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Japan redefines rape and raises age of consent in landmark move (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (11 children)

The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from "forcible sexual intercourse", aligning Japanese law's definition with other countries.

The legal age of consent, previously at only 13, has been raised to 16 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

13! That's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Some states in the US still have marriage exceptions in the age of consent laws and some states still have laws allowing you get married at young ages with parents/judge approval iirc. Also several states that have some exceptions for some forms of marital rape. So not really surprising that other countries would also technically have laws like that. Definitely room for improvement in a lot of places...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

From what I know though (and I could be wrong), that was sort of like the country wide minimum, however each prefecture had a higher one, so it actually wasn't 13 anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nonsense. It is quite literally impossible for humans to live that long. 6227020800 years? Are you kidding me? The oldest of us barely even make it to 100!

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