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During a regular news conference on Tuesday, Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said the ministry would establish an expert panel to discuss possible revisions within the current fiscal year, which ends in March.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

“In recent years, acts such as soliciting sex on the streets have been declared a social issue, with growing demand to take appropriate measures,” said Hiraguchi.

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