Child Porn Possession Ban

The centre is going to make possession of child pornography an offence, a huge upgrade over the existing provision that only spells out jail term for people who make these films, pass them around or sell them.

Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics.

Japan on Wednesday finally fell into line with other developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal.

Japan edged closer to banning the possession of child pornography on Wednesday, the last major developed country to do so, but paedophilia portrayed in the country's popular anime comics will be exempt.

The centre is going to make possession of child pornography an offence, a huge upgrade over the existing provision that only spells out jail term for people who make these films, pass them around or sell them.

Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics.

Japan on Wednesday finally fell into line with other developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal.

Japan edged closer to banning the possession of child pornography on Wednesday, the last major developed country to do so, but paedophilia portrayed in the country's popular anime comics will be exempt.