Eighteen- and 19-year-old boys from a reformatory in Chitose, Hokkaido, cast absentee ballots earlier this month for the July 10 Upper House election, a first for interned young people of that age.
Seven boys from Hokkai Reformatory who voted last Friday and Monday aid they felt satisfied having had a chance to take part in an election for the first time.
"I feel I have become an adult," said one.