Preceded by Kohei Nasu Name Masaharu Ohashi | Occupation Judge Role Justice | |
Born March 31, 1947 (age 77)
Tokyo, Japan ( 1947-03-31 ) Alma mater University of Tokyo
Harvard Law School Education Harvard Law School, University of Tokyo | ||
Masaharu Ōhashi (大橋正春, Masaharu Ōhashi, born March 31, 1947) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. He was appointed on 13 February 2012, succeeding Kohei Nasu on the Third Petty Bench. He passed the bar exam in 1968, received his LLB (in both Private Law and Public Law programs) from the University of Tokyo in 1969, and his LLM degree from Harvard Law School in 1976. Before joining the Supreme Court, he held a number of high-profile positions in the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations ((JFBA)) and was a co-founder/partner of Tokei Partners. He reportedly enjoys pottery, rakugo, and legal dramas.
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