{
  "id": 10708078,
  "title": "Japan Lower House Max Vote-Value Gap Hits 2.275 Times",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/japan-lower-house-max-vote-value-gap-hits-2-275-times",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:11:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026092900906/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--The maximum vote-value disparity among single-seat constituencies for Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, was 2.275 times, according to the final 2025 national census data released by the internal affairs ministry Tuesday. Forty of the Lower House's 289 single-seat constituencies had vote-value gaps of at least two times, a level ...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}