Background
Yamaguchi, Shigeru was born on November 4, 1932 in Chiba, Japan.
Yamaguchi, Shigeru was born on November 4, 1932 in Chiba, Japan.
Degree in Law, Kyoto University, 1955.
Assistant judge, Okayama District Court/Okayama Family Court, 1957-1967; judge, Hakodate District Court/Hakodate Family Court, 1967-1969; director, Secretariat of Research and Training Institute for Court Clerks., 1969-1976; judge (presiding judge of division), Tokyo District Court, 1976-1980; director, Secretariat of Tokyo High Court, 1980-1983; director, General affairs bureau of General Secretariat of Supreme Court, 1983-1988; president, Kofu District Court/Kofu Family Court, 1988-1989; judge, Tokyo High Court, 1989-1991; president, Legal Training and Research Institute, 1991-1994; president, Fukuoka High Court, 1994-1997; justice, Supreme Court of the Japan, Tokyo, 1997; chief justice, Supreme Court of the Japan, Tokyo, since 1997.