# Universal male suffrage and the Peace Preservation Law (1925)

URL: https://history-japan.com/timeline/1925-universal-male-suffrage-and-the-peace-preservation-law
Location: Japan
Categories: main-event

Legislation extended voting rights to adult men without the previous tax qualification. Women remained excluded. In the same year, the Peace Preservation Law strengthened the state’s ability to suppress movements seen as threatening the imperial polity or private property.

Ruler at the time: [Kato Takaaki](https://history-japan.com/rulers/kato-takaaki)

## Sources
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Election_Law)