This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jolieil and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 16th of June, these are our main stories.

Japan raises the age of consent from 13 to 16 and redefines rape,

but a new law on gay and transgender rights is criticised as inadequate.

The new blood test that could potentially detect 50 types of cancer.

The changing face of Russia's war dead, the BBC finds that Russian soldiers are dying in huge numbers in Ukraine.

Many of them older and untrained.

So far we have identified the names of more than 25,000 fighters.

That's four times the number Russia has acknowledged.

Also in this podcast, the new type of dinosaur that's spared its bones and its spikes here in Britain.

The age of consent in Japan, one of the lowest in the world has been raised from 13 years old to 16.

In a major overhaul of its sex crime laws, the Japanese parliament voted unanimously for reforms that will redefine rape as non-consensual rather than forced sex,

and for the first time will criminalise voyeurism.

Campaigners welcomed this as a big step forward, but the response was distinctly chillier to another key piece of legislation that was also passed.

This was supposed to eliminate discrimination against gay and transgender people, but after being watered down, it's angered both gay rights advocates and ultra-conservatives.

And it still leaves Japan as the only wealthy G7 nation doesn't recognise same sex marriage.

Across one in Tokyo, Shima Khalil, told us more about these new laws starting with a new age of consent.

It is quite groundbreaking, and if you think about the fact that this is the first time the Japan changes or raises the age of sexual consent since it's been enacted in 1907,

and it now puts it with many other countries.

I think also what's groundbreaking here and what's quite remarkable about these changes is that they're specific.

The language here is very important.

Rape has been redefined as non-consensual sexual intercourse rather than forcible sexual intercourse.

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