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Yoji Kawakatsu is currently a Judge at the Tokyo District Court. He studied at the Faculty of Arts of the University of British Columbia, Canada (1996-1997) and graduated from the Faculty of Law of Ritsumeikan University with a Bachelor of Laws. After passing the National Bar Examination and completing practical legal training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court, Judge Kawakatsu was appointed as a Judge in 2005 and received his first posting at the Nagoya District Court (2005-2008). He subsequently served as a stint as Staff Attorney while on secondment to the Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau, Litigation Division (2008-2011), as well as judicial postings at the Tokyo District Court (2011-2013, 2015-present), and in Hokkaido at the Kushiro Family Court and Kushiro District Court, Kitami Branch (2013-2014), and Kitami and Abashiri Branches (2014-2015).