Censorship in Japan

by Wong, Heung Wah

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Title Statements

Full title :Censorship in Japan / Heung Wah Wong, Hoi Yan Yau.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315409047, 1315409046, 9781315409054, 1315409054, 9781315409030, 1315409038, 9781315409061, 1315409062
DOI:10.4324/9781315409061
oclc:on1222804068
LC Classification:PN1995.65.J3
Dewey Decimal:791.430952

Subjects

Cinéma -- Censure -- Japon Cinéma -- Industrie -- Japon Japan Motion picture industry Motion picture industry -- Japan Motion pictures -- Censorship Motion pictures -- Censorship -- Japan SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Gener… Television -- Censorship Television -- Censorship -- Japan Télévision -- Censure -- Japon Télévision -- Japon Television broadcasting Television broadcasting -- Japan