妇女参政是妇女政治解放和体现男女平等的重要标志,也是衡量政治民主和社会进步的重要尺度。明治维新后,日本妇女虽在教育、经济、法律等领域取得了有限的权利,但没有选举权和被选举权。她们在封建思想的长期束缚下,政治参与的观念淡薄,以做贤妻良母为己任。战后,日本妇女终于在民主改革的潮流中获得了参政权。经过长期的努力,如今,日本妇女在国家政治活动中已经成为举足轻重的力量。 Women’s political participation is an important symbol of women’s political liberation and gender equality. It is also an important measure of political democracy and social progress. After the Meiji Restoration, although Japanese women acquired limited rights in the fields of education, economy and law, they did not have the right to vote or to stand for election. Under the long-term shackles of feudal ideology, the concept of political participation is weak and their responsibility is to be virtuous and wives and mothers. After the war, Japanese women finally gained the right to participate in the trend of democratic reform. After a long period of hard work, Japanese women today have become pivotal forces in the political activities of the country.