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In Custodia Legis
Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
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Constitution
- Birth of the Constitution of Japan (external link) (National Diet Library) presents the major events and important documents involved in the framing and enactment of Japan's Constitution.
- WIPO Lex: Japan (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- Constitution Finder: Japan (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Japanese
Executive
- Prime Minister (external link)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (external link)
- Ministry of Justice (external link)
- Links to Ministries and Other Organizations (external link)
- Fundamental Structure of the Government of Japan (external link)
- Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority (external link)
- Japan Reconstruction Agency (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Court of Japan (external link) includes recent and intellectual property cases in Japanese
- Supreme Court of Japan: Judgments (external link) English translations of selected cases
- Japanese Constitutional Court Cases in English (Law Library of Congress)
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Shûgi-in (House of Representatives) (external link) and Sangi-in (House of Councillors) (external link)
- GAZETTE: Kanpō (external link) | Official Gazette (external link)
- Hōrei dēta teikyō sisutemu (external link)current laws, cabinet orders, and ministry ordinances
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Ordinances (external link)
- Legal Research Guide: Japan - Web Sources (Law Library of Congress)
- Japanese Law Translations (external link)
- NATLEX: Japan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- WIPO Lex: Japan (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Firearms - Control Legislation and Policy: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Japan (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Guest Worker Programs: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Habeas Corpus Rights: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis: Laws and Regulations Passed in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis: Searching for Current Japanese Laws and Regulations (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis: Sentencing of Parents who Kill Children in Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Japan: Interpretations of Article 9 of the Constitution (Law Library of Congress)
- Japan: Legal Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 (Law Library of Congress)
- Japan: WWII POW and Forced Labor Compensation Cases (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Japan (Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- National Funding of Road Infrastructure: Japan (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Japan (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Japan (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Japan (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- ForIntLaw: Japan (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- J Guide: Law and Regulation (external link) (Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources)
- Japanese Legal Research (external link) (University of Washington Gallagher Law Library)
- International Judicial Assistance: Legal Considerations: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- RefWorld Legal Information: Japan (external link) (UNHCR)
- Update: Japanese Law Research Guide (external link) (GlobaLex)
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (external link) (LLRX)
- World Legal Information Institute: Japan (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Japan (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Asian Division Collections: Japanese (Library of Congress)
- Country Study: Japan (Library of Congress) January 1994
- Japan Documentation Center (JDC) (Library of Congress) database contains over 5,000 public policy references, from 1988 to 1999
- Maps: Japan (Library of Congress)
- Places in the News: Japan (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Japan (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- World Digital Library: National Diet Library (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News Asia: Japan Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Japan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- The Economist: Japan (external link)
- Embassy of Japan, Washington (external link)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- FAO Country Profiles: Japan (UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
- Government / Political System (external link) (Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Japan (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Investment Climate Statement: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- JGuide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Sources (external link)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Diet Library (external link)
- U.S. Census Bureau: Trade in Goods with Japan
- U.S. Embassy, Tokyo (U.S. Dept. of State)
- U.S. Office of the Trade Representative: Japan
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Japan (external link) (University of Colorado at Boulder)
- World Bank: Norway (external link)
- World Factbook: Japan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Japan (external link)
For more information on Japan, see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Japan
- In Custodia Legis Blog Search: Japan
- Law Library of Congress Search: Japan
Last Updated: 11/30/2015
