the age of consent in Japan is currently 13. they have the consent of the parents the age can
go back as low as 16. underage girls in bikinis on posters in trains
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Hey guys and girls on ask Japanese
it's CathyCat your flashy fashion reporter and this time we are going to talk about the age
of consent here in Japan. That is the age from which you're allowed to do the rumpty dumpty.
On November 20th 2020 was when a group of students went to the ministry of justice for a petition to
raise the age of consent
The name of that student group was "Your voice matters" or is "Your voice
matters" and they collected over 40,000 signatures on the internet for their petition
Those votes have now been collected and handed over to the justice minister Yoko Kamigawa and this topic
actually raised quite a ruckus, it became place number four on the google search terms about Japan
next to corona and the reason for that being is the age of consent in Japan is currently 13
The petition is asking to raise that to the age of 16 so from 13 to 16 now ....if it's gonna get through
we don't know yet it's currently in the office now most countries generally prohibit sex with
underage people from the age of 16 up to 20 depending on which country you're going
Tkay comparing the age of consent to people all around the world the lowest is generally 11
one of the higher ones is 20 years old, the average seems to be 16 to 18 somewhere in between there
and then it depends on if they're actually married engaged to be married or if they're
actually heterosexual or homosexual these kind of things factor in when the age of consent is
applied or considered in certain countries that changes all around the world though
In the united states it's between 16 and 18 depending on which state you're from
In turkey you have to be 18. Nigeria currently has the lowest one at 11.
Spain had the same age of consent at 13 but they raised it in 2003 so a couple of years ago already
to the age of 16.
But where i'm from Germany it's 14 and we share that age with Hungary Austria and Italy...
I n some countries unfortunately there isn't even an age of consent at all and it just matters
whether they are married or not... so some people might be screaming right now 13 oh my god ...there
is however the Inkou Jyourei it's called the obscenity status or the corruption of minors law that also
can override the age of 13 ... so for example in big areas like Tokyo it's actually not 13. So those
two statuses raise the age of consent from 16 to 18 so for example in Tokyo it's actually 18.
If they can prove that they are in a serious relationship and they have the consent of the
parents the age can go back as low as 16 or is 18 for boys so 16 for girls 18 for boys and otherwise
it's actually starting from 20.... Japan however has no "close in age exemption" now this is a thing
that's in some countries when young minors are trying things out with each other meaning there's
a big difference between a 13 year old sleeping with a 13 year old or a 13 year old sleeping with
a 30 year old... so in theory that could mean that if two 12 year olds did things with each other
in Japan they could in theory get prosecuted for that
When students from "Your voice matters" went round and tried to get signatures for the petition
one thing that many Japanese people said was that they were surprised that the age of consent was actually that low many didn't even know
D Zon't forget that this topic is heavily heavily focused on the culture of a country so in Japan
for example it's very much frowned upon to have that kind of experience too early in life anyways
So for example why in some countries you're kind of getting pushed to you know lose your virginity
fast because you're the uncoolest person.... in Japan a lot of people are actually trying to stay and
keep that virginity until they meet the right person or maybe even the partner they want to
marry apparently.... in a country where underage kids most of the time actually underage girls are heavily
commercialized, idealized and even fetishized this kind of law is actually very important
For example the law around pornographic imagery that portrays minors has only been changed in
recent years in Japan and in no other country have I ever seen underage girls in bikinis on posters
in trains.... so this law is generally there to protect young girls and even boys from predators
The idol culture in Japan and also the popular media such as anime maga is sometimes really
pushing the border of what is okay.... so how is that actually in your country what's the
age of consent and how does that look or what surprised you about what we were talking about
this time let us know in the comments down below ....a bit more of a serious topic but yeah
the most important is that once you are of the right age to do "the no pants dance" that you
take care of each other and you love each other and everything's gonna be fine but yeah
this is an interesting development and like i said it's been very high on the google search
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greetings from Tokyo i'll catch you soon for more see you guys this was CathyCat from Tokyo
So the director brought me moeru burning cola gummy okay.... hey guys it's CathyCat and right
now i'm in front of a Japanese convenience store called Family Mart Japanese convenience
stores contain many interesting items and they actually change every month so this is quite
exciting i like browsing and today the director of Japanese who's right behind the camera there
is gonna give me a challenge he's gonna go grab an item and I have to review it
from family mart so let's find out what he goes who's gonna bring us
hopefully not something too nasty because I need to try that so let's go ... see you director
So the director brought me moeru burning cola gummy and it looked like it's going to be super
spicy it was like "what a spicy cola gummy?" I don't really want to eat that no actually
it is a collaboration between men's tbc and uha so it's supposed to be kind of good for working
out because i think men's tbc is for like guys to like look good and work out and I read the
english on here it's beautiful just check that out "aesthetic tbc and uha mikaruto (that's the two
companies) has developed (even though they're two "they has" developed) a new gummy candy based on the
concept... now the concept name is "Isn't awesome to get good looking by eating some gummy" that's
the name of the concept... it says that here i'm not finished yet there's more... through repeating trial
and error the greatest feature is that it contains amino and acid and l-carnitine which has been
introduced in the aesthetic treatments.... what does that even mean? Take it with you whenever you go
exercise and work and get your ideal body now my ideal body is waiting for me with this color gummy
i think the idea is that it helps you burn more calories that's why it's probably burning i hope
it's not going to burn on my tongue i would not be happy about that... give me a little zip here
oh there's not that many in there ... at least it doesn't smell
it doesn't smell spicy so just a couple of them in there just actually not smell a cola let's eat it
Okay it's fizzy
kind of sour... it's fizzy sour and very hard
It doesn't really smell taste much of cola maybe of like lemony cola that has more lemon
than cola that's the kind of flavor you get... apparently it's supposed to help you burn more
than you actually have calories maybe because you're chewing a lot as well so that was the
Moeru burning cola gummy ... if you see that be sure to try it out if you're curious and don't forget
Isn't it awesome to get good looking by eating some gummy? I guess it is
i'm not sure if it does that .... anyways i hope you enjoyed this don't forget to leave this a like
and if there's any items you'd like us to review from the convenience stores in Tokyo let us know
thank you very much... thumbs up and I catch you soon ask Japanese and don't forget to subscribe...