The Hiroshima High Court ruled on Tuesday that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in an unconstitutional state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-court-upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025upperhouseelection #japanesecourts #votedisparity

The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/crime-legal/upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #upperhouse #japanesecourt #votedisparity

A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit with Osaka High Court on Tuesday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of Councilors election in six electoral districts, claiming that it was unconstitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/crime-legal/vote-disparity-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #votedisparity #2025upperhouseelection

The Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court found last year's House of Representatives election constitutional in terms of vote-value disparity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/18/japan/crime-legal/court-branch-lower-house-poll-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #votedisparity #constitution #lowerhouse #diet

A group of lawyers led by Hidetoshi Masunaga filed lawsuits with the Fukuoka High Court and elsewhere on Monday morning to nullify the result of previous day's general election for the House of Representatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/28/japan/politics/lawyers-suit-election-nullification/ #japan #politics #constitution #japanesecourts #2024lowerhouseelection #votedisparity

One vote in the least-populated single-seat constituency for the lower chamber of Japan's parliament is at least twice as powerful as one in the eight most populous constituencies, a new analysis shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/26/japan/politics/electoral-districts-vote-disparity/ #japan #politics #votedisparity #constitution #lowerhouse

The Supreme Court has ruled that the up to 3.03-fold vote disparity in the 2022 Upper House election was constitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/18/japan/crime-legal/2022-election-disparity-constitutional/?utm_content=bufferdad6c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #2022upperhouseelection #votedisparity #upperhouse

A struggle over a choice of electoral candidate in Yamaguchi Prefecture between rival Liberal Democratic Party factions ended last week, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's caucus coming out on top. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/20/national/politics-diplomacy/yamaguchi-ldp-power-struggle/?utm_content=buffer71c23&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #shinzoabe #ldp #yoshimasahayashi #votedisparity #yamaguchi #2023localelections #shinjiyoshida