I just read an interesting opinion piece by a Japanese professor concerning the right to vote by non-Japanese permanent residents. Check it out. I think I already knew that you can't hold multiple citizenships if you become a citizen of Japan, but that fact struck me as interesting in this new light. I know a guy who is both a citizen of the US and of Italy, and I always thought that was cool.
In any event, letting permanent residents vote in Japan would be a big step. "Foreigners" are marginalized quite a bit, though, so it would really just be the first step of many.
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i think it's a great idea. who better to choose the leader of a country than those who have to experience the administration and its rules in order to live there?
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