# 日本国憲法 / The Constitution of Japan — 第七十九条 (Article 79) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79. 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. - Law: 日本国憲法 (The Constitution of Japan), 昭和二十一年憲法 - English title "The Constitution of Japan": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Constitution — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十九条 (Article 79) — address `art-79` - Text in force since: 1947-05-03 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79 - e-Gov law ID: 321CONSTITUTION — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十九条 art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79 **第一項** 最高裁判所は、その長たる裁判官及び法律の定める員数のその他の裁判官でこれを構成し、その長たる裁判官以外の裁判官は、内閣でこれを任命する。 art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-1 The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Judge and such number of judges as may be determined by law; all such judges excepting the Chief Judge shall be appointed by the Cabinet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 最高裁判所の裁判官の任命は、その任命後初めて行はれる衆議院議員総選挙の際国民の審査に付し、その後十年を経過した後初めて行はれる衆議院議員総選挙の際更に審査に付し、その後も同様とする。 art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-2 The appointment of the judges of the Supreme Court shall be reviewed by the people at the first general election of members of the House of Representatives following their appointment, and shall be reviewed again at the first general election of members of the House of Representatives after a lapse of ten (10) years, and in the same manner thereafter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、投票者の多数が裁判官の罷免を可とするときは、その裁判官は、罷免される。 art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-3 In cases mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, when the majority of the voters favors the dismissal of a judge, he shall be dismissed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 審査に関する事項は、法律でこれを定める。 art-79/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-4 Matters pertaining to review shall be prescribed by law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 最高裁判所の裁判官は、法律の定める年齢に達した時に退官する。 art-79/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-5 The judges of the Supreme Court shall be retired upon the attainment of the age as fixed by law. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 最高裁判所の裁判官は、すべて定期に相当額の報酬を受ける。この報酬は、在任中、これを減額することができない。 art-79/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-6 All such judges shall receive, at regular stated intervals, adequate compensation which shall not be decreased during their terms of office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79/par-3: 前項 → 日本国憲法 第七十九条第二項 (Article 79, paragraph (2)), art-79/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 日本国憲法 第七十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-79/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 日本国憲法 — the text in force from 1947-05-03 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/321CONSTITUTION/19470503_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-09-16 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — The Constitution of Japan — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/174/tb), retrieved 2026-09-16 - This site's parser, version 211 — 日本国憲法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-16