High court rules Japan's dual nationality ban constitutional

A Japanese high court has ruled that the country's nationality law that denies dual citizenship is constitutional, upholding a lower court decision that rejected a challenge by a Japanese-born U.S. citizen.Yuri Kondo, 77, who resides in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, claims Article 11 of the nationality law, which stipulates loss of Japanese nationality if a foreign nationality is acquired by choice, infringes on her right to self-determination.In Thursday's ruling, Fukuoka High Court Presiding Judge Gunichi Kurushima said there is "little necessity" to allow dual nationality, ca…READ FULL ARTICLE