This research paper delves into the structures and functions of the Japanese judicial system. This report talks about the different courts, court judges and extra court officials. It introduces prosecutors, their assistants, and prosecutors' offices and the functions of those offices throughout Japan. The document mentions the amounts of each of these buildings, officials and offices; including the types of cases handled by these courts. You will also read about the qualifications someone must achieve in Japan to be qualified as a judge. The information in this article will show similarities and differences between the American justice system and the Japanese justice system. Japanese CourtsThere are five types of courts in Japan. Number one is the Supreme Court, number two is the High Court, number three is the district courts, number four is the family courts and number five is the summary courts. Summary courts hear civil cases involving claims that do not exceed 900,000 yen or US$11,711.54; and criminal cases associated with crimes punishable by fines or lesser penalties and civil disputes. There are four hundred and thirty-eight locations throughout Japan. These cases are handled by a single summary court judge. District courts handle most civil and criminal cases. There are fifty locations across Japan with several branches in two hundred and three locations. Most cases are heard by a single judge, as distinguished from those cases in which "it has been decided that the hearing and sentence be issued by a collegiate court or cases in which the crimes are punishable by imprisonment, with or without work, for a minimum period of no less than one year” (Wilson, 2009). The Fa... at the center of the document... will now be on six topics; the Constitution of Japan, the Civil Code, the Criminal Code, Commercial Law, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The oral part will focus on five topics; the Constitution of Japan, the Civil Code, the Criminal Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Code of Criminal Procedure.Work CitedSecretariat, JRC (July 1999). Japanese judicial system. Retrieved from http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/judiciary/0620system.htmlWilson. L. (2009, May 2). Japan [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://judo2009-blog.blogspot.com/2009/05/japan.htmlCentral Intelligence Agency. (08N). Retrieved from http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html“Japan” World Mark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 2007 Retrieved November 21, 2001, from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2586700204.html