The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, approved on Thursday a bill to revise the Penal Code to impose tougher penalties for sex crimes.
The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, approved on Thursday a bill to revise the Penal Code to impose tougher penalties for sex crimes.
The bill, which won unanimous approval at a plenary session, calls for changing the definition of the crime of rape so that men, in addition to women, can be recognized as victims.
The name of the crime in the code will also be changed from «gokan» to a name meaning forcible sexual intercourse.
