Things Okay in Japan but Illegal Around the World

These are shocking laws that are

okay

in Japan but

illegal

all over the

world

, so I've made videos before about

things

you can't do in Japan because of Japanese laws or unknown laws here in Japan that could get you arrested, but This time I wanted to change

things

up and show you some laws here in Japan that are actually legal but are

illegal

in the rest of the

world

. Many think that Japan is a very strict country and rightly so, but when you hear some of these Japanese laws, you might have to scratch your head and to be clear from the start, I do not recommend doing any of these things.

I'm not giving legal advice and this is for entertainment only, but as always before I start, if you want to see what I'm doing. every day, check out my Instagram account if you want to help support the channel, check out my Japanese merch, and if you have any questions about Japan or your trips to Japan, check out my Discord community and let me know in the comments how it works. The laws are compared to those in your country and if you agree or disagree with any of them, let's make this age of consent number one. This is a highly debated topic nowadays in Japan, but the legal age of consent is 13 years in Japan and one of the lowest age of consent in the world refers to the minimum age at which a person is considered to be capable of giving consent to sexual acts.

In fact, this has been part of the Japanese penal code since 1907, over a hundred years without changes, interestingly enough in most prefectures. In Japan there are local statutes and ordinances that raise the effective age to between 16 and 18 while leaving a gray area for specific cases at the end of the day, although the national age of consent in Japan is 13. 2 marry cousins ​​on a somewhat lighter note, it is legal in

japan

to marry your first cousin, like many of these laws in the video, it may be legal in some countries or if you are from the US in your state, but the truth is in others.

In many parts of the world, marrying your first cousin is still illegal, so I thought it was worth mentioning. This law dates back to the Meiji period of Japan, when it was passed in 1898. It is quite common in Japan and there is a word to describe it. itako kon, in fact, there have been many famous and well-known people in Japan who have married their first cousin, for example, the 56th Prime Minister of Japan, who is the grandfather of Japan's most recent Prime Minister, Abe, was married to his first cousin, there were even two prime ministers. After him, who was also married to his first cousin, one of the reasons for this law was to allow families to keep their wealth within their family, fortunately for those who live in Japan today and who also want to legally spend the rest of their lives. his life with his first cousin.

Japan is all for smear number three, so this one is interesting. In Japan you can sue someone for defamation if they harm your honor aka public image, even if the statements are true, this stunned me as I am from the US and by defamation we mean oral or written communication of a false statement about another person that unfairly damages their reputation and generally constitutes a tort or crime but in Japan damaging someone's honor or even damaging the honor of a company is protected by law even if the statements are true. However, I should note that many laws in Japan leave a lot of gray areas, but the three main criteria for defamation in Japan are: one, the statement is shared with the general public, two, it reveals specific facts, whether they are true or not, and three, it damages honor, whether socially. their value or how they value themselves, for example, telling your co-workers or the public that your married boss is having an affair with someone even if it is completely true is considered defamation in Japan, even online statements if true The three criteria mentioned above can be considered defamation, although there are exceptions, such as you are stating facts about public interest or you are a whistleblower to expose the company's fraud, but at the end of the day, Japanese law is to protect people and companies of malicious actors who try to do it.

His honor or damage to his image here were two examples that actually happened in Japan. Case one in 2018, a person was having an affair and a third party posted it on social media, although the fair was happening, the person sued the third party for defamation in Tokyo. The district court ruled in favor of the plaintiff and awarded one hundred thousand yen, about 820 US dollars today, and in case two, a quasi-rape incident occurred in a circle of events. Quasi-rape according to the Japanese definition is a crime of having sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, oral sex with another person who fainted under the influence of alcohol and lost consciousness to resist or was unable to resist.

A magazine published an anonymous report about the incident without giving the real name of the subject in this case, although the incident occurred and the subject was anonymous in the report. the court still awarded a judgment for the issue as it considered that the subject could be identified by judging the totality of the circumstances and received a total of 4.4 million yen in damages for defamation around 36,000 US dollars maybe Not necessarily illegal around the world, but I thought this one was worth mentioning, so yeah, if you're in Japan and someone is talking about it, you might be able to do something about it before moving on.

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Hand shark has also been legal to eat in Japan, it is probably most commonly eaten and I think it is fair to say that many Japanese consider it a delicious food as it is easily found on menus, it is probably most commonly found in Chinese restaurants all over Japan, but as it is a very expensive delicacy. here the japanese probably won't eat it regularly regarding whaling, specifically joji morista, who negotiated japan's withdrawal from the international whaling commission, said that in japan the issue of whale consumption is a symbol of respect for different cultures and many people in Japan think it is not right.

Let people outside impose food culture on other places, whether you agree with any of it or not, the simple fact is that right now it is legal to eat these foods here in Japan and number five is cigarettes, so nowadays we all know that cigarettes are not that good for you, many places around the world have laws that protect citizens, including children, from cigarettes and secondhand smoke, but Japan, although still It hasn't gotten to that point, it's slowly catching up, there are still things that can be done legally here in Japan when it comes to cigarettes that aren't necessarily legal in other parts of the world In Japan, you can still buy cigarettes from vending machines and, as long as you have a taspo photo ID card and European age, although most indoor smoking as of 2020 is prohibited, you can still smoke in hotel rooms, cigar bars, and even some restaurants and bars small ones that were open before April 2020.

I don't know, although I feel like there are still many restaurants and bars throughout Japan that were open before 2020. Either way, Japan has come a long way since a few years ago, when wherever you went indoors you could smoke anyway, those are things you can do legally in Japan and may be illegal in other parts of the world if they like that. video as always please help me out and hit the like button if you want to see more videos like this or anything related to Japan hit the subscribe button and the bell button and I'll see you guys in the next one.