Name: Anonymous 2008-03-11 13:46
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apan should ban possession of child pornography and crack down on animated films, comic books and computer games that show children being sexually exploited, UNICEF said Tuesday.
The United Nations Children's Fund said Japan's 1999 child pornography law suffers from serious loopholes that hobble law enforcement and threaten children around the world.
"Forms of child pornography that are banned in other countries but not in Japan ... are still widely available on the Internet and on the street," UNICEF said in a statement.
Japan was widely criticized for the wide availability of child pornography until it passed a special law in 1999. That law was tightened in 2004, and lawmakers are working on new measures to firm it up further.
apan should ban possession of child pornography and crack down on animated films, comic books and computer games that show children being sexually exploited, UNICEF said Tuesday.
The United Nations Children's Fund said Japan's 1999 child pornography law suffers from serious loopholes that hobble law enforcement and threaten children around the world.
"Forms of child pornography that are banned in other countries but not in Japan ... are still widely available on the Internet and on the street," UNICEF said in a statement.
Japan was widely criticized for the wide availability of child pornography until it passed a special law in 1999. That law was tightened in 2004, and lawmakers are working on new measures to firm it up further.