Bill to lower minimum age for reformatory entry clears panel

Bill to lower minimum age for reformatory entry clears panel

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, stand to approve a bill to revise the Juvenile Law, including a provision to lower the minimum age at which minors can be sent to reformatories from the current 14 years to 12 years, at the House of Representatives Committee on Judicial Affairs on April 18. (Kyodo)

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