Japan Implements Changes to Sexual Consent and LGBT Rights
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Japan has raised its age of sexual consent from 13 to 16, as part of an overhaul of the country's laws on sex crimes. The change comes after growing public outcry over repeated acquittals of sexual abusers and increasing instances of people taking sexually exploitative photos and videos without consent. Advocates of stricter sex-crimes laws welcomed the changes, but said more needed to be done to ensure greater protection of women and girls in Japan. The changes are part of a gradual modernization of laws that protect victims of sexual crimes.
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