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Yo-kai watch what the western Yo-kai Watch doesn’t want you to yo-kai watch
With Yo-Kai Watch finally exported overseas, many await the inevitable changes due to localization and censorship that will occur. After all, if it can happen to Doraemon, it can happen to any series....
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Illegal mosaic-free porn business busted after earning over US$1M in revenues
Osaka police recently uncovered a booming mail-order business servicing the entire nation with pornographic DVDs which lacked the legally required pixellation over actors’ genitalia. On 9 February...
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TV anime censorship goes to a crazy new extreme with 30th anniversary Iczer...
At some point, maybe you just have to ask “What’s the point of showing this on TV?” It took a couple of years for the 1985 anime Fight!! Iczer One to make its way to America, since the brief OVA...
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“One in ten” Japanese adults have blurry genitals, shocking study reveals【FN24】
Scientists call for more education after a study finds that a huge number of Japanese people are afflicted with a condition that causes their private parts to appear blurry. As many as one in ten...
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Japanese TV show decides to censor the exposed nipples…of babies 【Photos】
Put a shirt on, you crazy kids! In Japan, May 5 is a national holiday called Children’s Day. As such, someone at Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi thought that it was a perfect time to air a program...
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Controversial artist Rokudenashiko found guilty on obscenity charge
Recently engaged artist Megumi Igarashi —pen name Rokudenashiko— was found guilty of breaking Japan’s obscenity laws in Tokyo court on Monday. 44-year-old Igarashi was arrested in July 2014 for...
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Kewpie Mayonnaise censors logo of angel wings and nudity for American consumers
If you’re American then sorry, Kewpie doesn’t think you’re ready for its hard-core naked angel logo like most of Earth is. From the end of May this year, Japan’s premier mayonnaise brand Kewpie began...
View ArticleSeth MacFarlane’s Ted tones down language, cashes in with edited Japan...
If there’s one defining aspect of the star of raunchy comedy Ted, it’s that he doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks about him. As a matter of fact, if he were describing himself, Ted’s first instinct...
View ArticleSapporo man arrested for posting URLs to “obscene material” on website
Suspect facing criminal charges for simply copying and pasting three web addresses. On September 7th, office worker Tokuni Kishida was arrested on charges of distributing obscene material over the...
View ArticleChina bans rap music in an effort to reduce “vulgar” culture
Since January 23, rap artists are no longer allowed on public broadcasts in China. China, despite slowly capitalizing over the last few decades, every now and then really likes to remind everyone that...
View ArticleDefector: Gaming culture is alive and well in North Korea, popular titles...
Fourteen-year-old who fled North Korea says all his friends have played western games. When asked to imagine what North Korean citizens do for fun, one’s mind might wander to kids coloring in books...
View ArticleNew Dragon Ball anime Blu-ray removes flipped birds, ruffles fan...
Throwing planet-smashing energy beams at one another is OK, but those martial arts masters better keep their middle fingers down. As one of the very greenest of anime’s evergreen hits, it’s easy to...
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Anime masterpiece Akira seemingly banned in Russia due to fears of mentally...
St. Petersburg doesn’t want people to watch Neo Tokyo EXPLODE. More than 30 years after its release, Akira is still widely considered a must-see both by serious anime enthusiasts and scholars of...
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Kadokawa president apologizes and takes pay cut for his comments about...
The publishing president is “deeply reflecting” on his “inappropriate comments” during his recent appearance on a TV program. Takeshi Natsuno only took over as president and CEO of publishing, film,...
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Man uses AI to “destroy” censor mosaics in Japanese adult videos, gets...
It’s debatable whether or not what he did was actually destruction, but the police say there’s no question it was a crime. On Monday, Kyoto Prefectural Police officers made their move and arrested a...
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Many angered online over news that “Joker” may never show on Japanese TV
Popular opinion is not to blame movies for people’s actions. Last Halloween, the normally festive atmosphere of Tokyo turned dark when a 24-year-old man stabbed a random passenger in the chest and...
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Adult video mosaic destroyer’s trial ends with guilty verdict in Kyoto...
Machine-learning A.I. used to try to skirt Japanese censorship laws. Last October, officers from the Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested Masayuki Nakamoto, a resident of the city of Takasago, in Hyogo...
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Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art forced to cover up “obscene” photos following...
When police arrested Japanese artist Rokudenashiko last month for distributing 3-D printer plans for models of her vagina, the world was at once baffled and outraged. But despite all the fuss that was...
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Apple would rather you not blow up teen couples on your iPhone, asks...
In a lot of ways, digital distribution of video games is a great thing, as it allows developers to easily add new content to a title after its release. It’s a double-edged sword, though, and that same...
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First-ever arrest made related to AI-generated porn in Japan
Yeah, but their hands are probably all mangled. It seems whenever a technological breakthrough occurs in artistic media, porn peddlers are among the earliest of adopters, whether it’s the peep shows...
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