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All prefectures in Japan had already effectively set the age of consent higher, but the amendment to the Penal Code eliminates the need to prove that the victim was deprived of the means of resistance through assault or threats in order to prosecute the perpetrator, allowing prosecution simply because the victim did not consent to sexual ...
Jun 16, 2023 · Japan has raised the age of consent from 13, among the world’s lowest, to 16 years old as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation. A new bill, which also clarifies rape...
Jul 7, 2023 · Last month, Japan’s parliament finally changed the law, raising the age of consent to 16. Under the previous law, which was written in 1907, a person aged 13 or older had to prove in court...
Jun 16, 2023 · Japan’s parliament has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world’s lowest, amid calls for...
Jun 16, 2023 · Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation. A new bill, which also clarifies...
Japan aims to raise age of consent from 13 to 16 in sex crime overhaul. The current age of consent is the third lowest worldwide and has remained unchanged since 1907.
Jun 16, 2023 · Japan (finally) changes a century-old law: The age of consent is now 16. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee. and. Julia Mio Inuma. June 16, 2023 at 12:16 a.m. EDT. Advocates of stricter sex-crimes laws...
