Current Justices
The current justices are listed here.
| Title | Name | Petty Bench | University | Background | Previous occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice | Hironobu Takesaki | Second | Tokyo | Judge | President, Tokyo High Court |
| Justice | Yuki Furuta | Second | Tokyo | Prosecutor | Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office |
| Justice | Kohei Nasu | Third | Tokyo | Attorney | Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Research of Japan Law Foundation |
| Justice | Mutsuo Tahara | Third | Kyoto | Attorney | Guest Professor, Kyoto University |
| Justice | Koji Miyakawa | First | Nagoya | Attorney | |
| Justice | Ryuko Sakurai | First | Kyushu | Bureaucrat | Director-General of the Women's Bureau, Ministry of Labour |
| Justice | Yukio Takeuchi | Second | Kyoto | Diplomat | Special Adviser of Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Justice | Seishi Kanetsuki | First | Tokyo | Judge | President, Osaka High Court |
| Justice | Masahiko Sudo | Second | Chuo | Attorney | |
| Justice | Katsumi Chiba | Second | Tokyo | Judge | President, Sendai High Court |
| Justice | Tomoyuki Yokota | First | Chuo | Prosecutor | Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office |
| Justice | Yū Shiraki | First | Tokyo | Judge | President, Tokyo High Court |
| Justice | Kiyoko Okabe | Third | Keio | Judge, Academic | Professor, Keio University School of Law |
| Justice | Takehiko Otani | Third | Tokyo | Judge | President, Osaka High Court |
| Justice | Itsuro Terada | Third | Tokyo | Judge | President, Hiroshima High Court |
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