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From a Daily Beast article linked in TFA: United Nations data show that Japan is still, in fact, the world’s largest producer and consumer of child pornography
by rrdharan 9y ago
From a Daily Beast article linked in TFA:
United Nations data show that Japan is still, in fact, the world’s largest producer and consumer of child pornography. Its usage is widespread, with as many as one in 10 men admitting they’ve watched it or that they own it, according to the book Sexnomics, by economist Takashi Kadokura.
Almost 80 percent of the child pornography transferred over the Internet is said to come through Japan. According to Interpol, Japanese “entrepreneurs” at home and abroad are also major producers of child pornography in the world market.
- etplayer 9y agoI'm interested in if this statistic (1 in 10 men) includes comics (which one would be justified in believing are harmless) or 'real' CP, as in, requiring the abuse of a real child and its recording. The number is surprisingly large if the latter is true, though it does little to indicate that child abuse is higher in Japan (or at least, this statistic does not show this anyway), and further, the necessary link to the production of pornography showing fictional characters, which would have to be fulfilled to justify the making of lolicon art/literature illegal.
- kristofferR 9y agoThat Interpol statistic seems to be an estimation from Interpol in 1999, when child pornograpy was legal in Japan, so it's not relevant at all anymore. Crappy journalism in my view not to mention that the statistic you use is from a different century.
- mcguire 9y agoYes, because making something illegal puts an immediate stop to it. And 18 years is a "century".