| Japanese courts press Abe on electoral reform | Japanese courts are stepping up pressure on the government to reform the nation's electoral system or risk having the results of last year's general election invalidated.
Six regional high courts are to deliver rulings on Tuesday in so-called "one person, one vote" cases brought by constitutional activists. The Japanese electoral system gives voters in sparsely populated rural districts disproportionate power.
The courts could follow the lead of the Hiroshima high court, which on Monday became the first Japanese court to declare outright that the results of a parliamentary election should be discarded.
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