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Apr 17 2007 2 Comments

Japanese justice?

Last week saw a married couple from Fukui Prefecture in western Japan detained for public indecency; their saucy website falling foul of the censors as it contained footage of 38-year-old Fumio Hisano and his 32-year-old wife Reiko indulging in rather rigorous marital relations.

Called Aya’s Room, the enterprise was certainly more than a mere hobby, as due to membership fees the pair had netted over 200 million yen (840,000 pound) since the site’s inception over 7 years ago. Yet in the land where practically every family focused video shop has a lot more to offer than Disney and Doraemon.

Japanese video shop

As well as vending machines that contain stuff a little stronger than cigarettes and 7 Up.

Japanese DVD vending machine

The Japanese censorship system could well be seen as somewhat sanctimonious.

And then some.

Categorized: Film, Photography, Sex, Web/Tech

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  1. Kaspian says

    4/18/2007 at 2:41 am

    What’s deemed indecent in Japan does seem cherry picked at times. This couple gets arrested, yet there is all this under-aged looking moe stuff, the adult sections in you show photos of above, and phone booths ensconched in saucy late night advertising. Sometimes I wonder just what criteria the Japanese censors look at when they bring the hammer down for indecency.

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  2. John says

    4/18/2007 at 12:16 pm

    Simple, censors simply apply these rules:

    a) Were they given free access to the material
    b) Did they enjoy it

    Fail on either one, and you’re out of luck 🙂

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