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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 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was on Thursday charged with a misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching, a court spokesperson said. The charge is the first to be filed since the once-powerful politician was forced to resign this year following a slew of sexual harassment allegations. “A misdemeanor complaint against former governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed in Albany City Court,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the […]
