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Shoo...nothing to see here. - zeio
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Shoo...nothing to see here. - zeio
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Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I checked, what it means being underage in Japan, the 20 years of age makes you actually eligible i.e. to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes (not that I would recommend it)
When it comes to the age of consent ... it's actually 18 years[1] so legally Jun is 'ok' ... I'm not referring of course to his public image or reputation which must have been hurt.
Btw, it's little funny that a young person i.e. of the age of 18 is not ok to have a beer, but still ok to have sex ... and this is the situation in many Countries I guess, not only Japan. As I followed the links, I was shocked to learn that there are some countries, where the 'age of consent' is ... well ... 12 (no comments here). Japan's 18 is actually one of the highest one, Bahrain is 21 and an average for other countries is about ~16.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia
The issue here is more than age of consent. The point of contention here is whether he's committed infidelity, which is punishable in Japan where her wife could divorce him on that ground and claim alimony. This is why he and his acquaintance keep stressing he didn't cross the line(physical relationship).
Cheating, affair and infidelity
https://hataraquest.com/cheating-evidence

In the first place, the difference between “cheating” and “affair” is easily confused, but strictly speaking, the meaning is different.そもそも「浮気」と「不倫」の違いは混同されやすいものですが、厳密に言うと意味が異なります。
浮気とは、一般的に、配偶者以外の異性と恋愛関係になること、もしくはそう疑われるような行為をすること全般を指すことが多いです。
また、婚姻関係がない恋人同士の間でも使われます。
一方で不倫は、配偶者以外の異性と肉体関係になること、つまり性交渉をするという意味で使われることが多いです。また、婚姻関係がある夫婦間において、使われる言葉です。
しかし、実はどちらも法的な概念ではなく、法的には婚姻関係がある配偶者の不倫のことを「不貞行為」と言います。
なぜ浮気と不倫(不貞行為)を区別する必要があるのかというと、不倫(不貞行為)でなければ、法的には、「慰謝料請求」や「離婚請求」が認められないからです。
In general, cheating often refers to a general relationship with a person other than your spouse who is in love or is suspected.
It is also used between lovers who are not married.
On the other hand, infidelity is often used in the sense of having a physical relationship with the opposite sex other than the spouse, that is, having sex. It is also a term used between married couples.
However, neither is actually a legal concept, and the affair of a spouse who is legally married is called “unfaithfulness”.
The reason why it is necessary to distinguish between cheating and infidelity (unfaithfulness) is that legal claims for “claim for alimony” and “claim for divorce” are not allowed unless they are infidelity (unfaithfulness).