National
Justice of the Supreme Court
- Japanese: 最高裁判所判事
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Cabinet of Japan
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Cabinet and attested by the Emperor (Constitution Art. 79(1), Art. 7(v)); reviewed by the people at the first general election of the House of Representatives after appointment and every ten years thereafter (Art. 79(2)). Retirement age 70 (Court Act).
- Chosen by
- Cabinet of Japan
- Seats
- 14
Who holds these seats now
- Akira Ojima Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Eriko Watanabe Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Hirofumi Ata Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Junichi Takasu Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Kazumi Okamura Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Kimihiro Ishikane Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Makoto Nakamura Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Mamoru Miura Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Masahiro Hiraki Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Masami Okino Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Michiharu Hayashi Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Mitsuko Miyagawa Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Ryosuke Yasunami Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
- Toru Sakai Report Source: sangiin.go.jp, checked
Sources
- japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan, read 2026-10-12 (Art. 2, 6, 7, 45, 46, 58, 66-68, 79); seat counts 465 and 248 and the electoral systems from the Public Offices Election Act as summarised on the Diet sites (shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm, sangiin.go.jp/eng/). Cabinet offices: Prime Minister's Office, List of Ministers, 105th cabinet reshuffled 2026-09-17 (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html). For: Justice of the Supreme Court
- shugiin.go.jp · checked Official Japanese names from the National Diet, Cabinet, Courts and party sites (shugiin.go.jp, sangiin.go.jp, kantei.go.jp, courts.go.jp), read 2026-10-12: Japanese official names of authorities, offices and parties. For: Justice of the Supreme Court in Japanese
- sangiin.go.jp · checked Current terms from the House of Representatives roster (shugiin.go.jp 議員一覧, as of 2026-09-28), House of Councillors roster (sangiin.go.jp, as of 2026-10-12) with group and term-expiry date, Cabinet (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html, inaugurated 2026-09-17; former list /105/meibo_a/ inaugurated 2026-02-18), Speakers (shugiin.go.jp English 'Officers of the House', as of 2026-10-05), House of Councillors officers (sangiin.go.jp yakuin, 2026-10-12), Supreme Court justices (courts.go.jp 最高裁判所の裁判官), Emperor (kunaicho.go.jp). Member start dates are left empty because the rosters do not give them; party is the member's in-house group mapped to its party (groups mixing party and non-party members are mapped to the party). Read 2026-10-12. For: Akira Ojima, current term, Eriko Watanabe, current term, Hirofumi Ata, current term, Junichi Takasu, current term, Kazumi Okamura, current term and 9 more