In 2023, Japan raised the legal age for sexual consent to 16 from 13 earlier. For a century, the legal age to consent remained 13 years old.
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China
The legal age to indulge in sexual pleasure is 14 years in China. Anybody who engages in sexual activity below that age is considered an offense.
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South Korea
In 2023, the legal age to give consent to sex is 20 years old, which has been raised twice from 13 years to 16, then to 20 years.
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Pakistan
Indulging in sexual activity outside marriage is not allowed in Pakistan. Hence, there is no legal age to consent there as determined in other countries.
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India
The age to give consent for sexual activity is 18 years in India. However, there is debate and discussion underway to reduce it to 16.
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Singapore
The legal age to give consent is 16 years. If one indulges with any other person aged below 16 years in sexual activities commits a penal offense.
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Taiwan
The legal age to give consent is 16 years. If one indulges with any other person aged below 16 years in sexual activities commits a penal offense.
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Sri Lanka
The legal age to give consent is 16 years. Having sexual intercourse with a girl, with or without consent, amounts to statutory rape.
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Israel
The age of consent in Israel is 16 years for all genders, but subject to certain conditions.