Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan

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judicial office position in the judiciary of Japan public office

A Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan is a high-ranking member of the country’s highest judicial body, responsible for final appellate review and constitutional interpretation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan	1
Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ position in the judiciary of Japan ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
appointedBy	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
appointmentRequires	Cabinet decision ⓘ attestation by the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of Japan ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	impeachment ⓘ popular review vote ⓘ
canDeclareUnconstitutional	administrative acts ⓘ laws ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
decidesInPanelsOf	Grand Bench ⓘ surface form: grand bench of fifteen justices petty bench of three justices ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Japan ⓘ surface form: postwar Constitution of Japan
establishedIn	1947 ⓘ
formallyAppointedBy	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
hasConstitutionalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
hasRole	constitutional interpretation ⓘ final appellate review ⓘ interpretation of statutes ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ oversight of lower courts ⓘ
highestCourtOfAppealFor	Japan ⓘ
includesOffice	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ Chief Justice of Japan ⓘ
languageOfWork	Japanese ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system of Japan ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
numberOfPositions	15 ⓘ
oversees	district courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: District Courts of Japan family courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Family Courts of Japan High Courts of Japan ⓘ summary courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Summary Courts of Japan
partOf	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
requiresEducation	legal education ⓘ
seat	Supreme Court of Japan Building ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Japan building
subjectTo	national review every ten years ⓘ national review in first general election after appointment ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ
typicalBackground	academic lawyer ⓘ career judge ⓘ former high-ranking bureaucrat ⓘ private attorney ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ
workLocation	Chiyoda, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan → composedOf → Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan

Saikō-Saibansho → composition → Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan

Third Petty Bench → headedBy → Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ