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High School Students to Be "Lifted" from April, and the Need for Legislation...Rally at the National Diet

With the revision of the Civil Code lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 on April 1, there are concerns that the ban on high school students appearing in adult videos (pornography) will be lifted, resulting in more serious damage, such as coercion to perform.

On April 23, a nonpartisan group of Diet members gathered for a rally to demand legal and other measures.

At the rally held in the National Diet building, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan member Ayaka Shiomura said, "Damage has already begun to occur since April 1. High school student porn will become popular. Japan is said to be an 'adult superpower. There is no way we can allow such a shameful thing to happen," he pointed out.

Under current law, if a person is under the age of 18, he or she is not allowed to appear in adult films under the Law on the Prohibition of Child Pornography, and for 18- and 19-year-olds, a contract without the consent of a parent or other person can be rescinded by exercising the "minor's right to rescind" under the Civil Code.

However, since the revised Civil Code will come into effect in April, when the age of adulthood is lowered, it will be possible for 18-year-olds to enter into contracts without the consent of their parents, etc., and there is concern that the number of victims, such as those forced to perform in pornography, will increase.

The meeting was attended by those who have experienced being forced to perform in adult videos in the past.

Social service worker Kurumin Aroma said, "It is difficult to get rid of something that has appeared in the world. It is truly irreversible. Me too. When I want to start something new, I often feel lost and unsure because of these past experiences (of appearing in adult videos), so I can't start. It's a scar that won't go away even if it takes me a lifetime.



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