medical Malpractice Cases) |
| Apr 2007 | Division-head, Civil Division, Nagoya District Court |
| Apr 2010 | Civil Division of the Tokyo High Court |
| Jul 2010 | Professor, First Division of the Legal Training and Research Institute |
| Apr 2014 | Civil Division of the Tokyo District Court (Division-head of the Division Concentrated on Medical Malpractice Cases) |
| Aug 2015 | Second Deputy Chief Judge, Civil Division, Tokyo District Court (Division-head of Division No. 9) |
| Sep 2016 | First Deputy Chief Judge, Civil Division, Tokyo District Court |
| Jun 2017 | Chief Justice of the Nagano District Court and Nagano Family Court |
| Sep 2018 | Division-head Judge, Civil Division No. 12 of the Tokyo High Court |
| Apr 2021 | Age-limit retirement |
| Apr 2022 - | Visiting Professor, Keio University Law School |
Publications
Reform of civil litigation
Liverpool Law Review
Mar 1997
Professional Admissions
- Japan (2021)
Professional and Academic Associations
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
- Japanese