
Efforts to award the Nobel Peace Prize to “all Japanese citizens” for their 70-year support of a constitution which technically forbids Japan from maintaining any army at all are already proving incendiary – and that is even without the involvement of any Chinese or Koreans.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 8, 2013 12:26 JST
- Tags: AV, Censorship, Feminism, France, Germany, Italy, Politics, Sweden, UK

The European Union is now considering banning all pornography as it is an “infringement of the human rights” of women and “promotes gender stereotypes.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 15, 2012 17:35 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Censorship, Courts, Crime, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Police, Sweden

The Swedish Supreme Court has finally worked out that drawings are not people, and in a landmark case has acquitted a man convicted of possessing child pornography after the authorities found suggestive manga-themed imagery on his computer.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 20, 2012 20:43 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Crime, Law, Lolicon, Murder, Police, Rape, Sweden

A convicted murderer who violently raped a 12-year-old girl whilst on parole has lost his appeal to have his original 4 year sentence quashed, and will now face a staggering 5 year sentence for raping her, despite his claims that she smeared his semen on her underwear whilst she was masturbating in a stairwell, and that he had nothing to do with it.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jun 19, 2011 05:43 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Mass Media, Mental Illness, Otaku, Politics, Sweden

Sweden’s state radio has warned people who enjoy adult anime and manga that they are in fact dangerous sex criminals who are violating Sweden’s draconian child pornography laws and should “seek professional help” immediately.
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Following the illustrious example set by Sweden, Australia’s game censorship board has revoked the rating of Dead or Alive Dimensions, effectively banning it, accusing the game of containing “content not drawn to the board’s attention.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 22, 2011 08:32 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Dead or Alive, Denmark, DS, Fighting Games, Law, Nintendo, Norway, Sweden

Nintendo has cancelled the Scandinavian release of Dead or Alive over concerns that it may fall foul of Sweden’s absurd child pornography laws.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Mar 26, 2011 10:10 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Censorship, Courts, Crime, Fine Art, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Sweden

Sweden’s dubious status as an enlightened nation is being further cast into doubt by the publication of some of the images it has been attempting to lock people up for possessing.
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Swedish courts have upheld the child pornography conviction of a manga fan for possessing loli imagery on his computer, ruling that deviant art and imagination is as much a crime as actual child abuse.
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- Author: Jeff
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jul 26, 2010 17:20 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Crime, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Misandry, Police, Politics, Sweden

A manga translator has been convicted of possessing child pornography after police apparently uncovered his stash of loli manga.
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A couple who decided to engage in kinky BDSM sex now face prosecution after police decided to file charges of aggravated assault against the man, despite both parties consenting.
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Leaked prices for Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal give it a supposed price in the region of $200, far from the $80 price point previously touted.
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