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Two high courts on Tuesday ruled that the February general election for the House of Representatives was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/20/japan/crime-legal/courts-lower-house-poll-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #votedisparity #japanesecourts #kagawa #fukuoka #lowerhouse
Two courts find February’s Lower House election constitutional

The lawyers who filed the lawsuits claimed that the maximum vote-value disparity of 2.10 times in the election failed to meet the equal value of votes under the Constitution.

The Japan Times
May 20 at 10:09amBuffer