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VALUE

EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2013
Reduce disparities in value of votes
The Diet and government should immediatly start working out a way to drastically reduce disparities in vote values.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2013
Annulling the Upper House poll
As soon as the results were announced for last week's Upper House election, lawsuits were filed demanding the nullifcation because of vote-vale disparities.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2013
Makeshift fix for electoral disparity
Ruling coalition party members in the Lower House ramrod passage of an overdue reapportionment measure that only begins to address vote-value disparities.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2013
Councilors snub bill on vote gap fix
In an act of protest, the opposition-controlled House of Councilors refuses to vote on a bill to rectify the unconstitutional vote-value disparity in the House of Representatives and sends it back to the lower chamber.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2013
Pseudo electoral reform
The bill just passed by the Liberal Democratic Party and ally Komeito to rectify vote-value disparity between districts is no more than pseudo electoral reform.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 12, 2013
Cabinet OKs bill to pare gap in vote values
On the heels of a spate of court rulings that the general election was unconstitutional and even invalid, the Cabinet approves a bill to rectify vote-value disparities.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2013
A makeshift reapportionment plan
A Lower House panel recommends a makeshift measure to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to rectify vote-value disparities among single-seat districts.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2013
More rulings against vote disparity
Six courts declare apportionment for the Dec. 16 Lower House election unconstitutional, signaling more judicial irritation with vote-value disparity.

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