Japan's parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world's lowest, amid calls for greater ...

The legal age of consent in Japan is 13 years same as South Korea, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Niger Comoros and Burkina Faso. In other countries Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia ...

Local media said the 25-year-old man had been accused of assault, adding that he knew the girl was under 16, the age of consent in Japan. The government expressed “regret” to Rahm Emanuel ...

He then drove her to his home and engaged in nonconsensual sexual acts with the girl, knowing she was under 16, the age of consent in Japan, according to the indictment. According to investigative ...