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Japan redefines Age of Consent

July 5 , 2023 504 days 991 0
  • Japan’s Parliament (Diet) raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.
  • Japan had the lowest in the world as 13.
  • Japan’s parliament came after a wait of more than a century since it last changed in 1907.
  • The age of consent, below which any sexual activity is considered rape, is different in different countries.
  • India has set 18 as the age of consent, whereas it is 16 in Britain and 14 in Germany and China.

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