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PUBLIC OFFICES ELECTION LAW

JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2016
Diet approves setting up polling stations at railway stations, shopping malls
A law allowing voters to cast ballots in national and local elections at booths in train stations and commercial complexes gets passed.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2016
Administration looks to let people vote in major train stations, other high-traffic locations
Hoping to raise voter turnout, the Abe administration plans to allow people to cast their ballots at major train stations and commercial complexes, according to a government source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2015
New Okinawa minister denies 2010 calendar violated election law
Aiko Shimajiri, appointed minister in charge of Okinawa issues in the Oct. 7 Cabinet reshuffle, is denying that distributing a calendar bearing her name and head shot was a violation of the election law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2015
Diet enacts law lowering voting age to 18 from 20
The move represents the biggest reform of Japan's electoral laws in 70 years, and an attempt to encourage younger voters to be more politically active.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2015
House of Representatives passes bill to lower voting age
The legislation to reduce the minimum voting age to 18 from 20 will enfranchise some 2.4 million 18- and 19-year-olds ahead of next year's House of Councilors election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 2, 2014
Ex-Your Party head Watanabe faces criminal complaint
Members of an Osaka civic group file a criminal complaint against former Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe over ¥500 million in dubious loans that made him step down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2014
Prosecutors poised to charge ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose over funds
Prosecutors are poised to charge former Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose at a summary court with failure to report election funds over ¥50 million he received from a major hospital chain, sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2013
Upholding the right to vote
The Tokyo District Court declares unconstitutional an election law provision that strips voting rights from adults who've had guardians chosen for them.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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