Niro Shimada
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was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
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Born in Tokyo
, he attended the University of Tokyo
, graduating with an LL.B. and passing the bar examination in 1962. He was appointed as an assistant judge in 1964 and rotated through the criminal divisions of the Tokyo and Nagoya District Courts and of the Supreme Court. He obtained an MPhil from the University of London
in 1968.
He served as on the Osaka District Court (1974-77), as a lecturer at the Legal Research and Training Institute (1977-81), on the Tokyo District Court (1981-82; 1986-89), in the criminal division of the Supreme Court (1983-86; 1989-94), as chief judge of the Utsunomiya District Court (1994-96), as chief judge of the Urawa District Court (1996-98), as head of the Legal Research and Training Institute (1999-2001), as chief judge of the Sendai High Court (2001-02) and as chief judge of the Osaka High Court (2002). He was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 7, 2002 and became Chief Justice on October 16, 2006.
Hironobu Takesaki
replaced Niro Shimada when November 21, 2008, the date of Shimada's mandatory retirement, came.
Supreme Court of Japan
The Supreme Court of Japan , located in Chiyoda, Tokyo is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law...
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Born in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, he attended the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
, graduating with an LL.B. and passing the bar examination in 1962. He was appointed as an assistant judge in 1964 and rotated through the criminal divisions of the Tokyo and Nagoya District Courts and of the Supreme Court. He obtained an MPhil from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 1968.
He served as on the Osaka District Court (1974-77), as a lecturer at the Legal Research and Training Institute (1977-81), on the Tokyo District Court (1981-82; 1986-89), in the criminal division of the Supreme Court (1983-86; 1989-94), as chief judge of the Utsunomiya District Court (1994-96), as chief judge of the Urawa District Court (1996-98), as head of the Legal Research and Training Institute (1999-2001), as chief judge of the Sendai High Court (2001-02) and as chief judge of the Osaka High Court (2002). He was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 7, 2002 and became Chief Justice on October 16, 2006.
Hironobu Takesaki
Hironobu Takesaki
is a Japanese lawyer and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and of Columbia Law School....
replaced Niro Shimada when November 21, 2008, the date of Shimada's mandatory retirement, came.