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Japan's next chief Supreme Court justice

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Itsuro Terada, a Japanese Supreme Court justice. Terada will succeed Hironobu Takesaki as chief justice of the top court, government and judicial sources said March 6, 2014.

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Forcing married couples to use same surname constitutional

Photo taken Dec. 16, 2015, at Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo shows Chief Justice Itsuro Terada (C). The top court's Grand Bench ruled on the day that prohibiting women from remarrying for six months contravenes the Constitution, but forcing couples to use the same surname is constitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Itsuro Terada (C), presiding justice of the Supreme Court's grand bench, attend a court hearing in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to rule on vote weight disparity suits

Supreme Court justices, including Presiding Justice Itsuro Terada (C), assemble on Oct. 28, 2015, for a hearing on a lawsuit in which a group of lawyers is seeking to nullify the 2014 general election, arguing it was held with an unacceptable disparity in the weight of votes. The top court will hand down a ruling by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's chief justice says talks with U.S. chief significant

Itsuro Terada, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, speaks at a joint press conference with his U.S. counterpart John Roberts in Tokyo on July 10, 2015. Terada said the meeting with Roberts was significant in that both nations, placing law as a centerpiece of society, were able to set the stage for further judicial exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. chief justice says Japan-U.S. judicial exchange important

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts meets the press in Tokyo on July 10, 2015, together with Chief Justice Itsuro Terada of the Supreme Court of Japan. Roberts stressed the importance of continuing exchanges among judicial authorities of the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. chief justices meet in Tokyo

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (R) and his Japanese counterpart Itsuro Terada (L) hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on July 10, 2015. They stressed the need to continue exchanges among judicial authorities of the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conferment ceremony of Japanese decoration

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Itsuro Terada at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Name of Japan's new era

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Itsuro Terada enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 1, 2019, to attend a meeting of representatives from business, academia and media organizations being convened to give input on a shortlist of candidate names for Japan's new era that was tabled by the government earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Name of Japan's new era

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Itsuro Terada enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 1, 2019, to attend a meeting of representatives from business, academia and media organizations being convened to give input on a shortlist of candidate names for Japan's new era that was tabled by the government earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo