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, amid calls for greater ...

Age limits vary around the world, and exist to protect people who are not yet legally or emotionally competent to consent to sexual intercourse. There is no official global limit for the age of ...

A group of university students submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry on Nov. 20 requesting that the age of consent be raised from the current 13 to 16. The group called Your Voice Matters ...

Some countries registered concerns about the proposal's adequacy to protect minors, particularly those who have reached the age of consent. A group of seven countries – Belgium, Finland ...