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Amendment to the Public Offices Election Act in 1998, allowed participation of overseas voters in proportional representation component of elections to the House of Representatives (Japan has parallel electoral system consisting of proportional and single member districts). Further amendment to the law in 2006, eventually allowed Japanese overseas voters to vote in the district elections as well.
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The Political Participation and Constitution in Japan by Shigenori Matsui: "On the other hand, Japanese citizens living abroad who had no address in Japan were deprived of any opportunity to participate in elections before 1998. Even after an amendment of Public Office Election Act in 1998, overseas voters were allowed to participate only in the proportional representation elections (page 11). The government finally amended the Public Office Election Act in 2006 to allow overseas voters to participate in election districts (page12)."

See also this article for detailed explanation of the external voting reforms in Japan: The voting rights of Japanese citizens living abroad

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, About the overseas election system [in Japanese], accessed 7 November 2021

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