What is the voting age in Japan?
18
The voting age is 18.
Japan is one of 196 countries classified “18” for the voting age — 88% of the 222 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Voting age
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- 18 The voting age is 18.
- North Korea
- 16–17 The voting age is 17.
- Taiwan
- 19+ The voting age is 20.
- Northern Mariana Islands
- 18 The voting age is 18.
- Hong Kong
- 18 The voting age is 18.
- Macau
- 18 The voting age is 18.
Other laws in Japan
- Compulsory Voting
- Voluntary
- Minimum Working Age
- Under 14
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