Censorship in Japan

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by Heung-Wah Wong and Hoi-Yan Yau

Type: Studies
Subject: Countries > Japan
Keywords: Japan, censorship
Publishing date: 2022
Publisher: Routledge
Collection: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series
1st publishing: 2020
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 230 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-54497-3

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Book Presentation:
This book explores censorship, particularly film and video censorship, in Japan in modern times. It shows how most censorship has been the film and video industry exercising self-censorship and how this system has been problematic in that it has allowed dominant players in the industry to impose their own standards and exclude independent filmmakers. It outlines notable obscenity cases and discusses how industry self-censorship bodies have been undermined both by industry outsiders setting up their own alternative regimes and by the industry self-censorship bodies themselves being prosecuted for obscenity. The book also examines the conflict between the obscenity law, introduced in Meiji times when Japan was importing Western models, and the freedom of speech law, which was put in place by the US occupation administration after World War II. The book concludes by assessing the current state of censorship in Japan and likely future developments.

About the authors:
Hoi-yan Yau is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Heung-wah Wong is Associate Professor and Acting Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at The University of Hong Kong.

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