Supreme Court of Japan

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constitutional court court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Japan is the nation’s apex judicial body, responsible for final appeals and constitutional review within Japan’s legal system.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Japan canonical	94
Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan	4
最高裁判所	2
Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan	1
Supreme Court justices of Japan	1
Supreme Court of Japan (judicial administration)	1
Supreme Court of Japan as an institution	1
Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation	SCJ ⓘ
appointmentOfAssociateJustices	by the Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
appointmentOfChiefJustice	by the Emperor of Japan ⓘ on the advice of the Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
branchOf	Judiciary of Japan ⓘ
buildingLocation	Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ
buildingName	Supreme Court of Japan Building ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dateFormed	May 3, 1947 ⓘ
established	1947 ⓘ
hasAuthority	constitutional review ⓘ final appeal in administrative cases ⓘ final appeal in civil cases ⓘ final appeal in criminal cases ⓘ judicial review ⓘ
hasDivision	First Petty Bench ⓘ Grand Bench ⓘ Second Petty Bench ⓘ Third Petty Bench ⓘ
headOfCourt	Chief Justice of Japan ⓘ
includesPosition	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ Chief Justice of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Japanese ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
location	Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ surface form: Chiyoda, Tokyo
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
nativeName	Supreme Court of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 最高裁判所
nativeNameLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
numberOfAssociateJustices	14 ⓘ
numberOfGrandBenchJustices	15 ⓘ
numberOfJustices	15 ⓘ
numberOfPettyBenches	3 ⓘ
partOf	Government of Japan ⓘ
predecessor	Taishin-in ⓘ
quorumGrandBench	at least two-thirds of all justices ⓘ
quorumPettyBench	5 justices ⓘ
reviewsConstitutionalityOf	laws ⓘ official acts ⓘ orders ⓘ regulations ⓘ
shortName	Saikō-Saibansho ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

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

Government of Japan → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Judiciary of Japan → headCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Judiciary of Japan → hasLevel → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Judiciary of Japan → hasCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Constitution of Japan → definesJudiciary → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Supreme Court and lower courts → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan)

Supreme Court and lower courts → headedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan)

Supreme Court of Japan → nativeName → Supreme Court of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 最高裁判所

district courts of Japan → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Nihon-koku Kenpō → establishesInstitution → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Japan Federation of Bar Associations → cooperatesWith → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Legal Training and Research Institute → operatedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Legal Training and Research Institute → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Legal Training and Research Institute → establishedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Legal Training and Research Institute → supervisingAuthority → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan

Chief Justice of Japan → headOf → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Chief Justice of Japan → memberOf → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Chief Justice of Japan → hasAuthorityOver → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court justices of Japan

Renunciation of War → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Supplementary Provisions → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supplementary Provisions (Constitution of Japan)

family courts of Japan → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Tokyo High Court → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Tokyo High Court → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

High Courts of Japan → below → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

High Courts of Japan → finalAppealTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

High Courts of Japan → administrativeOversight → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Supreme Court Secretariat → jurisdiction → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Supreme Court Secretariat → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Supreme Court Secretariat → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

summary courts of Japan → hasCounterpart → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Osaka High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

SCJ → standsFor → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

SCJ → nativeName → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of Japan

this entity surface form: 最高裁判所

First Petty Bench → partOf → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

First Petty Bench → canReferCasesTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

Nagoya High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Nagoya High Court → appealTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Fukuoka High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Sendai High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Sapporo High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Meiji Constitution → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan

National Diet Building → nearby → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Hiroshima High Court → below → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Hiroshima High Court → canBeAppealedTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo → contains → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Third Petty Bench → partOf → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Third Petty Bench → parentCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Third Petty Bench → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

Third Petty Bench → canReferCasesTo → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

Takamatsu High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ