Tokyo District Court Orders Government to Disclose Documents to Clarify Interpretation of Science Council of Japan's "Prime Minister's Refusal to Appoint Members"

In a lawsuit filed by Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Senator Konishi Hiroyuki against the government seeking disclosure of administrative documents that led to a clarification of the legal interpretation allowing the prime minister to refuse appointments in 2020 over then-Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's refusal to appoint six candidates recommended as members of the Science Council of Japan, the Tokyo District Court on the 16th ruled t…