was a Japanese attorney and justice of the

Supreme Court of Japan The , located in Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law. It has the power of judicial review, which allows it ...

Life and career

Saiguchi attended

Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private research university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. The university finds its roots in a school called Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (English Law School), which was founded in 1885, and became a university in 1 ...

, graduating with an LLB in 1961, and was admitted to the bar in 1966. He practiced law as head of the Saiguchi Law Office from 1970 to 2004. Saiguchi was known as an expert on Japanese bankruptcy laws. Following the bankruptcy of

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, he headed a five-member investigation committee to look into compliance issues at the airline. Saiguchi later served as advisor attorney to TMI Associates, a Tokyo law firm. Saiguchi died from a stroke on April 17, 2024, at the age of 85.才口千晴氏が死去　元最高裁判事

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