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Here you will learn about the election rights and eligibility. First, let's learn about the right to vote. Right to vote is that of the right to participate in the election. This right does not mean that it is possible to get anyone. If you clear a certain number of conditions you can get right. Let's check its condition. Conditions obtained the governor, prefectural assembly members of the right to vote Japan is the people in the full 20 years of age or older, and who has an address to continue for more than three months within the prefecture Conditions obtained a city length-municipality length Parliament of suffrage · Japanese people in is 20 years old or more, continued for more than three months in the city of Address person ※ governor age is pulled down in June 2016, mayoral election, is 18 years of age from 20-year-old right to vote, such as prefectural parliamentary elections ※ A person who has a right to vote are registered in the electoral roll ※ age, Man'nenrei at the time any enforcement date (election day) The person corresponding to the following not obtained the right to vote. - It has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a greater punishment person until the end of the enforcement - Been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a greater punishment's until it is no longer to receive its enforcement (except for a person in a sentence of probation) Those who are not in jail term expires by the bribery crime or mediation gain crimes committed while in office - -Bribery crimes committed while in public office or who have not passed the five (5) years from the prison expiration of mediation gain sin - It has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a greater punishment by crime related to election, who Kay in probation • Do not passed the five (5) years from the prison terminated by crime related to election who And political by the Funds Control Law in defining the crime been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a greater punishment, who Kay in probation · The crime set forth in the Political Funds Control Law who have not passed a certain period of time from prison expiration		Bribery crime (bribery goods) ... civil servants, arbitrator with respect to duties, or received a bribe, request, promise or to the crime Mediation gain sin (mediation gain goods) ... duties unauthorized crimes established by receiving a bribe even in the civil service That period in which the prison term expires ... imprisonment can be imposed has been completed Imprisonment (safe) ... only jail inmates in prison, that of punishment that do not enforce labor During probation ... period, good system is not subject to punishment if you seriously working in the society Law that aims Political Funds Control Law ... to ensure the fairness and justice of the political activities of political organizations, to contribute to the development of democratic politics.


Then let's learn about eligibility. Eligibility is the right to stand for election. This right also does not mean that it is possible to get everyone in the same way the right to vote. Conditions obtained the eligibility of the prefectural governor Thing - a Japanese citizen it is full 30 years of age or older. Conditions obtained the eligibility of the State Parliament Thing - a Japanese citizen it is full 25 years of age or older. - That the you have a prefectural Parliament of suffrage Conditions obtained the eligibility of municipalities length Thing - a Japanese citizen it is full 25 years of age or older. Conditions obtained the eligibility of municipal legislators Thing - a Japanese citizen it is full 25 years of age or older. - That the you have the municipal Parliament of suffrage Human conditions eligibility can not be obtained is the same as the right to vote.