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Woman Judge, Mibuchi
"District Court Judge Mibuchi Yoshiko, 44, hearing a civil case in Tokyo, was the first woman appointed to the bench in Japan, and is now one of 16."
Image and caption from Time Magazine, March 23, 1959. According to another source (Nippon Times, May 16, 1949), the first woman judge was Iwashita Mitsuko, who was appointed to the Tokyo District Court in May 1949. See "First Female Judge" on this site.
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