Hiroshima High Public Prosecutor's Office Chief Prosecutor Unemoto appointed to Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office

The appointment of the Chief Prosecutors of the five High Public Prosecutors Offices has been decided, and the new Chief Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office will be Chief Prosecutor Naomi Unemoto* of the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office, and the new Chief Prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office will be Chief Prosecutor Futoshi Koyama of the Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office. I will be appointed.

This appointment follows the retirement of Chief Prosecutor Yoshikazu Ochiai of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office and Tetsuya Sogi* of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, and the resignation of Chief Prosecutor Ryotaro Oshima of the Nagoya High Public Prosecutors Office.

Mr. Unemoto, who will be appointed as the new chief public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, is 60 years old.

After working as Director of the Ministry of Justice's Protection Bureau and General Affairs Department of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, he has been serving as Chief Prosecutor of the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office since July last year.

Mr. Masaki Wada, who will succeed Mr. Unemoto as the chief prosecutor of the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office, is 61 years old.

After working as chief public prosecutor at the Hakodate District Public Prosecutors Office and head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, he has been serving as Director General of the Public Security Intelligence Agency since May 2018.

Mr. Koyama, who will be appointed as the new chief public prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, is 61 years old.

After serving as the director of public security at the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and chief public prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor's Office, he has been serving as the chief public prosecutor at the Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office since June.

Masamichi Kamimura, who will succeed Koyama as the chief prosecutor of the Sapporo High Public Prosecutors Office, is 61 years old.

After working as a chief public prosecutor at the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office and the Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office, he has been serving as the general affairs manager of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office since July last year.

Tomomitsu Takashima, who will succeed Oba as the new chief prosecutor of the Nagoya High Public Prosecutors Office, is 61 years old.

After working as Chief Public Prosecutor at the Matsuyama District Public Prosecutor's Office and Deputy Director General of the Immigration Services Agency, he has been serving as Vice Minister of Justice since September last year.

Takashima's successor will be Takashi Kawahara, chief of the Ministry of Justice's Criminal Affairs Bureau.

These personnel changes will be announced on the 10th of next month.

* "Na" is "ten" in "choku".

*The '8' part of 'So' is the same as the upper shape of 'So'.