[1] At the time the definition of someone who could enter the modern legal profession in Japan was "A Male Japanese national" who must be at least twenty years old.

Mibuchi was one of the first three women, including Masako Nakata and Ai Kume, to pass the exam in 1938.

In 1972 Mibuchi went on to be the first woman chief judge of the Niigata Prefecture family court.

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