Message-ID: <2115.68.126.82.218.1081365087.squirrel@webmail.io.com> In-Reply-To: <1298.68.126.82.218.1081357140.squirrel@webmail.io.com> References: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:11:27 -0500 (CDT) From: hcobb@io.com To: megami@usagi.org Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [megami:30669] Age of consent in Japan Reply-To: megami@gold.win.jp ML-Count: 30669 Precedence: bulk http://www.ageofconsent.com/japan.htm Age of majority The Article 3 of the Japanese Civil Code states that the age of majority is twenty (20) years old. Age of consent for sexual activity The Article 177 of the Penal Code puts the age of consent for sexual actitvity at thirteen (13) years. Age of consent for marriage Articles 731 and 737 of the Civil Code provides that the age of consent for marriage is eighteen (18) years for men, and sixteen (16) for women. But when a minor wants to get married, he or she needs the consent of his or her parents. -HJC