Prefectural and local election will be held on April 26th. This is quadrennial unified local election.Well known process of election campaign in Japan are as follows. Candidates for a councilor or mayor drive around in town about a week. They usually say their policy and call own names many times to make people remember their name. They put posters as well.
In Japan, over 20 year-old people are eligible to vote for elections. However we start to discuss to change voting age. It’s controversial.
