外がい国こく人じん参さん政せい権けん

noun

voting rights for foreign residents; enfranchisement of foreign residents

Political term referring to the right of non-citizen permanent residents to vote in local or national elections. Often discussed in the context of Japan's foreign resident population.

• 外がい国こく人じん参さん政せい権けんを認みとめるかどうかは、長なが年ねん議ぎ論ろんされている。

  Whether to grant voting rights to foreign residents has been debated for many years.

• 彼かれは外がい国こく人じん参さん政せい権けんに反はん対たいの立たち場ばをとっている。

  He takes a stance against enfranchisement of foreign residents.