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Japan proposes raising age of consent from 13 to 16 after multiple rape acquittals
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoJapan is planning to increase the age of consent from 13 to 16 in an overhaul of its sex crime...
Why Japan is rethinking its rape laws and raising the age of consent from 13
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJapan is finally changing its age of consent and definition of rape, after previous attempts were...
Japan finally updated its definition of rape so that the crime no longer requires the use of force....
INSIDER· 12 months agoProtesters call for revision of the anti-sex crime law, in front of Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan,...
One of Russell Brand's accusers said her mom 'tried everything' to stop her from seeing him when she...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRussell Brand.James Manning/PA via AP Four women have accused comedian Russell Brand of rape and...
LGBT+ History Month: Top photographs from The Independent archive
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn honour of LGBT+ History Month, we are sharing rarely-seen photographs that spotlight British...
Sex offender won’t face NC charges after taking teen girl to Missouri
WSOC via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPolice in our area say they can’t charge a sex offender who drove off with a teen girl. On Oct. 13,...
Arizona Supreme Court to enforce 1864 abortion ban, when age of consent was 10
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Arizona Supreme Court has upheld an 1864 abortion ban. “Women and doctors in Arizona now have 14...
Who Is Helen Mirren's Husband? All About Taylor Hackford
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGregg DeGuire/WireImage Helen Mirren and her husband Taylor Hackford are both Oscar winners. The...
Bill increasing age of sexual consent dies in Oklahoma House amid flap over childhood marriage ban
Oklahoma Voice via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOKLAHOMA CITY — An effort to raise Oklahoma’s age of sexual consent appears dead for the session...
The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAs Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham...