Japan to criminalize possession of child porn – but will exempt videogames!

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SlayerRondo said:

Wright said:

alabtrosMyster said:

Well that's awkward :-S why exempt anything?

Maybe because as Khan pointed out, the bussiness is too profitable for Japan to close it.

I think they exempted it because with fake images their is no child at the other end being exploited in ways to which they can't possibly give consent.

But I doubt real-life child pornography grants Japan as much money as videogames, mangas and anime depicting it. Remember, just a few weeks ago, owning real-life child pornography in Japan was legal. There's no reason not to exempt something just because it isn't real.