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Dating-Site Regulation Act (2003)
The 2003 Dating-Site Regulation Act is Japan's law against using internet dating…
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Age of Consent (Japan)
The age of consent is the minimum age at which the law recognises a valid consen…
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Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse Offence (2023)
The non-consensual sexual intercourse offence is the sex-crime category under am…
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Entertainment Business Control Act (Fueihou)
The Fueihou is Japan's 1948 Entertainment Business Control Act, the principal st…
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Freedom of Expression (Japan)
Freedom of expression is the fundamental right under Article 21 of Japan's Const…
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Popular doujin works on DLsite — Law & Society
Expression Regulation (Japan)
Expression regulation is the umbrella term for limits on expression and its dist…
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Child-Prostitution Punishment Act (1999)
The 1999 Child-Prostitution Punishment Act criminalises paid sexual conduct with…
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Child-Pornography Law (Japan, 1999)
Japan's child-pornography law, in force from November 1999, punishes the product…
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Simple Possession (Child Pornography)
Simple possession means holding child sexual abuse material privately without in…
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Public Indecency (Penal Code Article 174)
Public indecency under Penal Code Article 174 punishes performing an obscene act…
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Forcible Sexual Intercourse Offence (2017–2023)
The forcible sexual intercourse offence was the sex-crime category under Penal C…
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LGBTQ
LGBTQ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questi…
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Manga Regulation Controversy
The manga regulation controversy is the recurring debate over sexual and violent…
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Outing
Outing is disclosing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity to a third…
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Sex Education (Japan)
Sex education is the systematic teaching of knowledge, ethics, and human rights …
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Sexual Consent
Sexual consent is the precondition for a sexual act to be legally and ethically …
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Sexual Minority
Sexual minority is the umbrella for people whose sexual orientation, gender iden…
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Photographing of Sexual Conduct Offence (2023)
The photographing of sexual conduct offence is the crime category under Japan's …
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Sexual Harassment (Japan)
Sexual harassment is sexual conduct in the workplace that harms a worker's condi…
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SOGI Harassment
SOGI harassment is discriminatory conduct based on sexual orientation and gender…
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Tousatsu (Voyeuristic Photography)
Tousatsu is photographing someone under their clothing or in a sexual state agai…
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AV Law (2022 AV Industry Protection Act)
AV Law is Japan's 2022 Act on Prevention of Damages from Appearing in Adult Vide…
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Anti-Prostitution Law (1956)
Anti-Prostitution Law is the 1956 Japanese law ending the public-licensed brothe…
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Waisetsu (Obscenity Concept in Japanese Law)
Waisetsu is the judicial concept of obscenity in Japanese law. Defined by the 19…
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Zoning (Adult Content Segregation)
Zoning is the institutional separation of adult content from general-audience ch…
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Queer
Queer is a former English slur reclaimed in the late 1980s as a broad LGBTQ+ ide…
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Revenge Porn / Image-Based Sexual Abuse
Image-based sexual abuse, often called revenge porn, is the non-consensual distr…
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Eugenic Protection Act and Forced Sterilization
The Eugenic Protection Act, in force in Japan from 1948 to 1996, authorized forc…
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Anti-Nuisance Ordinance Sexual Offences
The sexual-offence provisions of the Tokyo Anti-Nuisance Ordinance (1962) punish…
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Article 175 of the Penal Code (Obscenity Distribution)
Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code punishes the distribution of obscene docu…
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