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The age of consent in Japan is 13 years old. The age of consent refers to the minimum age at which a person is considered to be capable of giving consent to sexual acts. Do you think a 13 years old teenager is capable of knowing the consequences of sexual activities and saying yes or no?
If a 13 years old teenager was raped, he or she would be legally required to prove violence and threats they received and how much they rejected, which must be too much for a teenager. Japan has been getting warnings to raise the age from international society as it is very low compared to other countries, however, the age that was enacted over 100 years ago still remains the same.
When I was 13 years old, I did not know anything about sexual consent. No one including school told me I was old enough to make a sexual consent by myself. The issues I see here are not just the age is too low, but the majority of teenagers in Japan do not learn how old they should be legally responsible for their sexual acts and what sexual consent is in the first place. It is our responsible to protect innocent teenagers who deserve justice.
We demand the Ministry of Justice to raise age of consent. Please help us with the petition to protect teenage adolescence.