An authoritative legal research organization from Japan has visited a prosecutors’ office in Korea to study South Korea’s response system to sexual offenses.

Some ten members of a Japanese association on mental health and law and the prosecutor working at the Japanese embassy in Seoul visited the department investigating crimes against women and children at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul on Friday.

At the department, members of association including law professors, lawyers, and doctors exchanged opinions on the system in South Korea which address sexual crimes.

The visitors from Japan listened to the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the unit for women and children and toured filming studios exclusively for women and children.

Although Japan deals with sexual crimes as general provisions in its criminal law, Korea punishes such offenses with strengthened regulations including a special law on sexual violence and an act on the protection of children and juveniles from sexual abuse, in addition to the criminal code.

Japan also does not have a policy that enforces the use of electronic tracking anklets or one that makes individuals personal information public.