Masaharu Ōhashi | |
Office: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan |
Term Start: | 13 February 2012 |
Term End: | 30 March 2017 |
Predecessor: | Kohei Nasu |
Successor: | Saburo Tokura |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1947 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Allied-Occupied Japan |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo Harvard Law School |
Occupation: | Judge |
is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, serving from 2012 to 2017. He was appointed on 13 February 2012, succeeding Kohei Nasu on the Third Petty Bench.[1] He passed the bar exam in 1968, received his LLB (in both Private Law and Public Law programs) from the University of Tokyo in 1969, and his LLM degree from Harvard Law School in 1976. Before joining the Supreme Court, he held a number of high-profile positions in the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) and was a co-founder/partner of Tokei Partners.[2] He reportedly enjoys pottery, rakugo, and legal dramas.[3]