Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

E388911

court bench judicial body

The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s full, 15-justice panel that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases in the Japanese judiciary.

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Label	Occurrences
Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3762921 — 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: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
Context triple: [Third Small Bench, contrastWith, Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan]

A. Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.
B. 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.
C. Supreme Court of Japan Building
The Supreme Court of Japan Building is the official courthouse complex in Tokyo that houses Japan’s highest judicial authority.
D. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
E. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
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: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
Target entity description: The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s full, 15-justice panel that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases in the Japanese judiciary.

A. Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.
B. 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.
C. Supreme Court of Japan Building
The Supreme Court of Japan Building is the official courthouse complex in Tokyo that houses Japan’s highest judicial authority.
D. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
E. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court bench ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
authorityLevel	highest judicial authority in Japan ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of Japan ⓘ
canOverrule	its own prior precedents under certain conditions ⓘ precedents of the Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
composition	14 associate justices of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ Chief Justice of Japan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
decisionRule	decisions generally made by majority vote ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
handles	cases involving conflicts of constitutional interpretation ⓘ cases where a statute is alleged to be unconstitutional ⓘ important cases referred by Petty Benches ⓘ
hears	administrative cases of great importance ⓘ civil cases of great importance ⓘ criminal cases of great importance ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	court of last resort in constitutional matters in Japan ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ Japan ⓘ Supreme Court of Japan building ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of Japan Building Tokyo ⓘ
numberOfJudges	15 ⓘ
officialNameInJapanese	大法廷 ⓘ 最高裁判所大法廷 ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
power	final authority to determine constitutionality of any law, order, regulation or official act ⓘ
quorumRequirement	requires a quorum of justices to sit ⓘ
relatedConcept	constitutional law of Japan ⓘ judicial review in Japan ⓘ
role	decides the constitutionality of administrative actions ⓘ decides the constitutionality of statutes ⓘ exercises judicial review ⓘ hears appeals from the Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ hears cases of great legal importance ⓘ hears certain cases directly from lower courts in limited circumstances ⓘ hears constitutional cases ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
superiorTo	Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ linked to: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
typeOfCourt	apex court bench ⓘ

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

Third Small Bench → contrastWith → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan → reservesCasesFor → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan → higherCourt → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

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