# Labor tribunal judge (労働審判官, ろうどうしんぱんかん) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-tribunal-judge. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-tribunal-judge - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/labor-tribunal-judge - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 The judge who sits on a labor tribunal (労働審判委員会) beside its two labor tribunal members (労働審判員), designated by the district court (地方裁判所) from among its own judges (Labor Tribunal Act, Articles 7 and 8). The labor tribunal judge directs the proceedings (Article 13) and sets the dates of the hearings and summons the people concerned in the case (Article 14, paragraph (1)); the tribunal itself decides by a majority of its three members' opinions (Article 12, paragraph (1)). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Labor Tribunal Act, Arts. 7, 8, 12, 13, 14](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000045) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act ## Where the laws use it 1 law in force uses it in this sense, in 6 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Labor Tribunal Act (労働審判法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act): 6 provisions, among them [Article 7](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act/art-7), [Article 8](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act/art-8), [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-tribunal-act/art-13) ## Related - [Labor tribunal (労働審判委員会, ろうどうしんぱんいいんかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-tribunal) - [Labor tribunal member (労働審判員, ろうどうしんぱんいん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/labor-tribunal-member) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4897/tb)