Japan

Japan: Japanese Political Parties: Ideals and Reality

The discussion paper "Japanese Political Parties: Ideals and Reality" written by Gerald Curtis (Columbia University and RIETI).

Japan: Examining the Process of the 1994 Japanese Electoral Reform

The paper "Examining the Process of the 1994 Japanese Electoral Reform" written by Jo K.Iwasaki (The London School of Economic and Political Science).

Japan: The Electoral Foundations of Japan’s Financial Politics

The paper "The Electoral Foundations of Japan’s Financial Politics: The Case of Jusen" by Frances Rosenbluth (Yale) and Michael F. Thies (UCLA)

Japan: Japan Votes: Rational Choices and Social Obligations

Japan Votes: Rational Choices and Social Obligations

Japan: Japanese Electoral Politics: Reform, Results, and Prospects for the Future

The paper "Japanese Electoral Politics: Reform, Results, and Prospects for the Future" by Joe Michael Sasanuma

Japan: The Constitution of Japan (1946)

The Constitution of Japan (1946)

Japan: Judgement by the Supreme Court of the provision of the Public Offices Elections Law on Election Districts and the Apportionment of Seats

A copy of the judgement by the Supreme Court of Japan of the provision of the Public Offices Elections Law on Election Districts and the Apportionment of Seats

Electoral Ordinance and Party Systems from an Institutionalist Perspective: Japan and Poland

The paper "Electoral Ordinance and Party Systems from an Institutionalist Perspective: Japan and Poland" by Takayuki Ito, 1989-2001

Election System in Japan, Free Choice Foundation (2007)

 

Japan:Public Offices Election Act (2016)

This website is in Japanese.

Japan:Public Offices Election Act (2016)

The file is in Japanese. http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S25/S25HO100.html

Japan:Order for Enforcement of the Public Offices Election Act (2016)

http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S25/S25SE089.html

Japan:Political Party Subsidies Act (1994)

Political Party Subsidies Act (1994, last amended in 2014) http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H06/H06HO005.html

Japan:Political Funds Control Act (1948)

Political Funds Control Act (1948, last amended in 2014) Link:http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/S23/S23HO194.html

Japan:Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan (2007)

Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan (2007, last amended in 2014) http://law.e-gov.go.jp/htmldata/H19/H19HO051.html

Japan: Constitution (1946)

Constitution of Japan (English)

Japan: Public Offices Election Act (2019 rev.)

 

Japan: Order for Enforcement of the Public Offices Election Act (2019 rev.)

 

Japan: Act for Establishment of the Council on the House of Representative Electoral District (2016 rev.)

 

Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Act (2017 rev.)

 

Japan: Act on Standards for Expenses of Diet Election and Other Elections (2016 rev.)

 

Japan: Political Party Subsidies Act (2019 rev.)

 

Japan: Political Funds Control Act (2019 rev.)