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		oh_sigh on Dec 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: College students are learning hard lessons about a... No legal recourse, and cultural differences. An adult male in Japan propositioning a 13 year old for sex is legal in their current system, whereas that doesn't really fly in America.

monocasa on Dec 1, 2020 [–]

Just an aside: all populated areas of Japan have a age of consent from 16 to 18 that supersedes the federal 13 age of consent.

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