It does not. Japan a hundred years ago maybe. Some of my Japanese colleagues were surprised when I mentioned this style of age counting in an old novel I was reading.
You're right and I think I got my misinformation from reading older novels too. Apparently, the law changed in 1902 and it broadly phased out in the 50s.
That used to be true about Japan using the "1 the day you're born" system, but now it's mostly only referenced to joke about kids trying to claim they're older than they really are.
In my hometown in China, same practice. However I find it not consistent for people from all over of China. When I get into a causal conversation about childhood with people from everywhere I had to do the conversion in my head (which school year what game came out e.g).
It does not. Japan a hundred years ago maybe. Some of my Japanese colleagues were surprised when I mentioned this style of age counting in an old novel I was reading.
You're right and I think I got my misinformation from reading older novels too. Apparently, the law changed in 1902 and it broadly phased out in the 50s.
That used to be true about Japan using the "1 the day you're born" system, but now it's mostly only referenced to joke about kids trying to claim they're older than they really are.
In my hometown in China, same practice. However I find it not consistent for people from all over of China. When I get into a causal conversation about childhood with people from everywhere I had to do the conversion in my head (which school year what game came out e.g).