The adult age has been reduced to 18 years.
At a private university in Izumi City, Osaka, a briefing session was held for new students who became adults, and they called on them to take responsibility because they would be able to make various contracts on their own.
At Momoyama Gakuin University in Izumi City, a briefing session was held about the reduction of the adult age to 18 years old, gathering about 1,700 new students such as 18 years old and 19 years old.
Among them, Shizuko Tanaka, Dean of the Faculty of Law, said that 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds will be able to make various contracts such as smartphones, loans, and credit cards that previously required the consent of their parents, etc. I explained that it will be.
In addition, unlike minors, contracts without the consent of parents cannot be canceled, so consult with your family in advance for important contracts, and if you have any trouble, use the uniform telephone number "Consumer Hotline =". I called for the use of "188".
An 18-year-old female student said, "I'm honestly not aware of it when I grow up from today. I'm interested in making credit cards, but I want to be careful not to make suspicious contracts." rice field.
Dean Tanaka of the Faculty of Law said, "Students who were under the protection of the law until yesterday will take responsibility for themselves from today. I want to go. "