Japan to outlaw possession of child porn
Japan is to bow to international pressure and ban the possession of child pornography, although the new law is expected to anger child welfare groups by exempting manga comics and animated films.
Currently, Japan and Russia are the only G8 countries in which it is still legal to own pornographic images of children provided they do not intend to sell them or post them on the internet.
Japan is one of the world's biggest suppliers of child pornography and the second biggest consumer, despite a 1999 law that banned the production, sale and distribution of images of children under 18.
"Unlike some people in adult pornography, children are not willing or paid participants. The majority of images and videos depict the violent and brutal sexual assault of children, most of them younger than 12 years old. We are talking about child rape."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/10/japan
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