High Courts of Japan

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intermediate appellate court system

The High Courts of Japan are intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from lower courts and handle certain serious criminal and administrative cases within their respective jurisdictions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
high courts of Japan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermediate appellate court system ⓘ
above	district courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: District Courts of Japan family courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Family Courts of Japan summary courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Summary Courts of Japan
administrativeOversight	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
appealFrom	district courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: District Courts of Japan in civil cases District Courts of Japan in criminal cases ⓘ family courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Family Courts of Japan in civil matters Family Courts of Japan in juvenile cases ⓘ summary courts of Japan ⓘ surface form: Summary Courts of Japan in criminal cases
below	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
canRemand	cases to lower courts ⓘ
canReverse	judgments of lower courts ⓘ
canReview	questions of fact ⓘ questions of law ⓘ
canUphold	judgments of lower courts ⓘ
composition	panels of professional judges ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
establishedUnder	postwar judicial reforms of Japan ⓘ
finalAppealTo	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
handles	appeals in intellectual property cases ⓘ election-related litigation in some instances ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	appeals from District Courts of Japan ⓘ appeals from Family Courts of Japan ⓘ appeals from Summary Courts of Japan in criminal cases ⓘ certain administrative cases ⓘ certain serious criminal cases ⓘ
headedBy	Chief judges of each High Court ⓘ
includes	Fukuoka High Court ⓘ Hiroshima High Court ⓘ Nagoya High Court ⓘ Osaka High Court ⓘ Sapporo High Court ⓘ Sendai High Court ⓘ Takamatsu High Court ⓘ Tokyo High Court ⓘ
judicialHierarchyLevel	intermediate ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ Court Act of Japan ⓘ
locationDistribution	major regional cities of Japan ⓘ
numberOfCourts	8 ⓘ
partOf	Court system of Japan ⓘ Judiciary of Japan ⓘ
role	ensure uniform interpretation of Japanese law within regions ⓘ
typeOfCases	administrative appeals ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

First Petty Bench → appealFrom → High Courts of Japan ⓘ

district courts of Japan → appealTo → High Courts of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: high courts of Japan

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

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

Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan → oversees → High Courts of Japan ⓘ

Saikō-Saibansho → supervises → High Courts of Japan ⓘ