TOKYO, Jan 31 (News On Japan) –
Street prostitution in areas corresponding to Tokyo’s Kabukicho district has more and more grow to be a social challenge, prompting the Justice Ministry to contemplate revising the Anti-Prostitution Law to introduce penalties for individuals who buy intercourse, based on officers accustomed to the matter.
Under the present legislation, penalties apply primarily to those that promote intercourse, together with acts corresponding to soliciting or ready for patrons in public areas, whereas there aren’t any provisions that punish the patrons, a authorized hole that assist teams for girls and different organizations have lengthy criticized as unbalanced and ineffective.
Amid rising requires tighter regulation of so-called “sex buying,” the Justice Ministry has begun analyzing revisions to the legislation that might lengthen penalties to the buying aspect as effectively, marking a possible shift within the framework of Japan’s prostitution controls.
The ministry plans to determine a panel of consultants as early as March to start formal discussions on the proposed modifications, together with whether or not patrons must be added to the checklist of these topic to punishment for solicitation-related offenses, because it strikes towards a broader overview of the decades-old laws.
Source: TBS