In Japan, it is proposed to raise the age limit for safe sex from 13 to 16

The presentation is part of the reform of sexual crimes. The age limit of 13 years is the lowest in developed countries.

Protection age limit in Britain (you switch to another service) is 16, in South Korea and France 15 and in Germany and China 14 years.

But in Japan it’s 13.

The protective age limit is the statutory age limit that a person who has passed the same age limit cannot have sexual intercourse with a younger person, except possibly if there is no big difference in maturity between the parties.

Now the Japanese Ministry of Justice proposes that having sex with a child under the age of 16 would be criminalized. That is, the age limit would be raised from thirteen to sixteen years.

According to critics, the law change is badly overdue and is badly needed to protect minor victims of sex crimes.

However, an exception would be left in the law, according to which sexual intercourse would be legal if the parties have turned 13 and their age difference is less than five years.

The sexual law reforms were finally taken up after the protests that broke out three years ago.

According to current legislation In Japan, rape victims have to testify (you switch to another service)that there has been violence or threats of it, and that it has been impossible to prevent it.

Those in favor of reforming the legislation see the changes as a step in the right direction, but even after them, the legislation on rape crimes in Japan lags behind the general international level.