Japanese Porn Laws

Japanese Porn Laws
Japan's rich history of erotica holds several answers
Japanese porn, the one search that probably scarred 13-year-old you for life, is home to some pretty unique fetishes. From mixing up the genres of extreme BDSM and role play, to introducing the world to an otherwise unheard of category (ie tentacles) Japanese porn has ventured where very few have dared to go. But if you've ever watched a video produced by the country's AV industry - and of course you have - you'd know that once the actors start getting down and dirty... well, let's just say that the juiciest bits are pixelated.
Genitalia in Japanese porn is seen only in 8-bit. While it may seem to some that blurring out an actor's baby making bits defeats the purpose of pornography, it would be advisable to consider the existence of cultural differences which have further manifested at laws.
According to Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code, it is illegal to share "indecent materials." Though this may sound familiar to the rules closer to home, Japanese artistes of the adult variety have found a way to circumvent this: They simply blur out the genitalia. As amusing as it may sound to someone on the outside, appropriately placed digital mosaics are a big deal in Japan. Or at least, they have become so over the last few years.
In 2004, for the first time in 20 years, Article 175 was used against Suwa Yuuji, creator of the manga Missitsu or Honey Room. Yuuji was convicted for distributing "indecent and explicit" material through his artwork. He was originally fined ?500,000 or INR2,87,829 and avoided imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charges levied against him. But the artist wasn't quite done with the legal system. He took his case to the highest court in Japan, arguing that Missitsu was not nearly as graphic in its depiction as a lot of other material that was freely accessible on the internet. However, the Supreme Court of Japan was not buying his argument and held that Yuuji was in the wrong and tripled his fine to ? 1.5 million or INR 8,63,420.
Though no major arrests have been made post Yuuji's case, artists, publishers and others who produce and distribute pornographic material have adopted a sort of self-censorship in order to avoid trouble with the law.
While it is largely true that a nation's laws reflect its morality, one must understand that morality itself is subject to change. In spite of Japan's present policy of pixelated porn, the country was far more progressive in its attitude towards sex before it was touched by Western influence in the 19th century.
With the arrival of Westerners on the island nation, which had remained closed off from the rest of the world until then, everything changed. As Western morality took root in the upper echelons of Japanese society, the government began to outlaw traditional Japanese practices that were perfectly normal to the people but appeared uncultured or strange to foreigners; all this, in order to prove to an increasingly curious Western gaze that Japan was just as civilised a society as them.
One of the practices that faced the wrath of the law was shunga, or traditional Japanese erotica. Though once considered to be as just another genre of art, shunga was first officially banned by the Shogunate, or the military dictatorship of Japan, in 1722. But crackdowns on the art form and those who produced and procured it did not begin until the country first begrudgingly allowed the visit of Western powers.
Sold either as single scrolls or more popularly in the form of enpon, or a book, shunga was produced by artists in the block print format of traditional Chinese medicine scrolls. It depicted largely heterosexual, ethnic Japanese couples with enlarged genitals engaging in intercourse. However, a few paintings have been found depicting Dutch or Portuguese characters and sometimes (as seen in Hokusai's now iconic The Dream of the Fisheman's Wife) non-human creatures as well.
Though shunga has been outlawed for almost 300 years now, it has left an unparalleled legacy. A single look at any of the raciest manga comics today will reveal the influence shunga has had on the art of the island nation. In fact, Japan's most popular export, tentacle porn, is thought to have originated in Hokusai's classic depiction of a woman's octopus fetish.
If laws and cultural practices to curb obscenity are so strong then somebody would object to nipples in porn too, right? Well... Not exactly. While we're sure #FreeTheNipple hasn't exactly taken over Japanese porn as a movement yet, the country itself has had an interesting relationship with breasts. The answer to why they aren't treated as forbidden a fruit as a woman's love box might be found in observing the roots of Japanese porn.
As observed in shunga, not much difference is visible between the chests of both men and women who appear in the paintings, with the only marker between them being either their dress or their genitalia. Unlike present beauty standards which value big breasts, preserved shunga prints show that the Japanese never really eroticised boobs and, although this was dependent on class, it was not uncommon for Japanese women to be topless.
Shunga almost always depicts people as being clothed, with only their naughty bits visible through robes partially pulled aside. The clothes served as markers of gender and social status, and perhaps act as a testament to the lack of surprise over nudity in 17th or 18th century Japan, where it was not uncommon to see the opposite sex in the nude at communal baths.
In a country where the population threatens to fall by a third of what it is, adversely impacting its economic and social institutions as it falls, pornography has a bigger role than ever before. As confirmed by Politifact, 46 per cent of Japanese women and 25 per cent of Japanese men between 16-24 abhor the idea of sex. 40 per cent of Japan's millennials and almost a third of those entering their 30s are virgins.
Megumi Igarashi, a Japanese artist who has been embroiled in a battle with her country's judiciary over the meaning of 'obscene,' was quoted by the BBC as saying "building a relationship is not easy," when asked why 64 per cent of young Japanese people were not in a relationship.
Igarashi instantly shot to fame in 2014 when she was arrested for creating a fully functional kayak from the mould of her vagina or, as she calls it, her manko. According to her, men just won't make the first move, "They can watch porn on the internet and get sexual satisfaction that way."
But 26-year-old comedian Ano Matsui shed light on the other side of the coin while speaking to BBC. It wasn't that men couldn't be bothered. It was that they were terrified. Matsui shared that he had been traumatised when he had asked a girl out and had been turned down; and apparently, he isn't the only one,
"There are a lot of men like me who find women scary. We are afraid of being rejected. So we spend time doing hobbies like animation. I hate myself, but there is nothing I can do about it."
For someone who has just spent a generous half an hour browsing through shugna (for purely research-related purposes, I assure you), it is hard to believe that a nation with such rich erotic art depicting a rather healthy appetite for the more pleasurable aspects of life should ever find itself in a position where things as natural as both human reproduction and the organs that ensure it are seen as "indecent".

April 12, 2021 March 9, 2021 by Staff Writer
Home – Japan – Why Is Japanese Porn Censored?
Ever watched a clip and wondered: why is Japanese porn censored?
If you have ever watched Japanese porn it will not have escaped your attention that much of the material you find, either online or on DVD, contains some form of censorship.
This is most often a pixelated digital mosaic over the genitals and even, sometimes, pubic hair. There are laws on the distribution of ‘obscene’ images in Japan with many production companies voluntarily signing up to ethical associations that govern what can and can’t be shown in porn.
In this feature, we take a look at the history of the censorship of pornography in Japan as well as the current laws. We also give you the details of those sites where you can find Japanese porn that is uncensored.
The Japanese sex industry is one of the most diverse and colorful in the world and earns the country close to $100 billion each year. Despite the controversial and confusing Criminal Code, porn is a big part of this industry and generates a huge share of adult entertainment revenue.
One of the key features of modern Japanese porn is the pixelated genital region of the performers.
Irrespective of the content and how hardcore the scenes can be, as long as the genitals themselves remained obscured, the porn will pass censorship laws.
Scenes can depict BDSM and other fetish content as well as some stuff that many other nations would deem ‘obscene’.
Hentai, anime and video games are also not exempt from the law and you will find that even animated porn for the domestic markets must have pixelated genitals.
It is believed by some that, in an attempt to bypass the laws on porn censorship in Japan, producers turned to tentacle porn.
One of Japan’s weirdest porn trends , tentacle porn features nubile young women being seduced by creatures sporting phallic tentacles, often ending in penetration.
The obvious benefit of using tentacles is that they are not actual cocks and therefore do not have to be obscured by digital mosaics.
This means that much of a video can be enjoyed without being censored. Obviously, when it comes to actual penetration, this has to be depicted without seeing the female genitals.
Porn producers have been particularly inventive when it comes to getting around the Criminal Code and, to some degree, has been a driving factor around some of the country’s ‘weirdest’ trends in porn.
Bukkake, for instance, focuses, not on penetration but, on ejaculation. Similar trends such as gokkun (drinking cum from a container) also have no need to feature actual genitalia. Omorashi, a sub-genre or urolagnia where performers have a full bladder, is also another example of fetish porn that is popular in Japan but which does not fall under censorship laws.
So, what are the rules on porn censorship?
The Criminal Code of Japan contains an Article (175) which strictly prohibits the distribution of indecent materials. Over time, this has been interpreted by the adult industry as being taken to mean the genital areas.
Although there have been very few convictions in respect of any violations of this law there are several high-profile cases which have upheld this Article.
In 2004, a major obscenity trial was held in Tokyo which found hentai manga artist Yuuji Suwa guilty of distributing indecent images. The publisher, Monotori Kishi, was also convicted of the same offence.
After the case, most manga bookstores removed all materials produced by Suwa with some even closing their ‘Adults Only’ section entirely.
The Criminal Code or, more specifically, Article 175 has been enshrined in law since 1907 and has remained, broadly, unchanged for over 100 years.
Prior to this date, pornography in Japan was quite widespread and, in the main, was not considered ‘obscene’. You can find many historical depictions of all manner of pornographic scenes including lesbianism and fetishes from BDSM to bestiality.
Since 1907, there has been continued controversy in the adult industry about what can and can’t be shown. For instance, pubic hair was once considered ‘obscene’ but has become more commonplace and, since the 1990s, has not been subject to censorship.
Interestingly, the anus is not considered ‘obscene’ unless it is being (or about to be) penetrated!
The law has also been used by some more conservative Japanese factions to object to the display of genitalia and pubic hair in art and even educational material!
Distribution companies who want to sell porn within the domestic market in Japan must use mosaic pixelation to obscure the display of genitals. Most companies are therefore members of the voluntary organisation, NEVA (Nihon Ethics of Video Association).
In recent years, the digital mosaic used by NEVA has become more transparent and no longer completely obscures the action.
Of course, there is plenty of Japanese porn that is not censored and the studios and production companies can get away with this by either filming outside of the country and/or basing their business and servers overseas.
Basically, as long as the material is not distributed for a domestic market, Japanese porn does not have to be censored.
One of the largest, and most popular, uncensored Japanese porn sites is Japan HDV . Based in Cyprus, their content features only 100% genuine JAV models and is all available in full HD. They are a premium porn site that offers streaming and downloads as well as English subtitles.
Other premium sites that offer access to uncensored Japanese porn (some exclusively in HD and with English) include:
The All Japanese Pass network also offers a huge range of sites dedicated to different niches in Japanese porn and includes access to over 22 premium porn sites, including:
Of course, all of the main tube porn hosting sites also include many clips by amateurs that are not censored and most of these are all free to view. Pornhub has a great selection as does AnyPorn , XNXX and XHamster .
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