How does voting work in Japan?

As of 2017, voting in Japanese elections is limited to Japanese citizens. It needs to be noted that there are lifelong and even multi-generational residents of Japan that are not citizens. Over the years there have been various challenges and camp... read more

Examples include, early voting - starting a week before election day, voters can go to the local municipal offices and vote early. This has been an option since 2003. Voters that are hospitalized and thus unable to go to their polling stations are allowed to vote in the hospital or senior citizen facilities. read more

The minimum voting age in Japan's non-compulsory electoral system was reduced from twenty to eighteen years in June 2016. Voters must satisfy a three-month residency requirement before being allowed to cast a ballot. read more

Competition for lower house seats in the February 1990 general election varied from district to district. Tokyo's fourth district had seventeen candidates running for five seats, while the second district in Ibaraki Prefecture had only four persons running for three seats. read more