Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

JACAR Newsletter

JACAR Newsletter Number 45

December 26, 2024

Event Information from Cooperating Institutions

National Archives of Japan

2024 3rd Featured Exhibition “‘Universal Suffrage’ and ‘Women’s Suffrage’: The Expansion of Voting Rights and Its History”

Period	About	Link
Saturday, January 18, 2025 to Monday/National Holiday, February 24, 2025 ※Open daily 9:15 AM to 5:00 PM No reservations required, free admission	The year 2025 will be the 100th anniversary since the promulgation of the Revised Act for Election of the Members of the House of Representatives, “Universal Male Suffrage Act,” in 1925, that extended voting rights to all males aged 25 or older. It also marks the 80th year since a revision to that same act granted women the right to vote, or “women’s suffrage,” in 1945. This exhibition traces the history of how voting rights were expanded in modern Japan with the materials mainly held by the National Archives of Japan. Site: 1st floor Exhibition Hall, Tokyo Main Office, National Archives of Japan	→Homepage(HTML)

Period

About

Link

Saturday, January 18, 2025 to Monday/National Holiday, February 24, 2025

※Open daily

9:15 AM to 5:00 PM

No reservations required, free admission

The year 2025 will be the 100th anniversary since the promulgation of the Revised Act for Election of the Members of the House of Representatives, “Universal Male Suffrage Act,” in 1925, that extended voting rights to all males aged 25 or older. It also marks the 80th year since a revision to that same act granted women the right to vote, or “women’s suffrage,” in 1945. This exhibition traces the history of how voting rights were expanded in modern Japan with the materials mainly held by the National Archives of Japan.

Site: 1st floor Exhibition Hall, Tokyo Main Office, National Archives of Japan

→Homepage(HTML)