- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 18, 2012 06:50 JST
- Tags: DPJ, Gaikokujin, JRP, LDP, Mass Media, Military, Politics, USA, Video Gallery

The founder of what is now Japan’s third largest party, Tooru Hashimoto, has given an outraged response to the suggestion that any American could possibly call Japan right wing, saying a nation with such a huge army and nuclear weapons which brazenly violated the sovereignty of Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden has no business calling Japan right wing.
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Japan’s former PM and current LDP leader Shinzo Abe has stunned many Japanese with talk of building even more nuclear power plants, even as parts of the nation remain radioactive wastelands – though he very reassuringly talks of building them using the “latest technology” in “extremely safe” locations.
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A survey of 34,000 Chinese has revealed half of them think the Japanese prime minister is the most anti-Chinese in history, in no small part thanks to his devilish attempts to enslave the Senkaku islands and their innocent caprine population under the yoke of Japanese oppression.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 27, 2012 00:53 JST
- Tags: 4chan, Copyright, Crime, DPJ, Hacking, Internet, Law, LDP, Music, P2P, Politics

Hacker collective Anonymous has declared open season on the Japanese government for its passage of a draconian ban on illegal downloads and ripping, briefly taking down several government websites in a series of cyber-attacks.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 26, 2012 13:37 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Gundam, Internet, LDP, Marketing, Mecha, Otaku, Politics, Robots

The LDP has announced it is considering a Gundam development program, with the presumed intent of defending Japan with an army of giant robots.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 28, 2011 17:22 JST
- Tags: Censorship, China, DVD Extras, LDP, Marketing, Oppai, Pantsu, Politics, TV


Even the Chinese have been complaining about the excessive levels of censorship Japanese anime and manga are now subject to, whether due to the attentions of Herr Ishihara or simply down to the prevalence of censorship marketing.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 29, 2011 20:50 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Crime, Feminism, Law, LDP, Loli, Lolicon, Moe, Otaku, Politics

Japan’s ongoing efforts to ban its only healthy industry continue, with the latest proposed law demanding anime, manga and games be lumped in with child pornography as the subject of a new ban.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Aug 6, 2011 05:22 JST
- Tags: 2ch, China, History, LDP, Marketing, Military, Otaku, Politics, Russia, Tokyo

Tokyo’s governor Shintaro Ishihara has taken a break from bashing manga to stress the need for Japan to become a military state and to develop its own nuclear arsenal, lest it be torn apart by wicked foreigners.
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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is set on passing a bill which would ban all loli material as child pornography, saying it promotes crimes against children.
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Governor Ishihara’s initiative to rid Tokyo of depraved 2D filth has finally come into effect on the first of July, making it a crime to distribute any anime, manga or game the government deems “unhealthy” without consigning it to the same channels hardcore porn is distributed by.
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Tokyo’s 78-year-old governor Shintaro Ishihara is thought to have been re-elected for a fourth term by a large margin.
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Tokyo’s crazy governor Shintaro Ishihara has announced he will stand for election for a fourth consecutive term, much to the delight of manga fans everywhere.
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