Yukihiko Imasaki
{{Short description|Japanese jurist (born 1957)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Yukihiko Imasaki
| native_name = {{nobold|今崎幸彦}}
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| office1 = 21st Chief Justice of Japan
| appointer1 = Emperor Naruhito
| term_start1 = August 16, 2024
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| predecessor1 = Saburo Tokura
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| office2 = Supreme Court Justice
| appointer2 = Second Kishida Cabinet
| term_start2 = June 24, 2022
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| birth_name = {{Nihongo|今崎幸彦||Imasaki Yukihiko}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|10}}
| birth_place = Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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| alma_mater = Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
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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.{{Cite web|title=IMASAKI Yukihiko {{!}} 今崎幸彦 - Courts in Japan|url=https://www.courts.go.jp/english/about/justice/IMASAKI/index.html}}
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.{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Japan's top court: Toilet restrictions on transgender woman illegal |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2580/ |access-date=September 23, 2024 |work=NHK World}}
After Chief Justice Saburo Tokura reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, Imasaki was appointed Chief Justice.{{Cite news |last=Endo |first=Takahashi |date=July 9, 2024 |title=Imasaki to be appointed next Supreme Court chief justice |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15338603 |access-date=September 23, 2024 |work=The Asahi Shimbun}}
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