
Mr. Minoura is Chief Probation Officer of the Tokyo Probation Office. He brings over 20 years of experience in the field of community corrections, including international cooperation in the field, having served in various practical and managerial positions, both in the field and in headquarters. He was assigned to the Tokyo Probation Office in April 2022, prior to which he had been working as an associate programme officer in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and as a professor at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI).