Child Age In Japan. In some japanese households a mother may show a child the umbilical cord on certain events like birthdays to recall the day the child was born. Article 4 of the child welfare law of japan defines child as anyone below 18 years of age measures for promoting child welfare have been implemented in accordance with the fundamental policy of this law as described in its paragraph 1 of article 1 with everyone shall strive to ensure the sound birth and growth of children both in mind and body and also in its paragraph 2 of article.
A child in japan is a member of the national family all japanese children are cared for by the whole society and all japanese adults help teach the norms and customs of the society. Possession of pornography with children under the age of 14 unmündig may result in a sentence up to 2 years or up to 1 year if it contains pornographic material of children above the age of 14. The law in japan prohibits child pornography.
Maltreating it therefore risks causing harm or disease in the child.
The average number of children per woman needed for each generation to exactly replace itself without needing international immigration a value below 2 1 will cause the native population to decline. Unaccompanied children age 12 to 15 jal provides a family service for unaccompanied children age 12 to 15 who travel on a flex semi flex or similar fare when visiting family living outside japan or returning from such a visit. The law in japan prohibits child pornography. The statutory rape law criminalizes sex with minors under age 12 and sex with a child under age 18 involving force threat or intimidation.