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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan	1
Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan canonical	1
Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T660441 — 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: Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
Context triple: [Third Petty Bench, headedBy, Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan]

A. Chief Justice 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.
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. President of the Supreme People's Court
The President of the Supreme People's Court is the head of China’s highest judicial body, overseeing the administration of justice and the operation of the national court system.
D. Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan
The Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s highest internal decision-making body, responsible for deliberating and determining important judicial and administrative matters affecting the Japanese judiciary.
E. Judiciary of Japan
The Judiciary of Japan is the independent court system headed by the Supreme Court that interprets and applies Japanese law, including the constitution, civil, and criminal statutes.
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: Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
Target entity description: 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.

A. Chief Justice 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.
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. President of the Supreme People's Court
The President of the Supreme People's Court is the head of China’s highest judicial body, overseeing the administration of justice and the operation of the national court system.
D. Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan
The Judicial Conference of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s highest internal decision-making body, responsible for deliberating and determining important judicial and administrative matters affecting the Japanese judiciary.
E. Judiciary of Japan
The Judiciary of Japan is the independent court system headed by the Supreme Court that interprets and applies Japanese law, including the constitution, civil, and criminal statutes.
F. None of above. chosen

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 of fifteen justices ⓘ linked to: Grand Bench petty bench of three justices ⓘ
establishedBy	postwar Constitution of Japan ⓘ linked to: 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 ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
numberOfPositions	15 ⓘ
oversees	District Courts of Japan ⓘ linked to: district courts of Japan Family Courts of Japan ⓘ linked to: family courts of Japan High Courts of Japan ⓘ Summary Courts of Japan ⓘ linked to: summary courts of Japan
partOf	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
requiresEducation	legal education ⓘ
seat	Supreme Court of Japan building ⓘ linked to: 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 ⓘ linked to: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

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

Saikō-Saibansho → composition → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

linked to: Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan

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