Hisashi Owada

Hisashi Owada
小和田 恆
Owada in 2003
President of the International Court of Justice
In office
6 February 2009 – 5 February 2012
Vice PresidentPeter Tomka
Preceded byRosalyn Higgins
Succeeded byPeter Tomka
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
6 February 2003 – 7 June 2018
Preceded byShigeru Oda
Succeeded byYuji Iwasawa
Personal details
Born (1932-09-18) 18 September 1932 (age 92)
Shibata, Niigata, Japan
Spouse
Yumiko Egashira
(m. 1962)
ChildrenMasako, Empress of Japan
Setsuko Owada
Reiko Owada
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Trinity College, Cambridge

Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi, born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 6 February 2003 until 7 June 2018, and was president of the court from 2009 to 2012.[1] He is the father of Empress Masako and the father-in-law of the incumbent Emperor of Japan, Naruhito.

  1. ^ "Press release 2018/14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-10-03.