初の女性検事長に畝本直美氏　上川法相「ロールモデルに」―政府

　政府は２５日の閣議で、広島高検検事長に畝本直美最高検公判部長（５８）を充てる人事を決めた。女性の検事長は１９４７年の検察庁法施行以来初めて。上川陽子法相は記者会見で「畝本氏のキャリアは現職の女性検事や今後、検事、法曹を目指す女性のロールモデルとなる。画期的なことだ」と述べた。発令は７月１６日付。（2021/06/25-16:05）

The Japanese government Friday appointed Naomi Unemoto to be a superintending prosecutor, making her the first woman to head a high prosecutors' office since the 1947 enforcement of the public prosecutors' office law.
   Unemoto, 58, director of the trial division at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, will become superintending prosecutor at the Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors Office, effective July 16.
   She "will serve as a role model for female prosecutors and women hoping to become prosecutors and other legal professionals in the future," Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa told a press conference, praising the appointment as groundbreaking.
   Unemoto was among only four women in the 41 people who became prosecutors in the country in fiscal 1988. In fiscal 2020, which ended in March, the proportion of women rose to about 36 pct.
   There are eight high public prosecutors' offices in Japan--Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Sendai and Takamatsu in addition to Hiroshima. They oversee district public prosecutors' offices.