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Japan

Civil law with common-law influenceUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchyReviewed· 2026-05-15
Capital
Tokyo
Population
123,500,000
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY

Japan · Resources

Official resources and emergency contacts

Primary-source portals, regulators and the numbers worth having to hand.

Emergency and assistance

Police
110
Fire and ambulance
119
Legal aid
Japan Legal Support Centre (Hōterasu)

Official portals

Japanese Law Translation (Ministry of Justice)
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
e-Gov statute database
https://elaws.e-gov.go.jp
Supreme Court judgments
https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/search
National Diet legislative record
https://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng
Official government portal of Japan

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