Career Summary
- June 1952
- Born in Hokkaido, Japan
- March 1971
- Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji High School
- March 1975
- Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- April 1977
- Appointed as judge, and then assigned to Tokyo District Court, Supreme Court Criminal Affairs Bureau, Training and Research Institute for Court Officials, and Toyama District Family Court
- April 1987
- Appointed as judge. Served as Supreme Court research official; professor at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Chief of the First Division of the Supreme Court Criminal Affairs Bureau; Judge of the Tokyo High Court; Judge of the Tokyo District Court; Director of the Supreme Court Secretariat; Director of the Supreme Court Criminal Affairs Bureau, and Director of the Supreme Court Personnel Bureau
- January 2011
- Appointed as President of the Shizuoka District Court
- March 2012
- Appointed as Secretary-General of the Supreme Court
- July 2014
- Appointed as President of the Osaka High Court
- February 2015
- Appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
- January 2018
- Appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
- June 2022
- Retired
- April 2023
- Appointed as Special Visiting Professor at Keio University (Graduate School of Law)
- April 2025
- Joined Iwata Godo
News
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We welcomed Otani Naoto, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, as Specially Invited Advisor
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