Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan

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Japanese government body government agency

The Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan is a government body that advises the Cabinet on legal and constitutional matters, playing a key role in shaping official interpretations of Japan’s pacifist constitution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cabinet Legislation Bureau	17
Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan canonical	3
内閣法制局	2
Cabinet Legislation Bureau, Government of Japan	1
内閣法制局第三部	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T208675 — 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: Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan
Context triple: [Renunciation of War, interpretedBy, Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan]

A. Cabinet of Japan
The Cabinet of Japan is the country’s chief executive body, composed of the Prime Minister and other ministers who direct national policy and administer the government.
B. Cabinet Office of Japan
The Cabinet Office of Japan is a central government body that supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet in coordinating national policy, crisis management, and key administrative functions.
C. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
D. Government of Japan
The Government of Japan is the central governing authority of Japan, responsible for national administration, legislation, and policy-making under a constitutional monarchy.
E. Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
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: Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan
Target entity description: The Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan is a government body that advises the Cabinet on legal and constitutional matters, playing a key role in shaping official interpretations of Japan’s pacifist constitution.

A. Cabinet of Japan
The Cabinet of Japan is the country’s chief executive body, composed of the Prime Minister and other ministers who direct national policy and administer the government.
B. Cabinet Office of Japan
The Cabinet Office of Japan is a central government body that supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet in coordinating national policy, crisis management, and key administrative functions.
C. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
D. Government of Japan
The Government of Japan is the central governing authority of Japan, responsible for national administration, legislation, and policy-making under a constitutional monarchy.
E. Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese government body ⓘ government agency ⓘ
advises	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
appointmentOfHeadBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese constitutional practice ⓘ pacifism in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	postwar Japan ⓘ
field	administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ legislative drafting ⓘ
hasDivision	First Department ⓘ Fourth Department ⓘ Legislation and Research Division ⓘ Second Department ⓘ Third Department ⓘ
headedBy	Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kasumigaseki ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
influences	interpretation of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ security policy of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Cabinet Law of Japan ⓘ
location	Tokyo ⓘ
nativeName	Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 内閣法制局
oversightOf	draft legislation submitted by ministries ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the Government of Japan ⓘ
playsKeyRoleIn	official interpretation of Japan’s pacifist constitution ⓘ
provides	interpretive guidance on international law aspects of treaties ⓘ opinions on constitutional issues ⓘ
responsibleFor	constitutional interpretation ⓘ interpretation of the pacifist provisions of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ legal advice to the Cabinet ⓘ review of Cabinet orders ⓘ review of draft legislation ⓘ review of draft treaties ⓘ screening of government bills ⓘ
role	ensuring consistency of government bills with existing laws ⓘ ensuring consistency of government bills with the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
shortName	CLB ⓘ Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Legislation Bureau
subordinateTo	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	non-ministerial government department ⓘ
website	https://www.clb.go.jp/ ⓘ
worksWith	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Japanese government ministries ⓘ surface form: Ministries of Japan

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Referenced by (24)

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

Renunciation of War → interpretedBy → Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan ⓘ

Article 9 → interpretedBy → Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan