抄録
Enhancement of consumer education within school education has become an imperative issue in relation to the lowering of the age of adulthood that is scheduled for April 1, 2022. In a survey, various organizations and local administrations for consumer protection, with which support and collaboration with schools are hoped for, provided responses that suggested possibilities of various kinds of collaboration and cooperative work and expressed enthusiasm to help underage consumers acquire necessary information and abilities. Functions for coordinating collaboration between such organizations in consumer education are crucial to enhance consumer education at schools that is adapted to the lowering of the age of adulthood.