Supreme Court Judge Akira Ojima takes office "The authority of the Supreme Court is very heavy and honored"

Akira Ojima, who served as the Secretary of the Osaka High Court, has been appointed as the new judge of the Supreme Court.

Judge Ojima is 63 years old.

He has served as the director of the Shizuoka District Court, the chief investigator of the Supreme Court, and the director of the Osaka High Court, and was appointed as the Supreme Court on the 5th.

At the press conference, Judge Ojima said, "The authority given to the Supreme Court by the Constitution and the law is very heavy, and it is an honor to be able to work as a member of it. I want to do my best. "

In addition, he mentioned the so-called "suspicion of loss" criminal trial that he was in charge of when he was a new judge as an impressive trial. I have been trying to resolve the dispute. Even the Supreme Court wants to value the attitude that does not shake the essential elements of the trial. "