Right to vote and right to vote

●Right to vote
The right to vote is one of the rights of the people stated in the Constitution of Japan and can be obtained by Japanese citizens aged 18 and over. However, in order to vote in the election, the name must be on the electoral list of the municipality.
Once registered in the electoral list, it will be permanently effective except in the case of death or loss of nationality.
To the electoral list page

●Election rights

The right to vote refers to the right to run for election. The requirements vary depending on the type of election.

However, the following persons do not have the right to vote or be elected.

1) Those who are sentenced to imprisonment or higher and have completed their execution.
2) Those who are sentenced to imprisonment or higher and are no longer able to receive their execution (excluding those who are suspended from execution)
3) A person who has been sentenced to bribery for committing a bribery while in public office and has not passed five years after the prison term has expired (10 years for the right to vote), or who has been suspended from being sentenced to imprisonment.
4) A person who is sentenced to imprisonment or higher due to a crime related to elections stipulated by the Public Office Election Law and other laws and are suspended from execution of that sentence
5) A person who has been sentenced to a fine or higher due to a crime related to an election stipulated in the Public Office Election Law and has been suspended from voting rights and voting rights.
6) A person who has been sentenced to a fine or higher due to a crime stipulated in the Electromagnetic Recording Voting Act and has been suspended from voting rights and voting rights.

7) A person who has been sentenced to a fine or higher due to a crime stipulated in the Political Funds Control Law and has been suspended from voting rights and voting rights.

8) Restrictions on election rights under the concurrency system
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At present, Japanese citizens have the right to vote when they are 18 years old, but in 1889, they were only right for direct tax taxpayers of 15 yen or more for boys aged 25 and over. In 1925, tax payment qualifications were abolished due to the enforcement of the ordinary election law, and in 1945, the election law including women's suffrage, were revised, and a complete ordinary election system was realized.
In the case of Yokohama, it became a city in 1889, and at the same time City Counsil was born. At that time, the city council election was a method of dividing the total amount of tax payment into three equal parts and selecting the same number of members (12 members) from each class. It was a severe restricted election of only boys aged 25 and over who paid the national tax of 2 yen or more directly. The majority of the electors were members of parliament, and the rich people chose rich.