
A New Voting Age?
Japan has just had an election, and Japanese citizens who are 18 years old and older were able to vote. The voting age in Japan used to be 20, but the Japanese government lowered the voting age from 20 to 18 in 2015. The voting age is 18 in almost every country in the world. Now, however, Britain wants to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. Sixteen is the voting age in a few countries such as Austria, Brazil, and Ecuador. The British government says that 16-year-olds can leave school, work, join the military, and pay taxes, so they should be able to vote. Some people don’t think this is a good idea. Sixteen-year-olds can’t get married or buy alcohol. What do you think? (126 words) You can send me a comment or your own story at jaremaga@gmail.com