据中国新闻网2月3日报道,日本政府拟将成人年龄从20岁下调至18岁,并将《民法》修正案中男女法定结婚年龄统一为“18岁以上(包括18岁)”。之前,联合国消除对妇女歧视委员会曾批评日本现行《民法》对婚姻年龄的规定具有歧视性。国际上的男女法定结婚年龄一般相同,日本以女性身心发育较早等为由,将女性结婚年龄设得较低。现行日本《民法》规定的男性结婚年龄为18岁以上,女性为16岁以上,且未成年人 According to China News Network reported on February 3, the Japanese government plans to reduce the adult age from 20 to 18 and unify the legal marriage age of men and women in the Civil Law amendment to “18 or older (including 18) . Earlier, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had criticized the current ”civil law" in Japan as discriminating the age of marriage. Internationally, the legal age for marriage is generally the same for both men and women. Japan, on the grounds that women have earlier physical and mental development, set the age of marriage for women lower. The current Japanese Civil Code stipulates that the male marriage age is over 18 years old and the female is over 16 years old, and the minor