THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 29, 2021 at 07:10 JST
Former Supreme Court Justice Michiyoshi Kiuchi, left, attends a panel discussion in Osaka in 2019 with Kaoru Onimaru, center, and Ryuko Sakurai, his onetime colleagues on the top court. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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