posted by admin on Jan 15
On June 7th, the Kyoto Prefecture’s local government investigated and labeled 13 loli manga as “harmful book.”
The fact that manga containing excessive sexual content can be accessed by juvenile at common bookstores and convenience stores is regarded as a social problem in Japan. As a result, the Kyoto local government has decided to label manga containing inappropriate content involving elementary school girls, also there will be a meeting with the Juveniles Growth Planning Committee on the 15th to further discuss this matter.
According to a local government official, “Sexual content involving elementally and junior high school girls are becoming increasingly common in manga magazines. Sexual contents in live-action videos are restricted by the law, but there are no restrictions for manga. Such manga can be hard to spot by their covers, and they are sold at common bookstores.”
Until now, only 4 manga around Japan were labeled as “harmful books.” This is the first time such comprehensive investigation has been carried out.