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A 20-year-old woman participating in a Coming-of-Age ceremony in Tokyo.

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Justice Minister starts debate on lowering legal age

Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama told an advisory board Wednesday to study the possibility of legally lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18.

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