Japan's parliament enacted Friday a law to impose longer prison sentences on rapists, while also covering male victims of sexual crimes.In the first major revision to the criminal law since its enactment in the Meiji Era (1868-1912), when women could not vote, the bill passed the House of Councillors plenary session after clearing the House of Representatives on June 8.The revised law will raise the minimum sentence for rape to five years from three years now. Despite the impact on victims, those committing rape have long received a shorter minimum sentence than the five years for robbery u…READ FULL ARTICLE
