A Japanese justice ministry panel has 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 age of consent is 17 in Ireland, 16 in Britain and South Korea, 15 in France, and 14 in Germany and China. In practice, regional ordinances banning"lewd" acts with minors are sometimes seen as effectively raising the age of consent to 18 in many parts of Japan. Teen couples who are no more than five years apart in age would be exempt from prosecution if both partners are over 13.
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