Japan

Population Statistics

126,919,659

Total Population

19,037,949

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 January 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Japan (1946, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 15 states:

The people have the inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them…Universal adult suffrage is guaranteed with regard to the election of public officials. In all elections, secrecy of the ballot shall not be violated. A voter shall not be answerable, publicly or privately, for the choice he has made.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of Japan (1946, last amended 2012)