Donald Lee Granberry wrote:
Since when is child pornography, at least of teenagers, illegal in
Japan?
Two years ago. It is a recent law. At the same time, it was made illegal for
anyone to have sex with a person lest than eighteen years old. How well the
law is enforced may well be another issue.
Not exactly.
Age of consent has been 13 for since 1999. Before then there was no
specified age that denoted 'illegal to have sex with a child' and a
teenager was not considered a child. Don't believe me, check
dumblaws.com
Child porn, as far as Japanese is concerned, is basically anyone who has
not hit puberty yet. You can buy pictures of naked 15 year old girls
having sex from the local convience store.
The law you're probably thinking of came about a few years ago after a
high school survey came up with over 25% of the girls saying there was
nothing wrong with having sex for money, they made it illegal to offer
money to a minor for sex. (Prostitution is still legal, but it's also
taxable income.) (Wish I could remember a site with this infomation. A
Buddist was the first person arrested for it though.)
Another law of note comes from mid-90's (after Ranma 1/2's run). The age
of marriage was changed from 13 years of age to 18 for guys and 16 for
girls. Those requirements can be waved by paying the proper fees and two
years notice, or get the proper official to wave the requirements if the
wedding is needed sooner-- but more money is usually involved in it.
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