Major parties submit bill to lower voting age to 18 next year

Major parties submit bill to lower voting age to 18 next year

Hajime Funada (L), a senior member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, submits to Shinji Mukoono, head of the lower house's secretariat, a bill seeking to amend the electoral law to lower the voting age for national elections to 18 from the current 20 at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. Six ruling and opposition parties jointly submitted the bill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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