
Concerned parents and lawyers looking to enforce their morals have been causing a tussle online about an unofficial shirt for teacher assassination anime Ansatsu Kyoushitsu, due to the shirt’s unsavory “Keep Calm and Kill Your Teacher” slogan – though with the outraged complainants in question likely having no knowledge of the series that the shirt is based on.
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The LDP-unter-Abe’s efforts to force through revisions to Japan’s military role in the face of public indifference and political opposition has inspired online “protest” (whether against Abe or instead the foolish opposition to his glorious reign may vary) via that most politically incisive of media, the online meme…
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The imminent arrival of Phoenix Wright‘s next greatest iteration “The Great Ace Attorney” has prompted Capcom into divulging a brand new trailer, summarizing the game’s story along with its host of new gameplay mechanics – while undoubtedly also continuing to misrepresent how courtrooms actually function (the real thing being much worse…).
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A man has been arrested for taking a photograph of a young woman on a train, with lawyers explaining this constitutes criminal voyeurism even if she is fully clothed, in frame head-to-foot, and no actual pictures are taken.
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Police raids on Square Enix have been followed up by furious excoriation by SNK Playmore, condemning them for “major criminality,” “completely insincere conduct,” and “pernicious conduct” by way of explanation – and confirming that the company is so adamant that certain Square Enix executives should be arrested that it has targeted them individually with criminal charges.
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Police have arrested an artist for distributing 3D models of her vagina for use with 3D printers, insisting it constitutes obscenity despite her having repeatedly exhibited the same models in galleries and elsewhere.
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Arisa Yamato – sadly now likely to remain best known as an assistant on Shingeki no Kyojin for the time being – has had publication of her upcoming new manga cancelled only days before release due to it apparently falling foul of Tokyo’s draconian manga censorship regime, upsetting her sensei Hajime Isayama as well as Ken Akamatsu and others.
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Japan has just criminalised the possession of child pornography, though this time around lawmakers declined to destroy the anime and manga industry by banning their works as well, instead settling only for material featuring real people.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Jun 10, 2014 08:41 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Crime, Exhibitionism, Image Gallery, Internet, Law, Osaka, Police


Police have announced a national first in their war on uncensored porn, having busted a couple as they streamed themselves having sex live over the Internet – the streamers in question already having netted some $300,000 this year alone.
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Tokyo has clarified its decision to ban Imouto Paradise for “improperly glorifying incest” – revealing that it now uniquely defines “glorification” as “not depicting as bad.”
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In the wake of two AKB48 girls being viciously sawed at one of their own handshaking events, police have told the group’s management they must improve security – starting by putting a stop to their infamous handshaking events, widely believed to be the only thing keeping the group on top of the charts…
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The Tokyo government’s decree that Imouto Paradise 2 is unhealthy literature has been announced as being because the manga “improperly glorifies sexual activity between close relatives,” prompting Kadokawa to “voluntarily” withdraw all copies of the manga from sale.
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