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{{Infobox official post
| post                     = Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| body                     = Japan<br>最高裁判所長官
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| insignia        = Goshichi no kiri.svg
| insigniasize    = 80px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Government of Japan
| incumbent                = [[Yukihiko Imasaki]]
| incumbentsince           = 16 August 2024
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| status                   =
| department               = [[Supreme Court of Japan]]
| style                    = His Excellency<br>Your Honor<br>The Honourable
| member_of                = [[Supreme Court of Japan]]
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| appointer                = HIM The [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]
| appointer_qualified      = <small>Nominated by the [[Cabinet of Japan|Cabinet]]</small>
| termlength               = Life tenure until the mandatory retirement age of 70
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| formation                = {{start date and age|1947|8|4}}
| First                    = Tadahiko Mibuchi
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| salary                   = ¥24,120,000
| website                  = [http://www.courts.go.jp/english/ www.courts.go.jp]
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan'''|最高裁判所長官|Saikōsaibansho-chōkan}} is the chief judge of the [[Supreme Court of Japan]] and is the head of the [[judicial branch]] of the [[government of Japan|Japanese government]].
The Chief Justice is ceremonially [[Imperial Investiture|appointed]] by the [[Emperor of Japan]] after being nominated by the [[Cabinet of Japan|Cabinet]]; in practice, this is following the recommendation of the retiring Chief Justice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/03/17/editorials/change-at-the-top-courts-helm/|title=Change at the top court's helm|date=17 March 2014 |access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref>
==List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan==
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#A4C8FF" valign="top"
! Name
! Kanji
! Appointment date
|- valign="top"
| [[Tadahiko Mibuchi]]
| 三淵忠彦
| August 4, 1947
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Kōtarō Tanaka (judge)|Kōtarō Tanaka]]
| 田中耕太郎
| March 3, 1950
|- valign="top"
| [[Kisaburo Yokota]]
| 横田喜三郎
| October 25, 1960
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Masatoshi Yokota]]
| 横田正俊
| August 6, 1966
|- valign="top"
| [[Kazuto Ishida]]
| 石田和外
| January 11, 1969
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Tomokazu Murakami]]
| 村上朝一
| May 21, 1973
|- valign="top"
| [[Ekizo Fujibayashi]]
| 藤林益三
| May 25, 1976
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Masao Okahara]]
| 岡原昌男
| August 26, 1977
|- valign="top"
| [[Takaaki Hattori]]
| 服部高顯
| April 2, 1979
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Jiro Terada]]
| 寺田治郎
| October 1, 1982
|- valign="top"
| [[Koichi Yaguchi]]
| 矢口洪一
| November 5, 1985
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Ryohachi Kusaba]]
| 草場良八
| February 20, 1990
|- valign="top"
| [[Toru Miyoshi]]
| 三好達
| November 7, 1995
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Shigeru Yamaguchi]]
| 山口繁
| October 31, 1997
|- valign="top"
| [[Akira Machida]]
| 町田顯
|November 6, 2002
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Niro Shimada]]
| 島田仁郎
| October 16, 2006
|-valign="top"
| [[Hironobu Takesaki]]
| 竹崎博允
|November 21, 2008
|- valign="top" style="background-color:#ddd;"
| [[Itsurō Terada]]
| 寺田逸郎
|April 1, 2014
|-valign="top"
| [[Naoto Ōtani]]
| 大谷直人
| January 9, 2018
|-valign="top"
| [[Saburo Tokura]]
| 戸倉三郎
| June 24, 2022
|-valign="top"
| [[Yukihiko Imasaki]]
| 今崎幸彦
| August 16, 2024
|}
==See also==
*[[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.courts.go.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.courts.go.jp/english/ Official Profile] {{in lang|en}}
[[Category:Chief justices of Japan| ]]
[[Category:Law of Japan]]
[[Category:Japan law-related lists|Chief Justices]]