The head of a suprapartisan league of South Korean lawmakers working to promote friendship with Japan called on Tokyo to take a restrained approach regarding the disputed Sea of Japan islets known in Japan as Takeshima. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/politics/korea-takeshima-restrained-approach/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takeshima #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #shimane
The Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court has ruled that the House of Councilors election in July was held in a “state of unconstitutionality” due to vote-value disparities of up to 3.13 times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/crime-legal/upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025upperhouseelection #diet #japanesecourts #shimane