Age of Consent - Japan to raise it from 13 to 16
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzjdk/japan-age-of-consent
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A panel of the Japanese justice ministry on Friday proposed raising the country’s age of consent from 13—the lowest among developed nations—to 16. The age of consent is 14 in Germany, 15 in France, and 16 in the United Kingdom and most states in the U.S.
...The age of consent was last set to 13 in 1907 and it hasn't been changed since.
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Well, there goes your hot date...
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https://www.npr.org/2023/06/17/1182659759/japan-rape-law-nonconsensual-sex-age-consent-16
... on Friday, Japan's parliament passed legislation to redefine rape as nonconsensual sexual intercourse — removing the provisions regarding use of force — and raise the age of consent from 13 to 16. ...
There is also a Romeo-and-Juliet provision:
... under the new law, sex with a child between 13 and 15 would only be considered a crime if the partner is five or more years older.
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