Japan Moves Toward Blocking Online Child Porn

crimeandpunishment writes "In the wake of increased international demands that it do something about its legal lenience toward child pornography, Japan is beginning to take action, albeit slowly. Thursday a government task force recommended that kiddie porn sites be blocked as soon as they're discovered, instead of waiting for an investigation or arrests. Making or distributing child porn is illegal in Japan, but possession is not ... and critics have called that a legal loophole making Japan an international hub for child porn."

Comments

Re:They listen only when they want to?

[bsDaemon]

no one wants to see whale porn so there's probably no market for it.

Re:They listen only when they want to?

[K. S. Kyosuke]

speak for yourself, I go to the aquarium every day for that

You like to shave the whales, I see.

A sad day

[surveyork]

for Pedobear.

Re:They listen only when they want to?

[mwvdlee]

WARNING!
Not suitable for work.
Not suitable for home either.
Not suitable for anywhere, really.

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Re:Age of consent in Japan

[mangu]

If they had stronger militaries then they wouldn't get told what to do by the US

Japan tried this once. They failed.

Re:Age of consent in Japan

[Wyatt Earp]

The US tech tree was more robust as the game went on than the Japanese.

Re:They listen only when they want to?

[Is0m0rph]

No they didn't. Chicken and cow framed whale and dolphin!

Re:I was curious...

[misexistentialist]

but did have to work at the local animal shelter for a couple days a week for a couple months

What was the point, to rehabilitate pedophiles into zoophiles?

Re:Age of consent in Japan

[Ihmhi]

NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED.

Japanese Government's Position

[Foobar of Borg]

"The Japanese Agricultural Ministry is not responsible for child porn."