性暴力「撮影罪」新設を検討　強制性交の要件緩和も　法相諮問へ

　上川陽子法相は１０日の記者会見で、性犯罪への対応を強化する法整備の在り方について１６日に法制審議会（法相の諮問機関）へ諮問すると発表した。主に刑法や刑事訴訟法の改正を想定しており、強制性交の様子を撮影する行為や盗撮などを対象とした「撮影罪」の新設を議論。強制性交等罪の構成要件緩和や、現行法で１３歳の「性交同意年齢」引き上げなども検討する。
　諮問は全部で１０項目。「教師と生徒」「上司と部下」といった関係を利用した性犯罪を罰する規定の創設▽現在は強制わいせつ罪の対象とされる、身体の一部や物を相手の身体に挿入する行為を強制性交等罪と同等に扱うかどうか▽配偶者間でも強制性交等罪が成立することの明確化▽公訴時効の見直し―なども議論を求める。（2021/09/10-11:36）

Japan is considering law revisions to strengthen crackdowns on sex crimes, such as establishing a new crime of taking videos of rape or secretly photographing victims, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Friday.
   Other measures being mulled include easing requirements for what constitutes rape and raising the age of consent from the current 13.
   Kamikawa said that she will consult the Legislative Council, an advisory panel to the minister, on the proposed measures on Thursday.
   A total of 10 measures will be proposed, including setting up a new provision for punishing sex crimes between people with power imbalances, such as teachers and students, and senior and junior workers. Others include punishing the forcible insertion of any body part or object into the body of the victim as heavily as rape, as it is currently punished as indecent assault, clarifying that rape can occur between spouses and reviewing the statute of limitations.
   The ministry is also planning to establish penalties for providing videos and photographs of rape, as well as a system in which such videos and photographs can be confiscated and deleted even if the case does not lead to indictment.