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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.

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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.

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Kobe serial murderer released on parole from reformatory

KOBE, Japan - Masami Hori, a lawyer for the parents of Ayaka Yamashita, a child victim of a serial murder case in Kobe in 1997, reads out the parents' statement to reporters in Kobe on March 10 after the murderer was released on parole. The man killed 10-year-old Ayaka and 11-year-old Jun Hase, and injured three others at the age of 14.

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Teen murder suspect to be sent to medical reformatory

OITA, Japan - Lawyers for a 15-year-old boy accused of killing three neighbors in August speak at a press conference at the Oita Family Court in Oita City on Dec. 26 after the court decided to send the boy to a medical reformatory. The court said the boy suffers from a serious behavioral disorder.

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Boy accused of killing mother goes to family court

OKAYAMA, Japan - A van carrying a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and beating four baseball teammates with a bat in June heads for the Okayama Family Court on Aug. 7. The court will detain the boy for up to four weeks to examine his family circumstances and check his physical and mental condition. It will then decide whether to send him to a reformatory or send his case back to the prosecutors. The boy was arrested July 6 after spending 16 days on the run after allegedly bludgeoning the four boys with a bat and beating his 42-year-old mother to death at home.

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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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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)

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The Loneliness Of The Long - film (1962)

Michael Redgrave Characters: Ruxton Towers Reformatory governor Film: The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (UK 1962) Director: Tony Richardson 21 September 1962 Date: 21-Sep-62

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Girl sent to medical reformatory over murder of classmate in Sasebo

A vehicle carrying a 16-year-old girl who killed a female classmate in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in 2014, leaves the Nagasaki Family Court in the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 13, 2015. The court decided the same day to send the girl to a juvenile medical reformatory, judging that criminally punishing her would make things worse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe serial murderer released on parole from reformatory

KOBE, Japan - Masami Hori, a lawyer for the parents of Ayaka Yamashita, a child victim of a serial murder case in Kobe in 1997, reads out the parents' statement to reporters in Kobe on March 10 after the murderer was released on parole. The man killed 10-year-old Ayaka and 11-year-old Jun Hase, and injured three others at the age of 14. (Kyodo)

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Teen murder suspect to be sent to medical reformatory

OITA, Japan - Lawyers for a 15-year-old boy accused of killing three neighbors in August speak at a press conference at the Oita Family Court in Oita City on Dec. 26 after the court decided to send the boy to a medical reformatory. The court said the boy suffers from a serious behavioral disorder.

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Boy accused of killing mother goes to family court

OKAYAMA, Japan - A van carrying a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and beating four baseball teammates with a bat in June heads for the Okayama Family Court on Aug. 7. The court will detain the boy for up to four weeks to examine his family circumstances and check his physical and mental condition. It will then decide whether to send him to a reformatory or send his case back to the prosecutors. The boy was arrested July 6 after spending 16 days on the run after allegedly bludgeoning the four boys with a bat and beating his 42-year-old mother to death at home.