Chief Justice of Japan

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judicial office public office state office of Japan

The Chief Justice of Japan is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the country, responsible for leading and representing the Japanese judiciary.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office → public office → state office of Japan →
appointedBy	Emperor of Japan →
branchOfGovernment	Judicial branch of Japan →
country	Japan →
dateOfEstablishment	1947 →
flag	Flag of Japan →
hasAuthorityOver	Supreme Court justices of Japan → judicial administration of lower courts →
hasInauguralHolder	Tadahiko Mibuchi →
hasJurisdiction	Japan →
hasRank	equivalent to Minister of State of Japan →
headOf	Supreme Court of Japan →
highestRankIn	Judiciary of Japan →
isInferredToBe	full-time office → non-hereditary office →
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan → Court Act of Japan →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tokyo →
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 →
memberOf	Supreme Court of Japan →
nativeLabel	最高裁判所長官 →
nativeLanguage	Japanese →
nominatedBy	Cabinet of Japan →
officeCreatedBy	Constitution of Japan (1947) →
officeHolderSelectionMethod	cabinet nomination and imperial appointment →
officeHoldersTitle	Chief Justice →
participatesIn	Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan →
partOf	Government of Japan → Supreme Court en banc →
positionIn	Judiciary of Japan →
precededBy	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan →
reportsTo	no other branch in judicial decisions →
residence	Tokyo → official residence of the Chief Justice of Japan →
responsibleFor	administration of the judiciary of Japan → assigning justices to Supreme Court panels → presiding over the Supreme Court of Japan → representing the judiciary of Japan → supervising lower courts through the Supreme Court →
seat	Chiyoda, Tokyo → Supreme Court of Japan building →
styleOfAddress	Her Excellency → His Excellency →
subjectTo	Constitution of Japan →
symbolUsed	Imperial Seal of Japan →
termLength	until mandatory retirement age →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Judiciary of Japan → Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan) →	overseenBy
Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan →	chairedBy
Saikō-Saibansho →	composition
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan ("Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Japan") →	governsOffice
Supreme Court of Japan →	hasChiefJustice
Grand Bench →	hasMember
Saikō-Saibansho →	hasPosition
Supreme Court of Japan →	headOfCourt
Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan →	includesOffice
Supreme Court of Japan →	includesPosition
Chief Justice of Japan ("最高裁判所長官") →	nativeLabel
Tadahiko Mibuchi →	positionHeld
Chief Justice of Japan ("Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan") →	precededBy
Security Police (Japan) ("Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan") →	protectsOffice
First Petty Bench ("Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan") →	supervisedBy