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The revised Juvenile Law enacted on May 21, 2021 (in the 204th session of the Diet), along with the Civil Code revision that raised the age of adulthood to 18, defines 18- and 19-year-olds as "specified juveniles" and lifts the ban on reporting their real names after prosecution (to take effect on April 1, 2022).
According to Japanese law, the term "shonen" refers to "a person from the time they enter elementary school until the time they are 15 years of age", [2] and "Any person who has not reached the age of 15 years" (Juvenile Law (少年法, Shonen Hō), Article 2.1). In the realm of education and culture, this is the period of compulsory education.
Currently, there are concerns over the possibility that the Tokyo International Animation Fair could be cancelled due to controversies related to the healthy development of youth issues. Healthy development of youth is an important issue. At the same time, it is important that Japanese animation is broadcast to a global audience.
In February, a justice ministry panel proposed raising the age of consent in Japan as part
A study conducted on the change to the Japanese Juvenile Law, where children from the age of 14-15 can now be punished for serious crimes, shows that subjecting students in junior high to punishment for their crime reduces arrests. Although 13-year-olds are not subject to criminal punishment under the new law, the arrest rates were reduced ...
Of the 2,156 people released from juvenile training schools that year, 295 hoped to continue their studies or return to school but were unable to do so. [2] In 1993, for the first time in Japan, an international division that teaches the Japanese language and social norms in Japanese society was established at the Kurihama Juvenile Training School.
"Juvenile crime is currently at unacceptable levels in Bernalillo County, specifically juveniles committing violent crimes with guns," Bregman said during a news conference. "It is, without a ...
In the judicial system of Japan, the Constitution of Japan guarantees that "all judges shall be independent in the exercise of their conscience and shall be bound only by this constitution and the Laws" (Article 76). They cannot be removed from the bench "unless judicially declared mentally or physically incompetent to perform official duties ...