Is writing “尘补苍箩ū shop” or “Mr. Dango” on a ballot enough to identify an election candidate whose family runs a confectionery business?
The answer is “no,” according to a Japanese court hearing a case that highlights 91AV原创 unconventional system of requiring voters to write out the names of the candidates that they are voting for.
The Tokyo High Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit filed by Toshiyuki Kiuchi, the mayor of the city of Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture who sought to overturn a prefectural election board decision that invalidated his victory in a November 2025 election.
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