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UnfairRepresent 06/04/23 5:21:12 PM #1:	Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 to protect children from sexual abuse as part of reforms to the country's Penal Code.The bill, which will also criminalize sexual offenses even in the absence of physical violence or coercion, will be sent to the upper house following it receiving unanimous consent in the House of Representatives. The amendments will make upskirting and capturing surreptitious images of genitalia as well as grooming through the offer of payments to children below the age of 16 crimes punishable under the Penal Code. Meanwhile, the statute of limitations for prosecution will be extended to 15 years from 10 years for nonconsensual intercourse. A supplementary provision was included stipulating that a further review on the statute of limitations will be considered five years after the revision is implemented, taking into account a survey to be conducted to study the challenges facing people reporting sexual crimes. While the changes will make sexual intercourse with a person under 16 illegal regardless of consent, an exception is provided for cases in which an individual aged 17 or older engages in intercourse with someone four or fewer years younger than them. Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-lower-house-passes-bill-to-reform-law-on-sex-crimes https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/0/AAS_qZAAEhjk.jpg Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:973926314] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 to protect children from sexual abuse as part of reforms to the country's Penal Code.The bill, which will also criminalize sexual offenses even in the absence of physical violence or coercion, will be sent to the upper house following it receiving unanimous consent in the House of Representatives.The amendments will make upskirting and capturing surreptitious images of genitalia as well as grooming through the offer of payments to children below the age of 16 crimes punishable under the Penal Code.Meanwhile, the statute of limitations for prosecution will be extended to 15 years from 10 years for nonconsensual intercourse.A supplementary provision was included stipulating that a further review on the statute of limitations will be considered five years after the revision is implemented, taking into account a survey to be conducted to study the challenges facing people reporting sexual crimes.While the changes will make sexual intercourse with a person under 16 illegal regardless of consent, an exception is provided for cases in which an individual aged 17 or older engages in intercourse with someone four or fewer years younger than them.Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-lower-house-passes-bill-to-reform-law-on-sex-crimeshttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/0/AAS_qZAAEhjk.jpgCrazy to me that this wasn't already the law</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/04/23 5:27:32 PM #2:	jeez. Well that's at least an improvement. That's disturbing that it was so low before. --- Always check timestamps. <cite>Machete posted [p:973926428] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>jeez. Well that's at least an improvement. That's disturbing that it was so low before.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jiek_Fafn 06/04/23 5:28:57 PM #3:	The law there was still defacto age of consent being 18. The 13 year old thing only applied if you were also like 13. --- I don't believe in belts. There should be no ranking system for toughness. <cite>Jiek_Fafn posted [p:973926444] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>The law there was still defacto age of consent being 18. The 13 year old thing only applied if you were also like 13.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yusiko 06/04/23 5:32:25 PM #5:	Whats disturbing is how many people on reddit got mad at this --- yusketeer <cite>yusiko posted [p:973926498] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Whats disturbing is how many people on reddit got mad at this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IMNOTRAGED 06/04/23 5:38:06 PM #6:	UnfairRepresent posted... Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law Last time this topic made the rounds I read that the federal law doesn't actually apply to any populated areas so it doesn't actually matter. The prefectures all have their own laws that are all at least 18 iirc --- http://i.imgur.com/kkm3QaD.jpg "Be ruthless with systems; be kind to people." <cite>IMNOTRAGED posted [p:973926616] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite><quote>Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law</quote>Last time this topic made the rounds I read that the federal law doesn't actually apply to any populated areas so it doesn't actually matter. The prefectures all have their own laws that are all at least 18 iirc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 06/04/23 5:51:59 PM #7:	IMNOTRAGED posted... Last time this topic made the rounds I read that the federal law doesn't actually apply to any populated areas so it doesn't actually matter. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/1/AANrk6AAEidZ.jpg --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:973926841] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>IMNOTRAGED posted... </cite><quote>Last time this topic made the rounds I read that the federal law doesn't actually apply to any populated areas so it doesn't actually matter.</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/1/AANrk6AAEidZ.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thud 06/04/23 5:53:42 PM #8:	Weebs crying now, thanks --- Happy birthday to the GROUND! <cite>Thud posted [p:973926868] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Weebs crying now, thanks</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 06/04/23 6:37:19 PM #9:	UnfairRepresent posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/1/AANrk6AAEidZ.jpg It doesn't, in the sense that prefecture laws are always even stricter. It's like if the US had a federal age of consent of 15, but every state set the age at 16 or higher, the federal law wouldn't mean anything in practice (at least not until a state tries to set it lower than the federal age). --- Trumble 6800U - 16GB TRUMBLERAM - 1TB Trumble-State Drive - Trumble 680M GPU <cite>Trumble posted [p:973927670] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/1/AANrk6AAEidZ.jpg</quote>It doesn't, in the sense that prefecture laws are always even stricter. It's like if the US had a federal age of consent of 15, but every state set the age at 16 or higher, the federal law wouldn't mean anything in practice (at least not until a state tries to set it lower than the federal age).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
deoxxys 06/04/23 6:47:24 PM #10:	damn I thought people were joking about that being 13 --- twylite sprinkle http://tinyurl.com/jeqyas3 https://tinyurl.com/mgvx7h2 <cite>deoxxys posted [p:973927848] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>damn I thought people were joking about that being 13</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Supaitwo 06/04/23 6:48:09 PM #11:	Jiek_Fafn posted... The law there was still defacto age of consent being 18. The 13 year old thing only applied if you were also like 13. Still making it 16 across the board is nothing but a good thing. --- After 25 years he's the very best like no one ever was. <cite>Supaitwo posted [p:973927860] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Jiek_Fafn posted... </cite><quote>The law there was still defacto age of consent being 18. The 13 year old thing only applied if you were also like 13.</quote>Still making it 16 across the board is nothing but a good thing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Supaitwo 06/04/23 6:48:30 PM #12:	deoxxys posted... damn I thought people were joking about that being 13 Post 3. --- After 25 years he's the very best like no one ever was. <cite>Supaitwo posted [p:973927868] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>deoxxys posted... </cite><quote>damn I thought people were joking about that being 13</quote>Post 3.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkChozoGhost 06/04/23 7:45:02 PM #13:	I'm glad that Japan is passing so many of these common sense "should have been done 20 years ago" laws at a quick rate. But it's super fucked up that Unfair would pair the article with the picture of Shotaro Kishida and his friends that got him fired. --- My sister's dog bit a hole in my Super Mario Land cartridge. It still works though - Skye Reynolds 3DS FC: 3239-5612-0115 <cite>DarkChozoGhost posted [p:973928940] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>I'm glad that Japan is passing so many of these common sense "should have been done 20 years ago" laws at a quick rate.But it's super fucked up that Unfair would pair the article with the picture of Shotaro Kishida and his friends that got him fired.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ScazarMeltex 06/04/23 7:46:36 PM #14:	Weirdo conservatives will be butthurt about this. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed <cite>ScazarMeltex posted [p:973928969] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Weirdo conservatives will be butthurt about this.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 06/04/23 7:47:54 PM #15:	Anime is ruined. ~~(Kidding.)~~ <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:973928989] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Anime is ruined.(Kidding.)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pokedude900 06/04/23 7:55:03 PM #16:	For the record, 13 was the federal age of consent. Every prefecture had it at 16 or so for a long time. Similar situation to the US, where the federal age of consent is 12, while all states have it at 16 or more. --- https://i.imgur.com/lfI7zGE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tgLNUuX.jpg Come to the (un)official GameFAQs Touhou board. http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1110- <cite>pokedude900 posted [p:973929101] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>For the record, 13 was the federal age of consent. Every prefecture had it at 16 or so for a long time. Similar situation to the US, where the federal age of consent is 12, while all states have it at 16 or more.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 06/04/23 8:24:47 PM #17:	"She's the federal age of consent, officer!" has probably never worked for anyone other than a senator's son. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:973929598] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>"She's the federal age of consent, officer!" has probably never worked for anyone other than a senator's son.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 06/04/23 8:25:56 PM #18:	Japan is starting to get less creepy. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:973929612] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Japan is starting to get less creepy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ellis123 06/04/23 8:26:34 PM #19:	Those two random rocks will be furious. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:973929625] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Those two random rocks will be furious.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ricemills 06/04/23 8:44:27 PM #20:	Also reminder that even with 13 AoC, doesn't mean that an adult can legally sleep with one. It's that a 13 y/o sleeping with another 13 y/o is not a crime. If you're over 18 years old it's jail time for you. On the other news, Japan also lowered their legal adult age from 20 to 18 last year. So when you reached 18 you will treated as an adult. --- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you posted will be misquoted, then be used against you. http://error1355.com/ce/Ricemills.html <cite>Ricemills posted [p:973929937] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Also reminder that even with 13 AoC, doesn't mean that an adult can legally sleep with one. It's that a 13 y/o sleeping with another 13 y/o is not a crime. If you're over 18 years old it's jail time for you.On the other news, Japan also lowered their legal adult age from 20 to 18 last year. So when you reached 18 you will treated as an adult. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 06/04/23 9:08:52 PM #21:	Ricemills posted... Also reminder that even with 13 AoC, doesn't mean that an adult can legally sleep with one. It's that a 13 y/o sleeping with another 13 y/o is not a crime. If you're over 18 years old it's jail time for you. I'm guessing Japan has a different definition of AoC than the rest of the world. On the other news, Japan also lowered their legal adult age from 20 to 18 last year. So when you reached 18 you will treated as an adult. Weird. You'd think 18 would've been the default. Japan is so weird. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:973930372] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Ricemills posted... </cite><quote>Also reminder that even with 13 AoC, doesn't mean that an adult can legally sleep with one. It's that a 13 y/o sleeping with another 13 y/o is not a crime. If you're over 18 years old it's jail time for you.</quote>I'm guessing Japan has a different definition of AoC than the rest of the world.<quote>On the other news, Japan also lowered their legal adult age from 20 to 18 last year. So when you reached 18 you will treated as an adult.</quote>Weird. You'd think 18 would've been the default. Japan is so weird.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prestoff 06/04/23 9:17:44 PM #23:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Yeah I'm curious about that as well. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:973930516] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Yeah I'm curious about that as well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KeeperOfShadows 06/04/23 9:19:42 PM #24:	nocturnal_traveler posted... I'm guessing Japan has a different definition of AoC than the rest of the world. The same is true in the US, though. A 13 year old can consent to being with another 13 year old. I think the limit is like 2 years older or something. --- Currently playing: DFFOO, HonkaiStarRail, CotC <cite>KeeperOfShadows posted [p:973930535] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>nocturnal_traveler posted... </cite><quote>I'm guessing Japan has a different definition of AoC than the rest of the world.</quote>The same is true in the US, though. A 13 year old can consent to being with another 13 year old. I think the limit is like 2 years older or something. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Klaus343 06/04/23 9:21:24 PM #25:	Prestoff posted... Yeah I'm curious about that as well. They're talking about Child Marriage, which is still an exception to the Age of Consent (if you have a child bride), 10 U.S. Code 920b Kinda surreal, to be honest that it still exists in the US of A: "(f) Marriage.In a prosecution under subsection (b) (sexual assault of a child) or subsection (c) (sexual abuse of a child), it is a defense, which the accused must prove by a preponderance of the evidence, that the persons engaging in the sexual act or lewd act were at that time married to each other, except where the accused commits a sexual act upon the person when the accused knows or reasonably should know that the other person is asleep, unconscious, or otherwise unaware that the sexual act is occurring or when the other person is incapable of consenting to the sexual act due to impairment by any drug, intoxicant, or other similar substance, and that condition was known or reasonably should have been known by the accused." --- Pentium 1 @ 133mhz, AT Motherboard, 48 edo RAM, ATI Mach 64 GX 2mb PCI Graphics card, Seagate 402mb HDD, 20x CD Rom, Dataflex ISA Modem (28.8Kps), Windows 95 C <cite>Klaus343 posted [p:973930561] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Prestoff posted... </cite><quote>Yeah I'm curious about that as well.</quote>They're talking about Child Marriage, which is still an exception to the Age of Consent (if you have a child bride), 10 U.S. Code 920bKinda surreal, to be honest that it still exists in the US of A:"(f) Marriage.In a prosecution under subsection (b) (sexual assault of a child) or subsection (c) (sexual abuse of a child), it is a defense, which the accused must prove by a preponderance of the evidence, that the persons engaging in the sexual act or lewd act were at that time married to each other, except where the accused commits a sexual act upon the person when the accused knows or reasonably should know that the other person is asleep, unconscious, or otherwise unaware that the sexual act is occurring or when the other person is incapable of consenting to the sexual act due to impairment by any drug, intoxicant, or other similar substance, and that condition was known or reasonably should have been known by the accused."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 06/04/23 9:21:38 PM #26:	KeeperOfShadows posted... The same is true in the US, though. A 13 year old can consent to being with another 13 year old. I think the limit is like 2 years older or something. But can't two 12 year olds also consent with each other in the US as well? I thought the whole age of consent laws were there to keep adults from having sex with children. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:973930563] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>KeeperOfShadows posted... </cite><quote>The same is true in the US, though. A 13 year old can consent to being with another 13 year old. I think the limit is like 2 years older or something.</quote>But can't two 12 year olds also consent with each other in the US as well? I thought the whole age of consent laws were there to keep adults from having sex with children.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkmaian23 06/04/23 10:56:57 PM #27:	Everything I've ever read indicated that for years it has been 18 in every prefecture. Not sure that anyone would be directly affected by this. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. <cite>darkmaian23 posted [p:973932374] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>Everything I've ever read indicated that for years it has been 18 in every prefecture. Not sure that anyone would be directly affected by this.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ricemills 06/04/23 11:03:22 PM #28:	nocturnal_traveler posted... But can't two 12 year olds also consent with each other in the US as well? I thought the whole age of consent laws were there to keep adults from having sex with children. Idk about US, but most of the nations in the world it's illegal. It's a juvenile delinquency. --- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you posted will be misquoted, then be used against you. http://error1355.com/ce/Ricemills.html <cite>Ricemills posted [p:973932482] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>nocturnal_traveler posted... </cite><quote>But can't two 12 year olds also consent with each other in the US as well? I thought the whole age of consent laws were there to keep adults from having sex with children.</quote>Idk about US, but most of the nations in the world it's illegal. It's a juvenile delinquency.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Oh_Boy_ 06/04/23 11:04:43 PM #29:	UnfairRepresent posted... Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 to protect children from sexual abuse as part of reforms to the country's Penal Code.The bill, which will also criminalize sexual offenses even in the absence of physical violence or coercion, will be sent to the upper house following it receiving unanimous consent in the House of Representatives. The amendments will make upskirting and capturing surreptitious images of genitalia as well as grooming through the offer of payments to children below the age of 16 crimes punishable under the Penal Code. Meanwhile, the statute of limitations for prosecution will be extended to 15 years from 10 years for nonconsensual intercourse. A supplementary provision was included stipulating that a further review on the statute of limitations will be considered five years after the revision is implemented, taking into account a survey to be conducted to study the challenges facing people reporting sexual crimes. While the changes will make sexual intercourse with a person under 16 illegal regardless of consent, an exception is provided for cases in which an individual aged 17 or older engages in intercourse with someone four or fewer years younger than them. Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-lower-house-passes-bill-to-reform-law-on-sex-crimes https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/0/AAS_qZAAEhjk.jpg Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law It was law all over Japan on a local level. This is federal. <cite>Oh_Boy_ posted [p:973932507] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite><quote>Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 to protect children from sexual abuse as part of reforms to the country's Penal Code.The bill, which will also criminalize sexual offenses even in the absence of physical violence or coercion, will be sent to the upper house following it receiving unanimous consent in the House of Representatives.The amendments will make upskirting and capturing surreptitious images of genitalia as well as grooming through the offer of payments to children below the age of 16 crimes punishable under the Penal Code.Meanwhile, the statute of limitations for prosecution will be extended to 15 years from 10 years for nonconsensual intercourse.A supplementary provision was included stipulating that a further review on the statute of limitations will be considered five years after the revision is implemented, taking into account a survey to be conducted to study the challenges facing people reporting sexual crimes.While the changes will make sexual intercourse with a person under 16 illegal regardless of consent, an exception is provided for cases in which an individual aged 17 or older engages in intercourse with someone four or fewer years younger than them.Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-lower-house-passes-bill-to-reform-law-on-sex-crimeshttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/0/AAS_qZAAEhjk.jpgCrazy to me that this wasn't already the law</quote>It was law all over Japan on a local level. This is federal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 06/05/23 2:35:25 AM #30:	ellis123 posted... Those two random rocks will be furious. wut --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:973935018] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>ellis123 posted... </cite><quote>Those two random rocks will be furious.</quote>wut</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ssjevot 06/05/23 3:43:26 AM #32:	UnfairRepresent posted... Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law It was. There isn't a prefecture in Japan where it wasn't already 16 and upskirting was legal. This simply standardizes things at the federal level. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:973935603] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite><quote>Crazy to me that this wasn't already the law</quote>It was. There isn't a prefecture in Japan where it wasn't already 16 and upskirting was legal. This simply standardizes things at the federal level.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuerrillaSoldier 06/05/23 3:44:01 AM #33:	why did you use those photos lmao --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:973935611] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>why did you use those photos lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Supaitwo 06/05/23 3:46:55 AM #34:	DarkChozoGhost posted... I'm glad that Japan is passing so many of these common sense "should have been done 20 years ago" laws at a quick rate. But it's super fucked up that Unfair would pair the article with the picture of Shotaro Kishida and his friends that got him fired. --- After 25 years he's the very best like no one ever was. <cite>Supaitwo posted [p:973935636] in Japan's lo... [t:80466461]...</cite> <quote>DarkChozoGhost posted... </cite><quote>I'm glad that Japan is passing so many of these common sense "should have been done 20 years ago" laws at a quick rate.But it's super fucked up that Unfair would pair the article with the picture of Shotaro Kishida and his friends that got him fired.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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