SCJ

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abbreviation judicial body supreme court

SCJ is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Court of Japan, the country's highest judicial authority.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abbreviation → judicial body → supreme court →
alsoKnownAs	SCJ →
branchOf	Judiciary of Japan →
country	Japan →
decides	appeals from high courts of Japan →
establishedBy	Constitution of Japan →
establishedIn	1947 →
hasBuildingType	courthouse →
hasChiefJustice	Chief Justice of Japan →
hasJurisdiction	administrative cases → civil cases → criminal cases →
hasNumberOfJustices	15 →
hasPower	judicial review →
hasType	court of last resort →
hasWebsite	https://www.courts.go.jp/ →
headquartersLocation	Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo →
interprets	Constitution of Japan →
legalSystem	civil law →
locatedIn	Chiyoda, Tokyo → Japan → Tokyo →
nativeName	最高裁判所 →
nativeNameLanguage	ja →
officialLanguage	Japanese →
oversees	lower courts of Japan →
partOf	Government of Japan →
role	highest judicial authority in Japan →
standsFor	Supreme Court of Japan →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supreme Court of Japan →	abbreviation
Supreme Court of Japan →	alsoKnownAs