Act on the Compensation of Judges

Article 1 The compensation and other salaries received by judges are governed by the provisions of this Act.

Article 2 The monthly compensation of a judge is to be in accordance with the attached table.

Article 3 The category of compensation or monthly compensation received by each judge, each assistant judge and each summary court judge is specified by the Supreme Court.

Article 4 (1) The compensation of a judge is paid from the day they are appointed; provided, however, that when a person who has lost their position as a judge is appointed as a judge on the same day, their compensation is paid from the following day of their appointment. (2) If the judge's compensation is increased, the new amount of compensation is paid from the date of the increase.

Article 5 (1) If a judge loses their position, they are to receive compensation until that date. (2) If a judge dies, their compensation is paid until the month of their death.

Article 6 The compensation of a judge is paid monthly at a time to be specified by the Supreme Court; provided, however, that in the case of the preceding Article it is paid at the time when a judge loses their position or dies.

Article 7 When compensation is paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or Article 5, paragraph (1), the amount of that compensation is calculated on a daily basis, with one twenty-fifth of the monthly compensation amount as the daily compensation amount; provided, however, that if the amount exceeds the monthly amount of compensation, it is to be limited to the monthly compensation.

Article 8 Deleted

Article 9 (1) As specified by the Supreme Court, salary other than compensation is paid to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, and high court presidents in the same manner as that of persons listed in Article 1, items (i) through (xlii) of the Act on Remuneration of Government Officials with Special Capacity (Act No. 252 of 1949); to judges and summary court judges who receive the monthly compensation as specified in Article 15 or the compensation in categories 1 through 4 in the same manner as that of officials to whom the Designated Service Salary Schedule is applied under the Act on Remuneration of Officials in the Regular Service Category (Act No. 95 of 1950); and to other type of judges in the same manner as that of general government officials; provided, however, that a special adjustment of compensation, overtime allowances, holiday pay, night shift allowances, and night and day shift allowances are not paid. (2) An unaccompanied transfer allowance is paid to the high court presidents, as specified by the Supreme Court, in the same manner as that of general government officials. (3) A cold area allowance is paid to the high court presidents who serves in cold areas, as specified by the Supreme Court, in the same manner as that of general government officials.

Article 10 When the government increases the amount of salaries and other wages or provides special salaries for general officials due to significant changes in the cost of living and general wage conditions, the Supreme Court, as specified by other Acts, increases the amount of compensation and other salary or provides special salaries for judges in the same manner as those of general government officials.

Article 11 The detailed regulations concerning the compensation and other salaries of judges are established by the Supreme Court.

Supplementary Provisions

Article 15 Until otherwise provided, the monthly compensation for summary court judges may be set at 968,000 yen, limited to special cases, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2.

Appended Table (Re. Article 2) Classification Monthly compensation Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2,016,000 yen Justice of the Supreme Court 1,470,000 yen Presidents of the Tokyo High Court 1,410,000 yen Other high court presidents 1,306,000 yen Judges Category 1 1,178,000 yen Category 2 1,038,000 yen Category 3 968,000 yen Category 4 820,000 yen Category 5 708,000 yen Category 6 636,000 Category 7 576,000 yen Category 8 518,000 yen Assistant judges Category 1 423,000 yen Category 2 389,300 yen Category 3 367,100 yen Category 4 343,800 yen Category 5 322,400 yen Category 6 307,900 yen Category 7 291,400 yen Category 8 282,200 yen Category 9 263,500 yen Category 10 254,800 yen Category 11 249,400 yen Category 12 244, 000 yen Summary court judges Category 1 820,000 yen Category 2 708,000 yen Category 3 636,000 yen Category 4 576,000 yen Category 5 440,400 yen Category 6 423,000 yen Category 7 389,300 yen Category 8 367,100 yen Category 9 343,800 yen Category 10 322,400 yen Category 11 307,900 yen Category 12 291,400 yen Category 13 282,200 yen Category 14 263,500 yen Category 15 254,800 yen Category 16 249,400 yen Category 17 244, 000 yen