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Japan has finally made the possession of child pornography a punishable offense.

The country's upper house of parliament passed a bill Wednesday, which will see people found with explicit images of children jailed for up to year or fined up to $10,000.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/world/asi ... ?hpt=hp_t2

The bill notably excludes the possession of explicit anime or manga, a point of contention for campaigners who say that cartoons depicting child sexual abuse should also be banned.

Representatives of those industries say that while they support the ban on real child pornography, any move to censor their products would be an unjustified restriction of freedom of expression.

Daisuke Okeda, a lawyer and inspector for the Japan Animation Creators Association, said it was "natural that animation is exempted."

Army of GOD wrote:And Japan finds a way to keep the world lead in highest suicide rate.

macbone wrote:Except for anime and manga, apparently.

The bill notably excludes the possession of explicit anime or manga, a point of contention for campaigners who say that cartoons depicting child sexual abuse should also be banned.

Representatives of those industries say that while they support the ban on real child pornography, any move to censor their products would be an unjustified restriction of freedom of expression.

Daisuke Okeda, a lawyer and inspector for the Japan Animation Creators Association, said it was "natural that animation is exempted."

Jmac1206 wrote:Areas that legalize "underage" drawn porn have lower rates of minors being abused.

mrswdk wrote:

Jmac1206 wrote:Areas that legalize "underage" drawn porn have lower rates of minors being abused.

If only more Japanese cartoonists would draw Japanese politicians denying their country's war crimes, then maybe that would happen less as well.

notyou2 wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Jmac1206 wrote:Areas that legalize "underage" drawn porn have lower rates of minors being abused.

If only more Japanese cartoonists would draw Japanese politicians denying their country's war crimes, then maybe that would happen less as well.

Wrong thread.

"...the Japanese started selecting prisoners and every day one prisoner was taken out and killed and eaten by the soldiers. I personally saw this happen and about 100 prisoners were eaten at this place by the Japanese. The remainder of us were taken to another spot 50 miles [80 km] away where 10 prisoners died of sickness. At this place, the Japanese again started selecting prisoners to eat. Those selected were taken to a hut where their flesh was cut from their bodies while they were alive and they were thrown into a ditch where they later died." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

Jmac1026 wrote:

macbone wrote:Except for anime and manga, apparently.

The bill notably excludes the possession of explicit anime or manga, a point of contention for campaigners who say that cartoons depicting child sexual abuse should also be banned.

Representatives of those industries say that while they support the ban on real child pornography, any move to censor their products would be an unjustified restriction of freedom of expression.

Daisuke Okeda, a lawyer and inspector for the Japan Animation Creators Association, said it was "natural that animation is exempted."

Yeah, Anime/Manga is pretty big on that stuff in a lot of areas. Its actually interesting: There have been studies that provide a link between animated child porn and pedophiles. That is, an inverse relationship. Areas that legalize "underage" drawn porn have lower rates of minors being abused.

Figures from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare show the cases of reported child abuse have quadrupled in 10 years and increased 40 fold in twenty years. In 1990, the ministry recorded 1,101 cases of abuse. In 1999, 11,631. In 2000, 17,725 cases. And in 2009, the numbers hit an all-time high of 44,211.

The causes behind the numbers are multifaceted. One reason is that abuse cases are being reported more accurately. In 2000, when the number of cases jumped, a national law went into effect mandating the reporting of child abuse and neglect cases.

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"The world's image is that Japan is kind to its children," says Hamazaki, pausing as she looks at the children around her. "But the image does not match reality."

Empirical Japanese studies of childhood sexual abuse are rare. The few studies that do exist are mostly case studies involving low numbers of respondents. These are usually highly subjective, mostly legal or psychiatric in orientation and cannot be generalized to the Japanese population. In Japan this topic is often avoided as unpleasant; consequently, it is not discussed in conversation and not investigated in research.

A representative sample of 665 Japanese college students were asked to anonymously evaluate their childhood sexual activities using the large 41-question instrument. The findings suggested a significant distortion of social perceptions by victims of sexual abuse, especially victims of exhibitionism, concerning their estimation of similar experiences of like-gender and like-aged children. One of the surprising findings was the low incidence of these experiences in Japan compared to some of the other countries surveyed earlier. It is clear that significant long-term effects on these victims were evident as a result of their victimizations.

DaGip wrote:

notyou2 wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Jmac1206 wrote:Areas that legalize "underage" drawn porn have lower rates of minors being abused.

If only more Japanese cartoonists would draw Japanese politicians denying their country's war crimes, then maybe that would happen less as well.

Wrong thread.

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Anime has lots of cannibalistic demons in their shows, maybe that's their way of telling us how good our grandpas all tasted.