Court Finds July Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State

Court Finds July Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Kanazawa branch of Nagoya High Court on Wednesday ruled that the July election of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, was held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities. A group of lawyers, including Hidetoshi Masunaga, sought the invalidation of the election, whose maximum vote-val...