Bill lowering minimum age for reformatory entry clears lower house

Bill lowering minimum age for reformatory entry clears lower house

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on April 19 passed bills to revise the Juvenile Law and related legislation, featuring a provision to lower the minimum age for sending minors to reformatories from the current 14 to ''around 12.'' The bill will now go to the House of Councillors for deliberations.

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.

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)

Bill lowering minimum age for reformatory entry clears lower hou

Bill lowering minimum age for reformatory entry clears lower hou

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on April 19 passed bills to revise the Juvenile Law and related legislation, featuring a provision to lower the minimum age for sending minors to reformatories from the current 14 to ''around 12.'' The bill will now go to the House of Councillors for deliberations. (Kyodo)

Japanese pop diva Hamasaki to support people serving time

Japanese pop diva Hamasaki to support people serving time

Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki (L), dressed in a prison guard uniform, receives a letter of assignment to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories in cooperation with the Justice Ministry at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese pop group member Atsushi to support people serving time

Japanese pop group member Atsushi to support people serving time

Atsushi Sato (L) of pop group Exile receives a letter of assignment to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories in cooperation with the Justice Ministry at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Justice minister, singers join ceremony to support people serving time

Justice minister, singers join ceremony to support people serving time

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) joins (from L) actor-cum-singer Ryotaro Sugi, songstress Ayumi Hamasaki and pop group Exile member Atsushi Sato in a ceremony at Tokyo's Justice Ministry on April 22, 2015. The singers are among 14 entertainers assigned to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo