Wonder what you’re thinking now, eh?
A legislative proposal that aims to amend the current child pornography law was submitted on the 24th of February this year and being reviewed by the Tokyo’s committee. According to sources, it might not be long before the committee starts to vote on the proposed law, and the voted results could become law by this October.
In the proposed amendments, depiction of non-existent youth (yes, that means 2D characters) aged below 18 will face restrictions and in addition to that, internet usage for Japanese minors will be restricted through usage of filtering software in both internet cafes as well as mobile phones.
It is mentioned that the proposal will be presented to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly’s General Affairs Committee on the 18th of March, and voting by the committee will be on the 19th of March. If all goes well, the entire assembly will be voting on the proposal on the 30th of March. If the proposed law is passed by the assembly, the loli ban will probably go into full effect as soon as the 1st of October.
Sounds like the whole Rapelay incident again to me. Makes one wonders how does all the eroge developers and publishers are going to take this, seeing that their industry is not at the best of it’s health, and with this new law… I can’t bear to think what will happen to their industry in the near future…
And here is a manga creator’s take on the whole incident. He mentions that the whole legislation is an unconstitutional and ridiculous piece of legislation. I can guess why’s that anyway!
Via: ANN.
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