Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

E132062

court division judicial panel

The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan	2
Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan canonical	1
Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1155880 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
Context triple: [Grand Bench, convenesFrom, Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan]

A. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
B. Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
C. Takamatsu High Court
The Takamatsu High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
D. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
E. Sapporo High Court
The Sapporo High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts in its jurisdiction in northern Japan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
Target entity description: The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.

A. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
B. Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
C. Takamatsu High Court
The Takamatsu High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
D. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
E. Sapporo High Court
The Sapporo High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts in its jurisdiction in northern Japan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court division ⓘ judicial panel ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
decisionEffect	its judgments are binding in the specific cases decided ⓘ
doesNotUsuallyHandle	most significant constitutional issues ⓘ
handles	legal appeals ⓘ most cases before the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
hasAuthority	final appellate jurisdiction in most cases ⓘ
higherCourt	Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Japanese ⓘ
legalNature	collegial court ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system of Japan ⓘ
levelOfCourt	court of last resort ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ Judiciary of Japan ⓘ surface form: judiciary of Japan
positionInHierarchy	subdivision of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of ordinary appeals ⓘ
reservesCasesFor	Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
roleInConstitutionalReview	refers important constitutional questions to the Grand Bench ⓘ
statutoryBasis	Court Act of Japan ⓘ
typeOfCases	appeals on points of law ⓘ ordinary civil appeals ⓘ ordinary criminal appeals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Grand Bench → convenesFrom → Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Grand Bench → hasAuthorityOver → Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan

Daisan Shōhōtei → shortName → Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan → superiorTo → Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ