Yukihiko Imasaki | |
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今崎 幸彦 | |
 Image of Yukihiko Imasaki | |
| 21stChief Justice of Japan | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Emperor Naruhito |
| Preceded by | Saburo Tokura |
| Supreme Court Justice | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Second Kishida Cabinet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 今崎 幸彦 (Imasaki Yukihiko) (1957-11-10)November 10, 1957 (age 67) Kobe,Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University, Faculty of Law |
Yukihiko Imasaki (今崎 幸彦,Imasaki Yukihiko; born November 10, 1957) is a Japanese jurist. He has served as theChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan since August 16, 2024.
Previously, Imasaki served as Chief Justice of both the Mito and Tokyo District Courts. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022.
Yukihiko Imasaki was born in 1957 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. He attended Kyoto University and graduated with a degree in Law in 1981.[1]
On June 24, 2022, Imasaki was appointed to the Supreme Court of Japan.
In 2023, Imasaki presided over a Supreme Court ruling declaring illegal the toilet use restrictions imposed on a transgender official at theMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry.[2]
After Chief JusticeSaburo Tokura reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, Imasaki was appointedChief Justice.[3]
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