
Kouichi Nanba
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Background
Chuo University (LL.B., 1972)
Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1979)
Assistant Judge at Obihiro Brach of Kushiro District Family Court (1982)
Assigned to Civil Affairs Bureau, Supreme Court General Secretariat (1984)
Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1986)
Assistant Judge at Chiba Family District Court (1987)
Judge at Chiba District Family Court (1989)
Acting Judge at Hiroshima High Court (1990)
Professor (in charge of civil trials) of Legal Training and Research Institute (1993)
Judge at Tokyo District Court (Civil Execution Division) (1997)
Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (General Civil Division) (1999-2001)
Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (Special Labor Division) (Civil Division No. 36) (2002-2007)
Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (Commercial Division) (Civil Division No. 8) (2007-2009)
Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court and Acting Director of Civil Division (Preservation Division) (Civil Division No. 9) (2009-2010)
Director of Kumamoto District Court (2010)
Chief Judge at Tokyo High Court (2012)
Retired upon reaching retirement age (2014)
Major Activities
- Bar Examiner of the National Bar Examination Commission (Second-stage examination, Civil Code) (1994-1996)
- Member of the Legislative Council (Non-Litigation Proceedings and Family Affairs Trials) of the Ministry of Justice (2008-2009)
- Member of the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure (2011-)
- Director of Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals (2015-)
- Member of the Examination Committee for the Japanese Bar Exam (Second-Stage Examination, Code of Civil Procedure) (2016-2017)
- Member of the Expert Committee, University of Tsukuba Law School (2016-)
- Member of the Examination Committee for the Japanese Bar Exam (Second-Stage Examination), Member of the Examination Committee for the Japanese Preliminary Bar Exam (Labor Law) (2022-2023)
Qualifications & Affiliations
admitted in Japan, October 2014
Tokyo Bar Association
Tokyo Bar Association
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