Japan top court rules 2025 upper house vote gap in unconstitutional state
2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story so far; it is not verified yet.
Baku, November 11, AZERTACJapan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the up to 3.13-fold disparity in the weight of votes in the July 2025 Senate election was in a "state of unconstitutionality," but dismissed requests to nullify the results, Kyodo news agency reported.The top court said in the ruling that parliament's efforts to reduce vote disparities had "stalled," describing the 3.13-fold gap as "hard to ignore."The court had ruled the vote disparities in the previous upper house elections in 2016, 2019 and 2022 constitutional after the country merged two pairs of less-populated…
⚠ A state-run outlet: it may reflect official government positions.
How sure are we
2 outlets reported this story, but it isn’t verified yet: that takes two or more independent outlets and a reliability score of 65%.
Who reported it
1 outlet from Japan, where the story is: The Japan Times · how we count
- Nov 11, 8:46 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisJapan top court rules 2025 upper house vote gap in unconstitutional stateazertag.az ↗
- Nov 11, 9:09 AM UTC+23 minJapan top court rules 2025 election in unconstitutional state japantimes.co.jp ↗
No verification data yet
Checks run automatically as new sources are ingested.
Score bands
What moves the score
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
High · How we score this