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Household Registration and Suffrage in Post World War II Japan: The case of the Unregistered (Mukosekisha).
- Source :
- Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus; 8/1/2018, Vol. 16 Issue 15, p2-2, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper examines the suffrage rights of mukosekisha: Japanese who are not listed in a household registration (koseki). It explains that Japanese who are not listed in a household registration do not enjoy the right to vote unless they are recorded in a resident record (jëmin hyō), which differs from the household registration. Moreover, a provision in the Public Offices Election Act enacted soon after World War II may prevent some Japanese who are not listed in a household registration from exercising their right to vote even if they are recorded in a resident record. This out-dated provision should be amended to allow the right to vote of Japanese who are not listed in a household registration but are recorded in a resident record. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUFFRAGE
HOUSEHOLDS
RECORDING & registration
JAPANESE people
RESIDENTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131332840