Women Lawyers/Statistics of female lawyer in Japan

by Hiroshi Kawarazaki, Esq.

Question
Can you tell me how many women lawyers, prosecutors, judges, etc. there are in Japan?

Answer
I show the statistic of Women lawyers in Japan below.

Women Lawyer	Number	Rate	At the time of
Judge	126 persons	4.6 % of all judges	April 1989
Ditto	204 persons	7.2 % of all judges	April 1994
Ditto	282 persons	9.7 % of all judges	April 1997
Ditto	308 persons	10.4 % of all judges	April 1999
Ditto		12.4 % of all judges	Oct. 17, 2001
Ditto	404 persons	13 % of all judges	Oct. 4, 2002
Prosecutor	37 persons	1.8 % of all prosecutors	March 31, 1989
Ditto	67 persons	3.3 % of all prosecutors	March 31, 1994
Ditto	99 persons	4.6 % of all prosecutors	March 31, 1997
Ditto	173 persons	11.4 % of all prosecutors	Oct. 9, 2001
Ditto	196 persons	12.4 % of all prosecutors	Oct. 4, 2002
Attorney at law	692 persons	5.2 % of all attorneys at law	March 31, 1987
Ditto	938 persons	6.5 % of all attorneys at law	March 31, 1994
Ditto	1,176 persons	7.4 % of all attorneys at law	March 31, 1997
Ditto	1,398 persons	8.4 % of all attorneys at law	March 31, 1999
Ditto			2001
Ditto			2002
Eligible applicants of bar exam.	146 persons	19.8 % of all eligible applicants	Oct. 1995
Ditto	172 persons	23.4 % of all eligible applicants	Oct. 1996
Ditto	207 persons	27.7 % of all eligible applicants	Oct. 1997
Ditto	203 persons	25.0 % of all eligible applicants	Oct. 1998
Ditto	287 persons	28.7 % of all eligible applicants	Oct. 1999
Ditto	270 persons	27.2 % of all eligible applicants	Nov. 2000
Ditto	277 persons	23.4 % of all eligible applicants	Nov. 2002
Ditto	275 persons	23.5 % of all eligible applicants	Nov. 2003
Ditto	364 persons	24.5 % of all eligible applicants	Nov. 2004

Eligible applicants of bar examination become judges, prosecutors and attorneys at law after 1 and half year's ( 2 year's before 2000 ) training at Legal Research Center of Supreme Court.