Supreme Court of Japan

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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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Generate an image of the Supreme Court of Japan (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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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 Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
nativeName 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 ⓘ

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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 (Japan) → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: Supreme Court and lower courts
Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan) → headedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: Supreme Court and lower courts
Supreme Court of Japan → nativeName → 最高裁判所 ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Japan
district courts of Japan → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
Nihon-koku Kenpō → establishesInstitution → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
Legal Training and Research Institute → operatedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
Legal Training and Research Institute → supervisingAuthority → Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
linked to: 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 justices of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Japan
Renunciation of War → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
Supplementary Provisions (Constitution of Japan) → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
subject linked to: Supplementary Provisions
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 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Japan → nativeName → 最高裁判所 ⓘ
subject linked to: SCJ
linked to: Supreme Court of Japan
First Petty Bench → partOf → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
First Petty Bench → canReferCasesTo → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
linked to: 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 Judicature of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court 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 → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Japan
Third Petty Bench → canReferCasesTo → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Japan
Takamatsu High Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ