Until 1865 appeals from decisions of consular officials were made to the Supreme Court of Hong Kong.
From 1865 appeals from decisions could be made to the British Supreme Court for China and Japan in Shanghai.
Judges of the Shanghai Supreme Court were also empowered to travel to Japan to try cases on circuit.
Under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed in 1894, Britain gave up extraterritorial rights in Japan with effect from July 1899.
The Court for Japan officially heard its last case, which had been filed before the end of July 1899, in early 1900.