One interesting tidbit I did learn though, when working in Japan it is actually prohibited to discriminate by age and gender. If taken to its logical end then I suppose one merely be shown to be able to do the job or run the business to be allowed to do so.
If it was violating any laws...
Take Makoto Kino from Sailor Moon... lives on own in subtitled anime and manga, though lives with mom in dubbed anime.
I would have considered it unlikely Haruka or Michiru, in high school themselves, could adopt a child.
Please Twins has the main protagonist as having been a high end computer programmer and he seemed to have been so for some time, despite being in high school.
Has happened for real. In the 90s i recall one time there was a 14(?) year old kid that got hired for programming, was a bit troublesome as it had to be done with the approval of parents, but the guy had worked about 10% constantly up until graduating university. I don´t think there´s all that much (in theory at least) beyond parent/guardian consent stopping anyone here once they´re at least 15, from getting a job. I vaguely recall Japan having SOME kind of limit at age 12-13, but i can´t recall exactly what it was.
several laws limiting what can be done at jobs when under specific ages
Most have fork lifts as well, those I remember was 17 as the minimum
Spica75 wrote:Forklifts require licenses in most places i think. Otherwise you can get this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo
The Constitution provides that children shall not be exploited. The Labor Standards Law has provisions to protect child workers. The Labor Standards Law prohibits employers from employing children until the March 31 immediately following the child becoming fifteen years old. March 31 is the end of a school year. Children are obliged to go to school usually until that time. Children thirteen years old or older, however, may be employed if the labor is light and not injurious to their health and welfare, and if the employer obtains permission from the local Labor Standards Administration office. Children under thirteen years old can be employed only in motion picture production and theatrical performance enterprises, upon permission of the Labor Standards Administration office. An employer cannot employ a person under eighteen years old for extended-hour or night-time work. An employer also cannot assign a person under eighteen years old to dangerous work, e.g., maintenance or repair of machinery during its operation and mining.
A parent or a guardian cannot make a labor contract for a minor, in this case a person under twenty years old. This provision aims to prohibit a parent or guardian from forcing a minor to work for a parent or guardian’s economic benefit. The parent or guardian cannot receive the wages earned by the minor in place of the minor.
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