Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, currently under house arrest in Chilean capital Santiago, does not meet the requirements needed to stand in the Japanese elections on July 29, Wednesday's edition of the La Tercera daily said.

Fujimori, who was president of Peru between 1990 and 2000, had received an offer some days ago from minority New Citizens Party, created by influential Japanese politician Shizuka Kamei, a dissident from the ruling Democratic Liberal Party.

But according to Japanese law, candidates have to live in the electoral district they hope to represent for at least 35 days before the vote takes place.

Fujimori's press office said on Wednesday that the former president was "considering the benefits of possible election as a Senator in Japan, for the people of Peru."

Fujimori fled to Japan in 2000, when his government collapsed amid corruption scandals. The son of Japanese parents, he claimed Japanese citizenship on reaching there and the Japanese government ignored repeated extradition requests from Peru.

He was arrested in Chile in November 2005 when he arrived unexpectedly from Japan, apparently to try to launch a political comeback in Peru.

Fujimori is currently awaiting the outcome of a Peruvian extradition request against him in Chile.

Source: Xinhua