Tokyo High Court rules ballots marked “Manjuya” invalid in Kamisu mayoral election
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- A court case concerns ballots marked “Manjuya” and other wording in the mayoral election in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture.
- Mayor Toshiyuki Kiuchi, whose family runs a Japanese confectionery company, sought to overturn an election commission decision that invalidated his victory.
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that ballots marked “Manjuya” and similar wording could not be counted as valid in the mayoral election in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture.
The case was brought by Kamisu Mayor Toshiyuki Kiuchi, whose family home is a Japanese confectionery manufacturer. Kiuchi challenged an Ibaraki Prefectural Election Commission decision that invalidated his election victory.
The provided account does not include the court's full reasoning or the final details of the ruling.
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Originally published by NHK in Japanese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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