Here's an awesome report on some positive movement in the human trafficking arena in Japan. Please see below an excerpt from the Polaris Project Japan May 2009 newsletter:
Amazon Japan to Stop Selling Junior Idols DVD
Movies with children are called "junior idols" movies, and the sexual depictions in them have become more extreme in recent years.
Movies with children are called "junior idols" movies, and the sexual depictions in them have become more extreme in recent years.
The term "child pornography" as used in Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children means photographs and recording media which depicts any pose of a child engaged in sexual intercourse or any conduct similar to sexual intercourse. Also, the Act terms child pornography as visual materials with any pose of a child wholly or partially naked.
Although many of the "junior idols" DVDs and photo book will not be against those Acts, introducing young school girls and boys, wearing a revealing, skimpy bikinis or posing for sexual acts are clearly made to arouse or stimulate the viewer's sexual desire.
Polaris Project have researched the photo albums and DVDs on major online store including Amazon Japan. As a result, We made a list of 136 such DVDs and books with 8-17 year-old and requested Amazon Japan to stop selling them.
Responsing the request, Amazon Japan removed 84 items from their online store this May. Polaris Project welcomes the initiative taken by Amazon Japan and will continue to advocate on this issue.
For more information about Amazon's decision to remove the DVDs read the article on Sankei Shimbun on May 18, 2009:
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/090518/crm0905180136001-n1.htm (in Japanese)
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