[1]: 1377 Japan's bar associations are careful to select lawyers whose terms will be shorter than those of nominated former judges.
)[2] This causes quick turnover of justices, which has resulted in a perception of the Court as a "nameless, faceless judiciary.
"[3] After appointment, Supreme Court justices are subject to a "people's review": an automatic retention referendum in which the voters may remove the judge from office.
A people's review occurs at the first election to the House of Representatives after a justice assumes office, when the question of whether his tenure should continue is put to voters on the ballot.
The Supreme Court justice is then subject to a further people's review at the first lower house election after every ten years.