Japan

ONI Blog: Is Blocking RapeLay the Solution?
Controversy is brewing over a Japanese video game called RapeLay which, according to Australia's Sydney Morning Herald, allows users to "earn points for acts of sexual violence, including following girls on commuter trains, raping virgins and their mothers, and then forcing...
ONI Blog: ONI Releases Reports on Filtering in Asia, China
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
ONI Blog: Japan: Police Remove Messages from Cell Phone Social Networking Sites
According to Japanese daily Yomiuri, police have asked six cell phone social networking sites to delete messages from underage users looking for dates. The Metropolitan Police Department believes that these messages are similar to those posted on dating service sites and as...