On 05/05/2003 1:41, in article
qQmta.320$Mc2.165590055@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com, "The Eternal Lost Lurker
(Shalanla!)" <ell4life@sbcglowball.net> wrote:

> 
> "Ethan Hammond" <eshammond@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:5Xjta.138558$ja4.6369379@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> 
>> The age of consent is 18 in Japan wizzle.
> 
> Actually, the age of consent in Japan *IS* 13. The legal definition of a
> child as portains to sexual abuse, sexual assault, child prostitution, and
> child pornography is 18. The age of consent to engage in sexual intercourse
> is 13 in most places, and the age of consent for marriage is 16.
> 
> It's the schoolgirl hooker/enjokosai stuff that's illegal unless the seller
> is 18 up, in which case it's more or less legal...more or less.

AFAIK, as long as it isn't coitus, it's legal.

Ciao,
     John

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John C. Watson
World Otakunization Project, Amherst Division

"Shuraku-tai--hasshin!"