Japan Lowers Voting Age to 18
Law will add 2.4 million voters for next year’s upper house poll
TOKYO—Japan’s parliament passed a bill to lower the voting age to 18 from 20, adding 2.4 million new potential voters to the nation’s current voting population of 104 million.
The legislation will come into effect in time for next year’s upper house election. The passage of the bill follows a law passed last year lowering the voting age to 18 in...