List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan (original) (raw)

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• 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 to specify how many justices sit on a petty bench. By law, at least ten out of the fifteen justices must have either ten years of combined experience as judges, or twenty years of combined experience as judges, lawyers, or professors. Japan's bar associations are careful to select lawyers whose terms will be shorter than those of nominated former judges. (Potential justices are often 64 years old or above.) This causes quick turnover of justices, which has resulted in a perception of the Court as a "nameless, faceless judiciary." After appointment, Supreme Court justices are subject to a "people's review": an automatic retention referendum in which the voters may remove the judge from office. A people's review occurs at the first election to the House of Representatives after a justice assumes office, when the question of whether his tenure should continue is put to voters on the ballot. The Supreme Court justice is then subject to a further people's review at the first lower house election after every ten years. As of April 2019, no Supreme Court justice has ever been dismissed by a people's review. (en)
• 最高裁判所裁判官（さいこうさいばんしょさいばんかん）とは、最高裁判所の裁判官をいう。その長たる最高裁判所長官1名と最高裁判所判事14名からなる（裁判所法第5条第1項）。 (ja)
• 最高裁判所裁判官，是日本最高裁判所的裁判官（法官）。其中有最高裁判所长官1名和最高裁判所判事14名（日本《裁判所法》第5条第1项）。 (zh)

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• 最高裁判所裁判官（さいこうさいばんしょさいばんかん）とは、最高裁判所の裁判官をいう。その長たる最高裁判所長官1名と最高裁判所判事14名からなる（裁判所法第5条第1項）。 (ja)
• 最高裁判所裁判官，是日本最高裁判所的裁判官（法官）。其中有最高裁判所长官1名和最高裁判所判事14名（日本《裁判所法》第5条第1项）。 (zh)
• 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 to specify how many justices sit on a petty bench. By law, at least ten out of the fifteen justices must have either ten years of combined experience as judges, or twenty years of combined experience as judges, lawyers, or professors. (en)