Yukihiko Imasaki Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Yukihiko Imasaki
Native Name Lang:ja
Office1:21st Chief Justice of Japan
Appointer1:Emperor Naruhito
Term Start1:August 10, 2024
Predecessor1:Saburo Tokura
Office2:Supreme Court Justice
Appointer2:Second Kishida Cabinet
Term Start2:June 24, 2022
Birth Date:10 November 1957
Birth Place: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 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan since August 16, 2024.

Imasaki has previously served as Chief Justice of the Mito District Court and Chief Justice of the Tokyo District Court. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022.

Education and career

Yukihiko Imasaki was born in 1957 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. He attended Kyoto University and graduated with a degree in Law in 1981.[1]

Supreme Court

On June 24, 2022, Imasaki was appointed to the Supreme Court of Japan.

In 2023, Imasaki presided over a Supreme Court ruling that toilet use restrictions placed on a transgender official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry were illegal.[2]

After Chief Justice Saburo Tokura reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, Imasaki was appointed Chief Justice.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IMASAKI Yukihiko 今崎幸彦 - Courts in Japan.
  2. News: July 11, 2023 . Japan's top court: Toilet restrictions on transgender woman illegal . September 23, 2024 . NHK World.
  3. News: Endo . Takahashi . July 9, 2024 . Imasaki to be appointed next Supreme Court chief justice . September 23, 2024 . The Asahi Shimbun.