Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The modern Supreme Court was established in Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan in 1947. [1] There was some debate among the members of the SCAP legal officers who drafted the constitution and in the Imperial Diet meeting of 1946 over the extent of the power of the judiciary, but it was overshadowed by other major questions about popular sovereignty, the role of the emperor, and the ...
The Supreme Court of Japan is the highest court in Japan, composed of fifteen justices. The Chief Justice is nominated by the Cabinet and appointed to office by the Emperor, while associate justices are appointed by the Cabinet in attestation of the Emperor. The Judiciary Act fixes the total number of justices at 15, but allows the Court itself ...
At the apex of the judicial hierarchy is the Supreme Court (最高裁判所 Saikō saibansho), located adjacent to the National Diet Building in the Nagatachō district of Chiyoda, Tokyo. The "Grand Bench" (大法廷 Daihōtei) of the Supreme Court has associate justices, who are appointed by the Cabinet with the Emperor's attestation.
In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics ...
Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite ...
The Court's decision was believed to be the first time the top court overruled a lower court ruling on obscenity. [1] 2005 No. 1977 November 1, 2007 Overseas Hibakusha Case: The Court found that the government's refusal to provide health-care benefits to hibakusha living abroad was illegal. It was the first time the Court declared a government ...
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee's use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision ...
Website www.courts.go.jp The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan ( 最高裁判所長官 , Saikōsaibansho-chōkan ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Japan and is the head of the judicial branch of the Japanese government .