https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/courts-and-judiciary/Recent content in Courts And Judiciary on ExcellentWiki - Legal EncyclopediaHugoen-USTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/courts-and-judiciary/japan-courts-judiciary/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/japan/courts-and-judiciary/japan-courts-judiciary/<h2 id="overview-of-the-japanese-court-system">Overview of the Japanese Court System</h2> <p>Japan&rsquo;s judiciary is established under the <strong>Court Act</strong> (<em>Saibansho Ho</em>, Law No. 59 of 1947), enacted as part of the post-WWII reforms accompanying the 1947 Constitution. The pre-war judiciary operated under the Meiji Constitution, which placed courts under the Ministry of Justice and denied constitutional review. The 1947 Constitution transformed the judiciary into an independent branch and conferred on the Supreme Court the power of judicial review (Article 81). The court system is unified — there is no separate system of administrative courts.</p>