TOKYO — Japanese lawmakers on Friday adopted legislation to raise the country’s age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, an age limit that had remained unchanged since 1907 and was so low that it ...

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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 greater ...

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Japan raises sexual consent age to 16 from 13 amid calls to protect children and women. Another law is criticized for not giving equal rights to LGBTQ+ people.

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Japan also raised the legal age of consent, so that sexual intercourse with someone under 16 is now considered rape. For a long time, the country had one of the lowest age of consent among ...

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