In Japan, you can go to jail for reporting an unfaithful person: this is what Luisito Comunica said

Japan has tightened its laws against defamation, establishing harsher penalties that include up to a year in prison for those who commit these crimes, according to the Penal Code. Luisito Comunica, the Mexican content creator, shared on his YouTube account some practices that are legal in Latin America, but illegal in this country, and vice versa.

Libel is banned in Japan: I could pay for it with jail

“In Japan, honor is protected by law and there is a very different definition of what constitutes defamation. You can’t share any kind of information. You can’t share any kind of sensitive information publicly about someone else, because they could come after you with a lawsuit or even a criminal complaint.explained Luisito Comunica.

“To give an example, If you know that your coworker is being unfaithful to her husband, you go and tell everyone, the whole office finds out and she gets fired for it, she could chase you and sue you because you have damaged something very valuable, which is her honor,” added the influencer.

Luisito also commented that if a person “knows something sensitive about an artist, you saw him drunk in a nightclub, you took a photo of him, you uploaded it to social media to make fun of him, he could pursue you and, without a doubt, the law will give him the reason.”

What other practices are illegal in Japan?

In Japan, the age of sexual consent is just 16. “Until just last year, this age was 13. This means that any adult could have sex with someone who is 13 without the law being able to really prosecute them,” the content creator mentioned.

And the age of 13 had been stipulated in the Japanese Penal Code since 1907: “There are still many loopholes. For example, it does not apply to teenage couples, as long as there is no more than 5 years difference. For example, if the couple is 13 and the other is 18, it is fine. And it is also often said thatAnd since this is something so recent, if the complaint is filed now, but the incident happened before the law was passed, it is most likely that your complaint will not proceed.”

Another “normal” practice in Japan is the fact that it is legal to marry cousins, something that is prohibited by the Church in several countries.

“This law, which allows direct cousins ​​to marry each other, was passed in 1898, with the aim of allowing families with a lot of material goods to protect their wealth. What better way to protect what your grandfather worked so hard for than to marry your cousin. To this day, this is something that is widely practiced among politicians. For example, several prime ministers have married their cousins ​​so that power is not divided.Luisito emphasized.