THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 11, 2022 at 17:00 JST
Those who have turned 20 or will do so shortly gather for a memorial Coming of Age Day photo in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 9. (Shohei Okada)
Coming of Age Day ceremonies were held across Japan over the three-day weekend that ended Jan. 10 to mark the annual rite of passage into adulthood among 20-year-olds, despite soaring cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus sweeping the nation. [Read More]
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