Background
Horigome, Yukio was born on June 16, 1940 in Japan.
堀籠 幸男
Horigome, Yukio was born on June 16, 1940 in Japan.
Graduate Faculty of Law, University Tokyo, 1964.
Assistant judge Tokyo District Court, 1967, judge, 1983, presiding judge of division, 1992. Assistant judge Criminal Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat of Supreme Court, 1967, Naha Branch, Fukuoka High Court, 1967. Judicial research official Supreme Court, 1976, vice-secretary general, 1994, secretary general, 2000, justice, 2005, chief justice, since 2006.
Chief of investigation division Personnel Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat of Supreme Court, 1979, director, 1994. Counsellor Cabinet Legislation Bureau, 1984, executive secretary, counsellor, 1990. Judge Tokyo High Court, 1992.
President Osaka High Court, 2002. Justice Supreme Court, Japan, since 2005.