The House of Councilors on Monday approved a Juvenile Law revision bill to lower the minimum age at which suspects can be held criminally responsible for their actions from 16 to 14, after adding an opposition-proposed provision to the bill.
The provision, proposed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party, requires that the law be reviewed after five years.
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