While Japan revised in 2017 its criminal law to impose stricter penalties for sex offenders for the first time in 110 years, critics of the legislation have looked to Sweden's consent-based sexual offense law as a guide for further amendments.The Scandinavian country's legislation, promulgated in 2018, states sexual acts require voluntary participation. Under the slogan of "yes means yes," sex without explicit consent would be deemed rape.Several European countries, including Germany and Britain, already define rape as sex without consent.The law also stipulates that physical violence, thre…READ FULL ARTICLE
