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Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Japan raises age of consent for sex from 13 to 16, redefines rape in milestone law change

www.straitstimes.com

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Japan raises age of consent for sex from 13 to 16, redefines rape in milestone law change

www.straitstimes.com

Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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The law revision also criminalises photo voyeurism and the online grooming of children. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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    I believe that 13 was the federal age of consent, but that every prefecture had a higher age of consent.

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      2 years ago

      This is correct. It was more of a symbolic change

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