Ryuji Kimura filed the lawsuit in the Kobe district court last June. Read more at straitstimes.com.
had a record of seeking damages from the government. He would also claim he was unfairly barred from running for the Upper House election, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Ryuji Kimura filed the lawsuit in the Kobe district court last June, claiming he could not run for election held on July 10 due to his age and inability to prepare a 3 million yen deposit, the report said, citing the case record. According to the record, Kimura claimed the election law violates the Constitution, which stipulates equality under the law among other provisions.
The court dismissed the claim, in which the 24-year-old suspect sought 100,000 yen damages for the mental anguish he had suffered, said the Yomiuri report. Kimura appealed to the Osaka High Court against this ruling, and a decision was scheduled for May this year, it said.
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