Hi, following a post I have seen here, I do wonder why new Japanese porn or echi/idol stuff is censored with blurring or pixelization? Is it a fetish? Is it still required by the law? It’s contradicted by all the other Japanese porn that is NOT censored.

Last but not least, as a result of that censorship, I have seen “uncensored” versions done with some generative AI which supposedly recreates the genitals, and it’s the most disturbing thing I have seen so far. Penises that look like “Cthulhu spaghetti” or “out of this world tentacles,” and vaginas that look like black holes (ha-ha) bending space time.

Why do they do this? Why?

  • BeardedWarlock@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Looking at the Wikipedia article on Pornography in Japan, the most recent censorship on pornography in Japan has been in effect since after the Allied occupation of Japan.

    The article also seems to indicate that most of the ideas regarding censorship were introduced by Westerners to the Japanese society during this period:

    The Japanese public slowly came to adopt some of these ideas and practices. Negative views about pornography that were foreign to Japanese culture were accepted and applied to visual depictions as they were the ones most likely recognized and thereby criticized by Westerners

    As for non-censored Japanese porn, I believe those are created for a foreign audience and distributed outside of Japan. Specially since the relevant article only seems to concern distribution.

    Under Article 175 of the Penal Code of Japan people who sell or distribute obscene materials can be punished by fines or imprisonment.

    As for why it has not been changed, my theory is that the Japanese society is very conservative and it is not one of their priorities right now, particularly with the current wave of right-wing movements across the world.