The nation s Eugenic Protection Law, which allowed the government to sterilize anyone with certain conditions, was adopted in 1948 and repealed in 1996.
The country s parliament on Friday passed the revision of the laws amid calls for greater protection of children and women. Separately, it passed a law to increase awareness of LGBTQ+ issues.
TOKYO, Japan (AP) 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, ami.
Japan's Parliament on Friday passed laws to overhaul sex crime laws and raise the age of consent from 13 to 16. Japan's age of consent for sex was among the lowest in the world. The reform also clarifies the grounds for rape prosecutions.