Japan top court rules expats inability to vote on justices unconstitutional

Japan's top court on Wednesday ruled the inability of Japanese citizens abroad to cast ballots to decide whether to dismiss appointed Supreme Court justices is unconstitutional.The successful appeal brought by five people including Tsukasa Hirano, a Japanese man living in Brazil, and film director Kazuhiro Soda, argued the exclusion violates citizens' "inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them" as defined in Article 15 of the Constitution.The decision was unanimous from all 15 justices and handed down by Presiding Justice Naoto Otani at the Supreme Court's Grand…READ FULL ARTICLE