Toru Miyoshi

{{short description|Japanese jurist (1927–2023)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1927|10|31}}

| birth_place = Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|03|06|1927|10|31}}

| death_place = Tokyo, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

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| occupation = Jurist

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| education = Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
University of Tokyo

| office = Chief Justice of Japan

| term_start = 7 October 1995

| term_end = 30 October 1997

| predecessor = {{ill|Ryohachi Kusaba|ja|草場良八}}

| successor = {{ill|Shigeru Yamaguchi|ja|山口繁}}

| footnotes =The third president and honorary Chairman of Nippon Kaigi

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Toru Miyoshi ({{langx|ja|三好達}} Miyoshi Tōru; 31 October 1927 – 6 March 2023) was a prominent Japanese jurist and political activist. He held the position of Chief Justice of Japan from 1995 to 1997.{{cite book |last=Nomura|first=Jiro|date=2004|title=日本の裁判史を読む事典|trans-title= |url= |language=Japanese|location= |publisher=Jiyu kokuminsha|isbn=9784426221126}}

Miyoshi also served as the third president and later as honorary Chairman of Nippon Kaigi.

He died in Tokyo on 6 March 2023, at the age of 95.{{cite news|last=|first=|date=14 March 2023|title=元最高裁長官、三好達さん死去 95歳、昭和生まれで初の長官|trans-title=|url=https://www.47news.jp/9057689.html|language=Japanese|work=47NEWS|location=|access-date=14 March 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328161557/https://www.47news.jp/9057689.html|url-status=dead}}

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