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.
- Constitution Finder: Japan (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Japanese
Executive
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
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Shûgi-in (House of Representatives) (external link) and Sangi-in (House of Councillors)
- GAZETTE: Kanpō (external link) last 5 days
- Legal Research: Japan - Web Sources (Law Library of Congress)
- Hōrei dēta teikyō sisutemu (external link) current laws, cabinet orders, and ministry ordinances
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Ordinances (external link)
- Japanese Law Translations (external link)
- NATLEX: Japan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Legal Research: 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)
- Current Legal Topics (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Japan (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- FindLaw: Japan (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Japan (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Japan (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- J Guide: Law and Regulation (external link) (Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources)
- Japanese Law via the Internet (external link) (GlobaLex)
- Japanese Legal Research (external link) (University of Washington Gallagher Law Library)
- Judicial Assistance: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (external link) (LLRX)
- World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Japan (external link) (Deutscher Bundestag)
- 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
- Background Note: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- 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)
- Government / Political System (external link) (Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco)
- Human Rights in Japan (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Japan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Japan Documentation Center Bibliographic Database (Library of Congress) - no longer updated after March 2000; contains over 5,000 public policy references, from 1988 to 1999
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Diet Library (external link)
- NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Tokyo (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Japan (external link) (University of Colorado at Boulder)
- World Factbook: Japan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- WWW-VL Asian Studies: Japan (external link) (Stanford University)
- Yahoo: Japan (external link)
For more information on Japan see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Japan
- Children's Rights: Japan
- Habeas Corpus Rights: Japan
- Legal Research: Japan
- Article 9 of the Constitution: Japan
- WWII POW and Forced Labor Compensation Cases: Japan
Last Updated: 08/09/2012