Category: Election

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 20, 2024 Number of comments0
Disability Election Japan Podcast

Ahead of Lower House Election, Japan Council of Disabled People Calls for Improvements to Enable Ability to Vote [Podcast Episode]

The request calls for (1) the preparation of materials with the list of candidates written in Braille or large print, (2) permission to have a helper accompany people when voting, and (3) publicizing the fact that people who have difficulty moving around can vote by post, and people who have difficulty writing can vote by proxy by having a polling station employee write for them.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 19, 2024 1
Barrier Free Disability Election Japan

Ahead of Lower House Election, Japan Council of Disabled People Calls for Improvements to Enable Ability to Vote

On October 18th, the Japan Council of Disabled People, an NPO made up of groups for disabled people, requested the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to improve the barrier-free environment at polling stations so that disabled people can vote smoothly in the Lower House election. They said there are differences in the way election commissions handle things depending on the city, ward, town, and village, and called for the thorough use of the collection of support cases created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 13, 2024 Number of comments0
Disability Election Japan Politics

LDP Not to Endorse Disabled Author Ototake in Tokyo By-Election

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday that it will not give a recommendation on author Hirotada Ototake in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency. The LDP, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, was considering whether to support Ototake as a recommended candidate after giving up fielding its own candidate for the constituency.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt May 20, 2021 Number of comments0
Coronavirus COVID-19 Election Japan

Japanese ruling and opposition parties agree to enact law to allow COVID-19 patients to vote by mail

Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Thursday 20th May agreed to enact a new law to allow COVID-19 patients recovering in hotels or at home to vote by mail in national and local elections. COVID-19 patients and people who had close contact with them are required to stay in hotels or at home while they recover. It is difficult for them to visit polling stations.