
In responses to the recent media hysteria over “rape simulator” adult games, the main industry and ratings body in Japan has opted to completely ban the making and sale of titles featuring rape and sexual violence.
Estimates are that games affected could be “10-20%” of the market, meaning 20% of eroge could end up being banned, with themes such as BDSM and similar becoming completely off bounds.
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The ruling LDP is contemplating a plan which would see hikikomori, NEETs, the unemployed and other undesirables bundled off to army boot camps to learn such useful trades as tree felling and ditch digging.
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The Democratic Party of Japan is moving to support freedom of expression, proposing an amendment to the anti-loli law of last year which would overlook “simple possession” of pornography featuring underage participants, but attach harsh punishment to the commercial sale of such material.
Lolicon have naturally switched their voting preferences accordingly.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso recently met with Barack Obama, following an invitation the US president had extended to him earlier.
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Japan’s Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, 鳩山 邦夫 / Kuni Hatoyama, has expressed his contempt for such inconsequential matters as freedom of expression if they get in the way of protecting the children.
Speaking in favour of even harsher laws against underage porn, he had this to say:
“It must all be banned. Compared to the benefits of freedom of expression, preventing the human rights violations caused by underage porn is far more important – who cares if freedom of expression is massively curtailed.”
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Prime minister Rozen Aso‘s cabinet approval rating has recently fallen to a new low of 19.7%.
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The diet is hearing a proposal which would seek to aggressively eliminate the phenomenon of NEETs and hikikomori shut-ins, forcing them to “participate in society” (earn a taxable income), and seeking to cure them of whatever ill it is which stops them holding a regular job like everyone else.
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A prefectural governor has riled his diet by announcing that “If you’re too familiar with manga, you’ll lose the ability to read.”
He made the statement in response to proposals relating to anime and manga, rejecting them out of hand, going on to say “We have to think of the children’s education”, which caused something of a furore in the prefectural diet.
His remarks are widely interpreted as an insult directed against the PM for not giving him the funds he wanted to squander.
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With the sudden resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda, and the news that 麻生太郎 / Taro Aso (or “Rozen Aso” as he is also known) looks to be the new PM, the stocks of anime production companies and related enterprises have surged dramatically, likely in anticipation of very sympathetic handling from Aso, a man who plays upon his love of manga, and who appreciates the value of otaku culture.
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“It’s undesirable for elementary schoolers to possess mobile phones”. With these sentiments, a group of LDP politicians has established the “Study Group for Ensuring the Protection of Elementary School Children from Mobile Phones”, and their stated objective is to introduce legislation before the Diet which will ban both elementary and middle school students from possessing mobile phones.
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The man to whom persistent rumours of his being the next Japanese Prime Minister have attached, 麻生太郎 / Taro Aso (67), has penned a newspaper column which is bold in its support of otaku, defending them from the vile calumnies the media heaps upon them, and also paid a visit to Akihabara to pay his respects to the fallen.
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As a countermeasure against population decline caused by a lowered birthrate, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (or at least a faction thereof) is proposing that Japan should aim for 10% of its population (128 million) to be comprised of immigrants by 2050, which would mean an additional 10 million on top of the current 1-2 million (depending on criteria).
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