People

Japan (2024)

Japanese, English

2024

Registered as an Attorney (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)

1985

Passed the Japanese bar exam

1986

Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

1986

Legal Apprentice (until 1988)

1988

Admitted to practice law in Japan (Prosecutor). Prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (Worked as a prosecutor at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, the Sendai District Public Prosecutors Office and the Fukuoka District Public Prosecutors Office Kokura Branch)

1991

Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M.)

2001

Member of the Office for Promotion of Justice System Reform, Cabinet Secretariat (Officer etc.)

2005

Counselor of the Judicial System Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice

2006

Counselor of the Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Justice

2008

Director of the Judicial System Division, Judicial System Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice

2011

Director of the International Affairs Division, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice

2012

Director of the General Affairs Division, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice

2013

Director of the Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice

2015

Chief Prosecutor of the Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office

2016

Director-General of the Judicial System Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice

2018

Deputy Vice-Minister of Justice

2019

Director-General of the Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice

2020

Director-General of the Inspection and Guidance Department, Director-General of the Public Safety Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office

2021

Chief Prosecutor of the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office

2022

Superintending Prosecutor of the Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office

2023

Superintending Prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office

2024

Joined Uryu & Itoga