Gov't to name Supreme Court Justice Horigome as top court chief

TOKYO, Japan - The government plans to appoint Yukio Horigome (in file photo), a Japanese Supreme Court justice, as the next chief justice of the top court to succeed Akira Machida, government sources said on Sept. 23.

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