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The Japanese government will seek to lower the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 during the ordinary Diet session to be convened in January. Is this a good move?
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Strikebreaker555
Only a move by the LDP again to garner greater support with the youngsters! LDP who always has been very conservative on letting young generations "take over" are suddenly changing stance??! It's very weird, and almost certainly a move to broaden their support.
LDP is just robbing the honor away from the former Democratic Party and today's CDP, who have always supported this move!! LDP is a very dishonest and sly party! Over 90% of LDP-members are over 45 years old! That's very double standard from LDP! Promising one thing, but maintaining the complete opposite within their party!
The outside of LDP looks OK, but on the inside of LDP there's complete conservative nonsense dominating their policy! Don't be fooled by their appealing outside-look.
lucabrasi
There should be an exam, like there is for citizenship in some countries.
My wife and my son would have passed it aged twelve.
Not so me or my daughter....
wtfjapan
I think 18 year olds are already allowed to be in porn. yep can be in porn with multiple partners, yet still too young to have a beer!? If anybody deserves a beer.....
wildwest
I can see some support for the “No” side as Japanese are seen as a little infantile. The age of leaugal sex is (15?), so it seems a bit of a dichotomy.
sensei258
Be ready for the surge in legal cases that would have been excused due to their being children
thetoleratedone
For legal responsibility yes but one has to realise that so many Japanese are still living at home into their 30s or beyond and for all intents and puposes are still dependant children. I can see a case for actually raising the age.
sf2k
No, if anything the rest of us should raise the age to 20, not force Japan to lower its age of majority.
FizzBit
Coming of Age Day
From wiki
Declining attendance
Maybe the government is just trying to piggy back on the euphoria of finishing High School to get the numbers back up.
Voted I don't know. Web page wouldn't let me choose. I do agree about the criminal charges being lowered.
lucabrasi
@inkochi
I doubt the new definition of “adult” will extend to being allowed to smoke and drink.
The state wants cannon-fodder, not happy campers.
inkochi
Reducing such legal age to 18 = mass decriminalization of underage drinking, smoking, etc., etc.
Strangerland
What else would 'allowed to' refer to?
pacint
Yes, legally it was changed recently to 18.
ALmost
Legally?
Strangerland
I think 18 year olds are already allowed to be in porn.
ALmost
To a certain extent it may be a good thing but I do have one major concern. Won’t this enable the porn industry to prey on 18 year old young ladies?
Coconut H2O
As long as it doesn't take away our holiday in January, yes they should lower the age.
smithinjapan
Good. Since they can already vote and do other things legally by this time, there is no reason why they should still be "children". I mean, with the current laws, you LITERALLY have children, according to the law, voting. And they need to start (en masse) charging people who commit crimes at 18 and 19 as adults. They have a couple of times recently, but it is the exception.
CaptDingleheimer
I don't know. They might need to raise it.
My Japanese brother-in-law (love the guy, God bless him) and his buddies are all around 40, and hanging out with them is like chilling with a bunch of jr. high school boys.
pacint
18yr old can already vote in Japan, so it wouldn't make a difference.
thepersoniamnow
Only good because maybe theres a chance they will vote for positive change instead of the norm
pacint
Good thing, brings them inline with much of the globe.
Aly Rustom
Most countries around the world have it as 18, so I think this is a good thing.