Do Japanese tolerate pornography?

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It's been bothering me for a while now, all my friends know that I'm into (almost) anything Japanese. I know that Japanese people are kind of echii but what shocked me the most is when a friend of mine told me that she saw Japanese pornographies that were shot in public places.

She first saw a young teen masturbating in a public train with many passengers!

Then couples having sex also inside a train, again with passengers and she swore that she saw a kid on that train. And the passengers seems not noticing these disturbing acts.

I refused to see these videos, but I know my friend is not lying.
I've seen a TV show where there was a topless girl with Tamori (the Music Station host). I'm not sure if that was a public show and I also don't know the title. I think they were playing some sort of game.

Of course, my country also have pornographic movies/videos but I haven't heard anything that was shot at a public place. And most of the pornography here are done by underground groups, which the government and the public are battling.

I would like to know you opinion about this.
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Well, someone at work gave me a konbini movie a while back and it was hilarious. :hehe:

I don't think they tolerate people having sex everywhere. It's just that they don't bother / don't want to see what other people are doing. It can be a drunk passed out on the floor or being sick and nobody notices. A few years back, during the gas attack in the subway, people didn't do a thing while other were collapsing or trying to open a window.

I'm pretty sure it's not legal to have sex in public places, but people just refuse to see it.

tabana, i have an impression that Japanese people are either don't care about other people or they are just too shy to react.

Interesting topic...enough to get me to post at 12:30 in the morning.

It's a unique topic in Japan. It all depends on what you consider to be pornographic. Bare breasts? No problem here, chief. In fact, you can easily find "prime time" dramas that have topless women. Not to mention that there are tons of magazines which such pictures and of which you will find people looking at onboard trains.

There are laws prohibiting the sale of magazines and/or videos depicting acts which contain hair. That is why those are usually blurred or mosaic'ed. In fact, magazines that are legal in the United States are banned for entry into Japan, and say so on their customs form.

Now those videos you speak of, are likely staged to appear real. That "kid" is probably 20 years old for all we know. They just appear young. ;)

this topic really is an issue... well, pornography is legal in japan,, porno mags and videos are being sold in public places... there are those kinds of AV's (adult videos), those girls they call porn stars and gravure models, sex game shows, hentai animes, among others...

my friends often call me a pervert because i really am so into japanese stuff... but i just love them because of their pop culture and not because of those malicious acts...

but legal or not, do u guys think that only Japan have these? NO!

everything vice is legal in Vegas,
prostitution is legal in Thailand,
touching women's breasts are legal in Europe,
syndicates pushing women to prostitution scatter all over Asia (especially in Korea, SE Asia, and here in the Philippines)...

"Porn" is everywhere, i know... it's reality we're talking about but we mustn't be involved here, especially us, Japan enthusiasts...

There are more good things Japan has to offer than those perversions...

thanks for creating this thread...

dochira, i hope you don't mind me asking this. but if those videos are staged, it means that the train company is allowing pornographic acts in their train lines? are there private train lines in japan? (because all the train lines here in the philippines are run by the government) & if those trains are owned by the government, why do they allow it? i watched last week on the news, that a tv station for deaf in japan was showing some naked girls and the government ceased their monetary support to that station.

nippon addict, i haven't been called pervert but many people are asking me about hentai... even a grade 4 students.

nippon addict wrote:them because of their pop culture and not because of those malicious acts...

but legal or not, do u guys think that only Japan have these? NO!

everything vice is legal in Vegas,
prostitution is legal in Thailand,
touching women's breasts are legal in Europe,
syndicates pushing women to prostitution scatter all over Asia (especially in Korea, SE Asia, and here in the Philippines)...

"Porn" is everywhere, i know... it's reality we're talking about but we mustn't be involved here, especially us, Japan enthusiasts...

There are more good things Japan has to offer than those perversions...

thanks for creating this thread...

mmm... for thailand, prostitution is legalized there. so the goverment provides a place for doing it. you still have to do it in the right place and at the right time... you don't see boobs shown in streets on broad daylight. even thailand doesn't wanna see their underage children watching this stuff.

touching a woman's breasts is legal in europe??!!

syndicates pushing women to prostitution is everywhere. but that doesn't mean the country actually 'tolerates' it.

A video of someone raping a child is not porn, that's crime. so when the woman whose breasts get touched doesn't want it, is still legal in Europe? that's harassment.

if the other party doesn't want it, IMO i think it's not concidered porn anymore. it just... wrong.

in japan, like the idol DVDs and stuff, it is sold in public. but seriously, not everyone can get their hands on it. you still need to be over a certain age.
and the idols themselves are okay with themselves getting exposed (oh, and yeah, the 'hairy' parts are always cencored') so it's fine. and it just happens to be that a lot of the japanese are okay with these idol stuff, so i guess japan does kind of tolerate porn. but again, for the right people, at the right place, and at the right time.

unlike other countries, like malaysia for example, that has a really really strict law for these kinds of stuff, when you do such things as 'idol' for a living, you're simply... out from the society...

Japanese people have more thing to worry rather than worrying over trifles...
They are more worrying how to live for the next day...

Daichi Kai wrote:Japanese people have more thing to worry rather than worrying over trifles...
They are more worrying how to live for the next day...

yeah, unlike some country like... ours :hehe:

and we should be 1000x more worried than the japanese $_$

monta wrote:

yeah, unlike some country like... ours :hehe:

and we should be 1000x more worried than the japanese $_$

Now, That is TRUE!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

monta wrote:

yeah, unlike some country like... ours :hehe:

and we should be 1000x more worried than the japanese $_$

oi...oi.....oi...... :rofl:
i'm worried what dramas should i watch next day.... :bonk:

monta wrote:

mmm... for thailand, prostitution is legalized there. so the goverment provides a place for doing it. you still have to do it in the right place and at the right time... you don't see boobs shown in streets on broad daylight. even thailand doesn't wanna see their underage children watching this stuff.

touching a woman's breasts is legal in europe??!!

syndicates pushing women to prostitution is everywhere. but that doesn't mean the country actually 'tolerates' it.

A video of someone raping a child is not porn, that's crime. so when the woman whose breasts get touched doesn't want it, is still legal in Europe? that's harassment.

if the other party doesn't want it, IMO i think it's not concidered porn anymore. it just... wrong.

in japan, like the idol DVDs and stuff, it is sold in public. but seriously, not everyone can get their hands on it. you still need to be over a certain age.
and the idols themselves are okay with themselves getting exposed (oh, and yeah, the 'hairy' parts are always cencored') so it's fine. and it just happens to be that a lot of the japanese are okay with these idol stuff, so i guess japan does kind of tolerate porn. but again, for the right people, at the right place, and at the right time.

unlike other countries, like malaysia for example, that has a really really strict law for these kinds of stuff, when you do such things as 'idol' for a living, you're simply... out from the society...

well, the government makes laws to fight those kinds of acts but it seems like those syndicates aren't afraid of them...

in Japan, yeah, you should be 20 years of age to do whatever you want, everyone knows that...

so Malaysia is really strict about that one huh... :thumbsup: good for them...

but what i don't understand is why there are such "game shows" that introduce pornography... a video for example is scattered in the net, and on cellphones... :shakehead:

it's good to know that Malaysia is strict about pornography :good:

i think japanese don't consider breast exposure as a form of pornography.
they even show it in animes that are watched mostly by children and teens, like ranma 1/2 & midori no hibi.

nippon addict, i also don't get it. why would someone show their breasts on national tv/internet?! pervertion, maybe...

...but I still love japan/japanese.

nippon addict wrote:touching women's breasts are legal in Europe,

I've never been prosecute for that over here, but I doubt very much you can grab women's breast at random in Europe without their consent. ;)

mavic0910 wrote:tabana, i have an impression that Japanese people are either don't care about other people or they are just too shy to react.

Possibly. Could be they are too shocked to do anything, look the other way or they think it would be rude to tell them not to have sex. :hehe:

Like dochira said, a lot stuff is probably stage. According to krim's stash j/k, some of it is real too. The kombini clip I saw couldn't have been faked. It was in broad daylight too. :sweat:

tabana wrote:
The kombini clip I saw couldn't have been faked. It was in broad daylight too. :sweat:

That clip was Oscar quality footage...thanks for sending it to me. :bow:

This is definetly an interesting topic that has been in my mind for a while too. In the US prostitution is not legal however in Japan (from what I have heard I may be wrong) you can pick up a girl and take her to a "love hotel". Similar places like love hotels in the US are illegal. However what shockes me the most is that Japan is more tolerent towards sexual exposer than the US is.

On another topic a bit tangent to this one. I have seen in some movies that fathers will bathe with their young daughters....nothing sexual just a bath (I may be wrong about this too....please correct me if so) but here in the US it would be viewed as sexual harrasment to a child.

There are laws prohibiting the sale of magazines and/or videos depicting acts which contain hair. That is why those are usually blurred or mosaic'ed. In fact, magazines that are legal in the United States are banned for entry into Japan, and say so on their customs form.

What do you mean acts which contain hair?

shiroi_tora wrote:
What do you mean acts which contain hair?

pubic hair...

japanese don't encourage pornography...they ARE pornography....screwin' a 14 year old if you're 65 years old is considered normal and lovely. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:

pubic hair...

japanese don't encourage pornography...they ARE pornography....screwin' a 14 year old if you're 65 years old is considered normal and lovely. :hehe:

Are you serious about the 14/65 thing.....is there not a law against a minor having sex with an aduly

and what if the girl is hairless....then its ok to show?

shiroi_tora wrote:

Are you serious about the 14/65 thing.....is there not a law against a minor having sex with an aduly

it's not unheard of. for an older guy to buck a young girl...though i'm not saying it happens often...

Tu_triky wrote:

it's not unheard of. for an older guy to buck a young girl...though i'm not saying it happens often...

but still...here in the US its illegal for some one older than 18 (17 in some states) to have sex with someone who is 17 or younger....is there no such law in japan?