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Jan 31, 2018 · In Tokyo, for example, a person has to be at least 18 years to agree to have any form of sexual relations. In both of Japan’s territories, Okinotori Islands and Marcus Islands, the local age of consent is 13 years. Close in Age Exemptions . The age of consent in Japan has no close in age exceptions.
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 prosecution...
Jun 16, 2023 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament on Friday 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 ...
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 that...
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...
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...
The current age of consent is the third lowest worldwide and has remained unchanged since 1907.
