Japan made the possession of child pornography illegal on Wednesday and finally joined the group of other such developed countries.
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Campaigners had long urged Japan to toughen its stance on child pornography.
The new legislation bans possession of photographs and videos depicting real children aged below 18; it does not include drawings.
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In order to encourage disposal of material, the penalties will be delayed for one year after the revised law comes, which is expected possibly in July.
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Japan was the only member of the G7 group of industrialized nations where the possession of child porn remained legal. It is banned and subject to penalties in more than 70 countries.
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While it is unusual to see people openly reading paedophilic manga in public, mainstream comics read by commuters sometimes contain sexualized images that many Westerners find unpalatable.
Despite calls for manga imagery to be included in the new rules, there was strong resistance from manga artists, free-speech advocates and publishers, who said it would impinge on freedom of expression and allow authorities to make arbitrary decisions about art.
Strong societal memories of strict state censorship in the run up to Japan's disastrous entry into World War II play into such debates, with dissenters warning of the danger of allowing the government to control the press.
Source-AFP
