The age of consent goes up from 13 to 16 in Japan.

Japan's age of consent went from 13 (one of the lowest in the world) to 16 on Friday, when important changes to sex crime laws were passed.

The upper house of parliament voted unanimously in favor of the changes, which make it clearer what needs to be done to prosecute rape and make voyeurism a crime.

Human Rights Now, a group based in Tokyo, said the changes were "a big step forward" and that activists liked ....