THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 9, 2023 at 18:38 JST
Adults pose at Setagaya Ward’s Coming-of-Age ceremony for 22-year-olds in Tokyo on Jan. 8. The event was canceled two years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tsubasa Setoguchi)
Although the legal age of adulthood was lowered to 18 last year, many local governments continued hosting Coming-of-Age Day ceremonies for 20-year-olds. [Read More]
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