Japan raises age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 | Know about other countries around the world

Amid calls for greater protection of children and women, Japan’s Parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 after unanimous support in the upper House. Japan's age of consent for sex was among the lowest in the world. The age of consent for sex is different in different countries. India has set 18 as the age of consent, whereas it is 16 in Britain and 14 in Germany and China.

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