• Courts in Japan (PDF:1.31 MB)

Table of Contents

1. Constitution of Japan
2. Supreme Court
3. Courts other than the Supreme Court (Lower Courts)
4. Judicial Proceedings
5. Justices, Lower-Court Judges, and Court Officials other than Judges
6. Public Prosecutors and Attorneys
7. Citizen Participation in the Judicial Process

• Video「THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND COURTS IN JAPAN」

• Questions and Answers on Civil Procedure
• Questions and Answers on Civil Proceedings in Summary Court
• Questions and Answers on Criminal Procedure
• Questions and Answers on the Family Related Cases
• Questions and Answers on Juvenile Cases

• Systems for Crime Victims in Criminal Proceedings
• Systems for Persons Who Have Suffered Damage from Juvenile Crime

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• 한국어

• Outline of Civil Procedure in Japan (PDF:0.98MB)
  About the outline of civil procedure
• Outline of Criminal Justice in Japan(PDF:913KB)
  About the outline of criminal justice
• Guide to the Family Court of Japan(PDF:1.62MB)
  About the outline of domestic relations cases, personal status cases, cases relating to the return of the child under the Act for Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and juvenile cases