Kishi’s defence counsel had argued that an article in Japan’s penal code, which prohibits the sale and distribution of obscene literature, violated the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression. The Tokyo District Court found Monotori Kishi, a 54-year-old publisher, guilty of distributing obscene printed material and handed him a one-year prison term suspended for three years. A comic book which depicts genitalia and 成人 sexual acts in two thirds of its content was ruled obscene in a landmark court case which has sparked a debate on freedom of expression in Japan.
South Korean politicians and media blasted Nakayama, who caused a stir last November by praising history textbooks that played down what he termed “excessive descriptions” of Japanese wartime wrongdoing 做愛視頻 The two sides have been unable to set a date for a regular summit meeting between Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, which they had agreed to hold by the end of June. Japan’s top government spokesman sought to contain any further damage, saying Tokyo was sorry for the sex slaves.
The book, consisting of eight short stories, was priced at 920 yen (8.7 dollars). It was the first Japanese court trial in which a comic book stood accused of being obscene and the first in 20 years dealing with printed pornography, despite the presence of a huge amount of pornographic cartoons, photographs and videos on bookstands and on the Internet in Japan In a bid to narrow the gap over history, the two governments launched a joint study four years ago, but a report on its results issued on Friday showed the two sides were sharply at odds on many subjects, including the sex slaves issue.
Japan committed indescribable wrongdoings by forcing women from South Korea and elsewhere to serve as sex slaves to its wartime troops, A片 former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama said yesterday. In addition to a territorial row over two tiny islands, many South Koreans feel Japan has not squarely faced its wartime past, including the brutal 1910-1945 rule of the Korean peninsula. In April 2002, Kishi sold some 20,500 copies of the 144-page book, entitled “Misshitsu (Honey Room)” and marketed as for adults only.
Two people — the cartoonist and the chief editor of the comic book — have been fined 500,000 yen (4,700 dollars) each. Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games for allegedly paying prostitutes for sex, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said on Monday. Kishi’s defence counsel had argued that an article in Japan’s penal code, which prohibits the sale and distribution of obscene literature, violated the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Jun Byung-hun, a spokesman for South Korea’s ruling Uri Party, said on Sunday. Japan’s top government spokesman sought to contain any further damage, saying Tokyo was sorry for the sex slaves. The two sides have been unable to set a date for a regular summit meeting between Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, which they had agreed to hold by the end of June. The penal code article itself does not clearly define obscenity but the legal precedent was set by a 1957 Supreme Court ruling over a Japanese translation of D.H.
A comic book which depicts genitalia and sexual acts in two thirds of its content was ruled obscene in a landmark court case which has sparked a debate on freedom of expression in Japan.