Japan

Population Statistics

126,919,659

Total Population

19,037,949

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 January 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Japan (1946, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 78 states:

Judges shall not be removed except by public impeachment unless judicially declared mentally or physically incompetent to perform official duties...

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of Japan (1946, last amended 2012)