Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama said Thursday the ministry may revise the Reformatory Law so that children under 13 who commit crimes can be sent to juvenile reformatories.
"We would like to consider (revising the law) to admit minors under 13 to reformatories and give them correctional education in light of its effects and influence on such minors," Moriyama told a House of Councilors committee on legal affairs.
Juvenile reformatories only admit minors aged 14 or older.