is a lawyer and former 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 ...

. She was born on February 7, 1949. In 1973, she earned her law degree from the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. On February 16, 2013, Onimaru was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Prior to her judgeship, Onimaru practiced for decades as a family law attorney. She had also served as a member of the National Life Council of the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Labor Insurance Review Board. She retired from the bench on February 6, 2019, and currently serves as a

LIXIL Group is a Japanese group of companies that manufactures building materials, plumbing fixtures and housing equipment, headquartered in Tokyo. is one of the major Lixil companies. Most of Lixil's plumbing fixtures are sold under the brand. Other Li ...

Board of Director.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Onimaru, Kaoru Japanese women lawyers Supreme Court of Japan justices University of Tokyo alumni 1949 births Living people

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