East Asia gathers the Chief Justices and senior judges of the highest courts of Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia. Japan's Supreme Court and South Korea's Constitutional Court and Supreme Court anchor two of the region's most established post-war judiciaries, while China's Supreme People's Court, Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, Taiwan's Judicial Yuan and Mongolia's Supreme Court each developed under very different political and legal systems.
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1. Supreme Court of Japan (Wikipedia)
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The Supreme Court of Japan (最高裁判所, Saikō-Saibansho; called 最高裁, Saikō-Sai for short), located in Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the highest court in Japan.
Supreme Court of Japan, establishment year sentence
The modern Supreme Court was established in Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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