You should also add this. Japan responded with this statement:
“Concerning video games and films, self-imposed regulation by the industry and its independent rating organizations have been carried out through ratings and reviews of such media containing sexually explicit and violent scenes or scenes including anti-social behavior, to ensure that ethically inappropriate games and films are not distributed.
“In 46 prefectures, ordinances have been enacted, and a list of books designated as detrimental has been created to regulate the reading/browsing of such material by youths and the sale of such material to youths.”
[…] “To reduce browsing by youths of harmful information on the Internet including pornography, the GOJ [Government of Japan] implements measures to improve youths’ Internet literacy by providing information, raising awareness, and promoting the use of filtering services.“
Basically, Japan said no, just not as scathingly as Yamada.
