Stakeholder Summary >> Japan, Review Documentation, 42nd Session, January 2023

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HRN, JFBA and JS4 ... recommended reforming the Penal Code to change the legal standard for forcible sexual intercourse under the definition of “spousal violence”, include a broader array of acts of sexual violence in the definition of the crime; and raise the age of consent for sexual conduct. ... HO recommended accelerating gender equality. [Para 52]
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