Ryuko Sakurai

Ryuko Sakurai (桜井 龍子 Sakurai Ryūko, born January 16, 1947) is a member of the Supreme Court of Japan. She joined on September 11, 2008.[1]

Sakurai, a former bureaucrat of the Ministry of Labor, replaced Kazuko Yokoo, who resigned. She was the third woman to take a post in the Supreme Court of Japan.[2]

References

  1. "Ryuko Sakurai." Supreme Court of Japan. Accessed November 2, 2008.
  2. "Sakurai to be Supreme Court justice." Japan Today. September 7, 2008.