Akira Machida (町田 顯 Machida Akira, born October 16, 1936) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan from 2002 to 2006.
He first began his career in 1959, when he was appointed as a legal apprentice. In 1961 he was appointed as an assistant judge to the Tokyo District and its Family Court, the judge of the Muroran branch of the Sapporo District and its Family Court,...
Date of birth:
- 1939
