[servantboy777]

13? Good grief! That’s just a baby.

[Vigilanteman]

The Japanese can sometimes be slow about updating their laws. The prison system rules, for example, are about a century old. Prisoners are expected to work 11 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Sounds harsh, but they come out of prison with actual job skills and nobody ever gets raped or beaten up in prison. The last major reform took place sometime in the 1950s when the 12 hour day was reduced to 11.

[DoughtyOne]

That’s pretty repulsive.

It wasn’t that long ago that kids in the U. S. could get
married at 14, with parental consent.

Heck, at 18-21, I still question if young people are ready
for that much responsibility.