"It's strange that a pay cut was taken after I was posted to a local area" - Judge Mototsu Takeuchi, Chief Judge of the Civil Division of the District Court

Hiroshi Takeuchi (62), who served as the civil division chief judge at Tsu District Court in Mie Prefecture for four years, retired at the end of March before reaching his retirement age. We interviewed Takeuchi, who has attracted attention as an unusual judge, for example by suing the government over the regional allowance for national civil servants while still a sitting judge. - Why did you decide to retire from the judgeship, even though you…