Judiciary of Japan

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branch of government judiciary

The Judiciary of Japan is the independent court system headed by the Supreme Court that interprets and applies Japanese law, including the constitution, civil, and criminal statutes.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Judicial Branch of Japan	0	7
courts of Japan	0	3
Japanese courts	0	2
judiciary of Japan	0	2
Judicial branch of Japan	0	1
ordinary court system of Japan	0	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government → judiciary →
applies	Constitution of Japan → Japanese civil law → Japanese criminal law → Japanese statutes →
appointmentInvolves	Cabinet of Japan → Naruhito → surface form: Emperor of Japan
canDeclare	law unconstitutional →
constitutionalArticle	Constitution of Japan → surface form: Article 76 of the Constitution of Japan Constitution of Japan → surface form: Article 77 of the Constitution of Japan Constitution of Japan → surface form: Article 78 of the Constitution of Japan Constitution of Japan → surface form: Article 79 of the Constitution of Japan Article 80 of the Constitution of Japan → Constitution of Japan → surface form: Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Japan →
country	Japan →
ensures	rule of law in Japan →
handles	administrative cases → civil cases → criminal cases →
hasAdministrativeBody	Supreme Court Secretariat →
hasCheckAndBalanceWith	Government of Japan → surface form: Executive branch of Japan National Diet →
hasCourt	Fukuoka High Court → Hiroshima High Court → Nagoya High Court → Fukuoka High Court → surface form: Naha Branch of Fukuoka High Court Osaka High Court → Sapporo High Court → Sendai High Court → Supreme Court of Japan → Takamatsu High Court → Tokyo High Court → district courts of Japan → family courts of Japan → summary courts of Japan →
hasLevel	Supreme Court of Japan → district courts of Japan → family courts of Japan → high courts of Japan → summary courts of Japan →
hasPower	judicial review →
hasPrinciple	judicial independence →
hasTrainingInstitution	Legal Training and Research Institute →
headCourt	Supreme Court of Japan →
interprets	Constitution of Japan → Japanese civil law → Japanese criminal law →
language	Japanese →
legalSystemType	civil law system →
overseenBy	Chief Justice of Japan →

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sapporo District Court → branchOf → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: judiciary of Japan

Supreme Court of Japan → branchOf → Judiciary of Japan →

SCJ → branchOf → Judiciary of Japan →

subject surface form: Supreme Court of Japan

Tokyo High Court → branchOf → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: judiciary of Japan

Chief Justice of Japan → branchOfGovernment → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of Japan

Taishin-in → category → Judiciary of Japan →

Kumamoto Branch of Fukuoka High Court → courtSystem → Judiciary of Japan →

Article 72 of the Constitution of Japan → enforcedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: courts of Japan

Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan → enforcedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: courts of Japan

Kagoshima Branch of Fukuoka High Court → governingBody → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

Kumamoto Branch of Fukuoka High Court → governingBody → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

Third Small Bench → hasParentOrganization → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

Chief Justice of Japan → highestRankIn → Judiciary of Japan →

Government of Japan → judicialBranch → Judiciary of Japan →

Supreme Court of Japan Building → maintainedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

Oita Branch of Fukuoka High Court → operatedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

High Courts of Japan → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

Hiroshima High Court → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

Intellectual Property High Court → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

Supreme Court Secretariat → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

district courts of Japan → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: courts of Japan

family courts of Japan → partOf → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: ordinary court system of Japan

Chief Justice of Japan → positionIn → Judiciary of Japan →

Nagasaki Branch of Fukuoka High Court → supervisingBody → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan

Administrative Case Litigation Act → usedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Japanese courts

Code of Civil Procedure of Japan → usedBy → Judiciary of Japan →

this entity surface form: Japanese courts