1946-04-10

First Japanese general election with women voters

Tokyo and Japan-wideThe 1946 election first combined women’s suffrage with postwar party politics in Japan’s institutions.

Other events in this phase

Occupation Reforms in Japan22
  1. Women’s suffrage and Japan’s first postwar election
  2. MacArthur Notes
  3. GHQ Draft presented to the Japanese government
  4. First Japanese general election with women votersCurrent record
  5. Economic deconcentration and zaibatsu reform records
  6. Fundamental Law of Education enacted
  7. School Education Law enacted
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Source Trail

Official RecordNational Diet Library · Modern Japan in archivesOpen sourceOfficial RecordNational Diet Library · GHQ/SCAP Government Section recordsOpen source