Supreme Court (Japan)

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Tokyo High Court

The higher court ( Japanese 高等 裁判 所 , Kōtō-saiban-sho , short: 高 裁 , Kōsai , English High Court ), also higher regional court , is the middle instance in the Japanese court system .

There are eight higher courts, specifically:

  1. Sapporo Supreme Court in Sapporo ,
  2. Sendai Supreme Court in Sendai ,
  3. Tokyo High Court in Chiyoda , Tokyo ,
  4. Nagoya Supreme Court in Nagoya ,
  5. Osaka High Court in Osaka ,
  6. Hiroshima Supreme Court in Hiroshima ,
  7. Takamatsu Supreme Court in Takamatsu ,
  8. Fukuoka Supreme Court in Fukuoka .

There are also branches in Akita , Kanazawa , Okayama , Matsue , Miyazaki and Naha . There is also a Higher Intellectual Property Court as a division of the Tokyo Higher Court.

The tribunals of the courts usually comprise three, in certain cases five judges. The president of each higher court is appointed by the cabinet .

The Supreme Court is subordinate to the higher courts . 50 are subordinate to the higher courts , family courts (Engl. Family Courts ) and 50 district courts (Engl. District Courts ), this further subordinate magistrates' courts (Engl. Summary Courts ).

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