Legislation 75% open

Japan

Japan is ranked #12 for this dataset
Japan's Index ranking for legislation is up from #47 in 2013

What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available.

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Openly licensed? Yes(Here)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Seems no restriction for its use but not clear, but unified big data seems not available (you have to download them one by one). English translation of those laws are also available (http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/) but not always up-to-date.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Laura James
  • Masayuki Hatta

Submitters

  • Masahiko SHOJI
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Masayuki Hatta