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Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13

by Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France-Presse Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country’s age of consent, currently among the world’s lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation. The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements and criminalise voyeurism. The recommendations presented to the justice minister […]