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dec 17, 1945 - Japan

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A December 1945 revision of the Election Law granted women the right to vote in Japan. Women then participated in the April 1946 election, the first general election to be held after the war.

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2015/03/women-in-history-voting-rights/

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dec 17, 1945
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~ 80 years ago

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