Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kaneko Miyuki reported her sexual assault as a seven-year-old in Japan, she remembers the police laughing at her. “I was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters call for revision of the anti-sex crime law, in front of Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan, on June 11, 2019.Alessandro Di ...

Japanese lawmakers implemented regulation Friday that raises the national age of consent from 13 to 16 and rewrites how the country defines sex crimes. The change was long sought by members of the ...

For decades, Japanese law said children as young as 13 were old enough to consent to sexual activities. The country also only convicted cases of rape that proved the victim tried to fight back. These ...

TOKYO — It was a spring Friday night when one of Japan’s best-known television journalists invited Shiori Ito out for a drink. Her internship at a news service in Tokyo was ending, and she had ...

TOKYO — Japan changed its definition of rape and raised the age of consent to 16, from 13, on Friday, bringing the country’s sex crimes laws closer in line with those in the United States and Europe.

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Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — When Kaneko Miyuki reported her sexual assault as a seven-year-old in Japan, she remembers the police laughing at her. “I was already confused and scared,” she said. “They ...