The number of recorded rapes in Japan increased to approximately ***** cases in 2024 from the previous year. The number of reported non-consensual indecencies also increased to nearly ***** cases.
In 2023, amendments to the Penal Code expanded the definition of rape, which up to that point was interpreted as forced intercourse, including forced anal and oral sex, to non-consensual intercourse.
Provisions of the Penal Code were partially revised (enforced in July 2017); “rape” was redefined as “forcible sexual intercourse”, in accordance with the revision of the constitutive elements of rape. Amendments in 2023 (enforced in July 2023) redefined “forcible sexual intercourse” to “non-consensual intercourse” and raised the legal age of consent to 16 years from 13 years.
Figures prior to 2019 come from the previous reporting.
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e-Stat (Japan). (February 6, 2025). Number of cases of penetrative sexual assaults and indecent assaults recorded by the police in Japan from 2015 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/864883/japan-reported-cases-rape-and-forcible-indecencies/
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e-Stat (Japan). "Number of Cases of Penetrative Sexual Assaults and Indecent Assaults Recorded by The Police in Japan from 2015 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/864883/japan-reported-cases-rape-and-forcible-indecencies/
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