The town of Kofu in Tottori Prefecture on Friday became the first in the country to use an online system to monitor voting at a polling station.
Polling stations are decreasing in many areas as it is getting harder to find observers due to depopulation, and online monitoring is viewed as a possible solution to the problem.
Kofu used the online system in early voting for its mayoral election slated for Sunday.
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