Editing University of Tokyo (section)

=== Law and politics ===
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Japanese Prime Ministers who attended the University of Tokyo">
File:Takaaki Kato suit.jpg|Earl [[Katō Takaaki|Takaaki Kato]]
File:Osachi Hamaguchi posing cropped.jpg|[[Hamaguchi Osachi|Osachi Hamaguchi]]
File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg|[[Shigeru Yoshida]]
File:Hatoyama Ichirō.jpg|[[Ichirō Hatoyama]]
File:Eisaku Sato cropped 1 Eisaku Sato 19641109.jpg|[[Eisaku Satō|Eisaku Sato]]
File:Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg|[[Yasuhiro Nakasone]]
File:Kiichi Miyazawa cropped 2 Kiichi Miyazawa 19911105.jpg|[[Kiichi Miyazawa]]
File:Yukio Hatoyama 20070824.jpg|[[Yukio Hatoyama]]
</gallery>The University of Tokyo has educated eighteen [[List of prime ministers of Japan|prime ministers of Japan]]: [[Hara Takashi|Takashi Hara]] (dropped out), Earl [[Katō Takaaki|Takaaki Katō]] (Law, 1881), Baron [[Wakatsuki Reijirō|Reijirō Wakatsuki]] (Law, 1892), [[Osachi Hamaguchi]] (Law, 1895), [[Kōki Hirota]] (Law, 1905), Duke [[Fumimaro Konoe]] (Letters, dropped out), Baron [[Hiranuma Kiichirō]] (Law, 1888), Baron [[Kijūrō Shidehara]] (Law, 1895), [[Shigeru Yoshida]] (Law, 1906), [[Tetsu Katayama]] (Law, 1912), [[Hitoshi Ashida]] (Law, 1912), [[Ichirō Hatoyama]] (Law, 1907), [[Nobusuke Kishi]] (Law, 1920), [[Eisaku Satō]] (Law, 1924), [[Takeo Fukuda]] (Law, 1929), [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]] (Law, 1941), [[Kiichi Miyazawa]] (Law, 1941), [[Yukio Hatoyama]] (Engineering, 1969). Eisaku Satō received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1974, for his comminment to halting the spread of nuclear arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

UTokyo has produced numerous other influential politicians since its establishment. As of December 2023, UTokyo alumni hold 139 seats in the [[National Diet]] (the national legislature of Japan), accounting for about a fifth of the total seats.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=議員情報 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/giin_top.htm |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=議員一覧（50音順）：参議院 |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/200/giin.htm |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}</ref> Six [[Cabinet of Japan|members of the cabinet]] are UTokyo alumni, including the [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]; [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications|Internal Affairs]]: [[Takeaki Matsumoto]]; [[Ministry of justice|Justice]]: [[Ryuji Koizumi]]; [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Foreign Affairs]]: [[Yōko Kamikawa|Yoko Kamikawa]]; [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]: [[Masahito Moriyama]]; and [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|Economy, Trade and Industry]]: [[Ken Saitō|Ken Saito]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Ministers |url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/meibo/daijin/index_e.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Prime Minister's Office of Japan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=第2次岸田第2次改造内閣 閣僚等名簿 |url=https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/101_kishida/meibo/index.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=首相官邸ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> As of April 2023, 27 out of the 47 incumbent governors of [[Prefectures of Japan|Japanese prefectures]] have received their undergraduate education at UTokyo.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=都道府県のトップは実は｢よそもの｣が多い...知事47人中27人が｢東大出身のエリート｣である本当の理由 全平均在任期間は安倍元首相の8年8カ月より長い |url=https://president.jp/articles/-/68012 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=PRESIDENT Online（プレジデントオンライン） |language=ja}}</ref>

UTokyo has produced a large number of distinguished [[jurist]]s, judges and lawyers. As of February 2024, eleven out of the fifteen incumbent [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan|justices of the Supreme Court]] are UTokyo alumni.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Justices of the supreme court {{!}} 裁判所 - Courts in Japan |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/english/about/justice/index.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.courts.go.jp}}</ref> The university is also the alma mater of [[Judges of the International Court of Justice|all four Japanese judges]] of the [[International Court of Justice]]: [[Kōtarō Tanaka (judge)|Kōtarō Tanaka]], [[Shigeru Oda]], [[Hisashi Owada]] and [[Yuji Iwasawa]]. [[Tomoko Akane]] has served as the president of the [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) since March 2024.