Age of Consent 13
53 views | jamie | November 26, 2006I thought this was a joke. I had heard rumors before, but I guess this confirms it. In a recent Mainichi Shinbun WaiWai article:
“In over 80 countries around the world, the age of consent is 16, but in Japan sex is only banned among those under 13. If 13-year-olds aren’t capable of judging whether it’s right or wrong to have sex, there’s not much to say that kids who are 14 or 15 will be able to decide any better. Japan must raise the age to consent to 16,” Akaeda tells Shukan Asahi. “Also, we need to have sex education in all junior high schools. When you drive a car, you need a license, right? Why should sex be any different? If kids don’t get good grades in sex education, they should be given remedial education until they thoroughly understand what’s going on.” (By Masuo Kamiyama)
A little further investigation reveals that although the national age of consent is in fact 13, most prefectures (governing districts) do in fact override it to 16. So what does this tell us? That the emperor, or the government, are perverts; but that local councils are not? Mayhaps…













