Japan is not renowned for its courtroom dramas. But occasionally a landmark ruling does make the front pages.
Witness the Sep. 14, 2005, Supreme Court decision on absentee voting. Plaintiffs sued the government for not guaranteeing their constitutional right to vote from overseas, and won.
This is big. Big enough maybe, believe it or not, to have a profound effect on human rights for foreigners in Japan.
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