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Justice
ISHIKANE Kimihiro
Date of Birth: January 4, 1958
Career
Education:
Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law in 1981
Professional Career:
- 1981
- Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1996
- First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in France
- 1998
- Counsellor of the Embassy of Japan in France
Director, International Science Cooperation Division, Science and Nuclear Energy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1999
- Director, First Africa Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2003
- Director, Loan Aid Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2004
- Counsellor of the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
- 2005
- Minister of the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
- 2007
- Director, Aid Policy and Management Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretariat
- 2008
- Director, Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2009
- Deputy Assistant Minister, Minister's Secretariat , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2012
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, Mission of Japan to ASEAN
- 2014
- Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2015
- Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2016
- Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy /Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2017
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Canada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, Delegation of Japan to the International Civil Aviation Organization
- 2019
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
- 2023
- Retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2024
- April 17, 2024 Justice of the Supreme Court
Motto, hobbies, etc.
Things to Keep in Mind as a Justice
I will contribute to maintaining and developing the rule of law in Japan. Leveraging over 40 years of experience as an administrative official and a diplomat, I will earnestly deal with each case while humbly listening to various voices.
Favorite Words
Everyone is my teacher.
Books that Left an Impression on Me
Saka no Ue no Kumo [Clouds above the hill] and Kono Kuni no Katachi [The shape of this country] (SHIBA Ryotaro)
The End of the Free Market(Ian Bremmer)
Every Nation For Itself(Ian Bremmer)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Miyamoto Musashi (YOSHIKAWA Eiji)
Hobbies
Reading books, listening to music, watching plays, traveling, dining out