[4] The NJWL was influenced by pre-World War II suffrage organizations and did not mention gender equality or women in the workforce in its founding principles.
"[6] NJWL lobbied the government over laws and policies that were unequal in treatment of men and women.
[7] In 1905, socialist women started an opposition movement to reform the law and get rid of the ban.
The 44th Prime Minister Shidehara adapted women's suffrage in a cabinet decision and Home Minister Zenjiro Horikiri submitted the women suffrage bill of the House of Representative Election Law to the Diet on November 17, 1945.
[13] It was passed and women who are over 20 years of age voted for the first time under the Revised Election Law.