Number of recognized cases of rapes and forcible indecencies Japan 2014-2023
The number of recorded rapes in Japan increased to approximately 2.7 thousand cases in 2023 from approximately 1.7 thousand cases in the previous year. At the same time, the number of reported forcible indecencies also increased from 4.7 thousand cases to about 6.1 thousand in 2023.
In 2017, amendments of the Penal Code expanded the definition of rape, which up to that point was interpreted as forced vaginal intercourse, to also include forced anal and oral sex.
