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  2. Coming of Age Day - Wikipedia

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    Coming of Age Day. Young people, dressed up for Coming of Age Day, walk in front of a shrine just before twilight (video). Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have ...

  3. Soft On Demand - Wikipedia

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    Pornographic films. Number of employees. 128. Soft On Demand (ソフト・オン・デマンド, Sofuto On Demando), often known as SOD, is a Japanese adult video group of companies which has its headquarters in the Nakano ward of Tokyo. SOD was founded in December 1995 [1] by Ganari Takahashi, who retired from the company in March 2005 and is ...

  4. Censorship in Japan - Wikipedia

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    After the convictions of Kishi and Suwa, a number of retail bookstores in Japan removed their adults-only section, a phenomenon attributed to the chilling effect of the outcome. [ 21 ] In July 2013, three people related to Core Magazine , a Japanese publishing company focused on adult material, were arrested for selling "obscene images" with ...

  5. Kobe child murders - Wikipedia

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    The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on March 16 and May 27, 1997.. Two victims, Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka), aged 10, and Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun), aged 11, were murdered by a 14-year-old boy reportedly named Shinichiro Azuma (東 真一郎, Azuma Shin'ichirō ...

  6. Mass media and politics in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This article's focus is mass media and their interaction with politics in Japan . The five largest and most influential national newspapers are Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, and Nihon Keizai Shimbun [citation needed]. There are also more than 100 local newspapers. The population, 99 percent literate, also ...

  7. Nihon Ethics of Video Association - Wikipedia

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    The Nihon Ethics of Video Association ( NEVA) (日本ビデオ倫理協会, Nippon Bideo Rinri Kyōkai, "Japan Video Morality Association"), usually abbreviated as Viderin (official) or Biderin (both: ビデ倫), was a Japanese video rating organization. It was a voluntary organization to ensure adherence to Japanese obscenity laws, which ...

  8. Enjo kōsai - Wikipedia

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    Enjo kōsai. Enjo kōsai (援助交際, literally "aid or support" and "congress, intercourse, intermingling"), shortened to enkō (援交), is a type of transactional relationship similar to the Western sugar dating. It is the Japanese language term for the practice of older men giving money and/or luxury gifts to attractive young women for ...

  9. 2021 in Japan - Wikipedia

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    According to Japan National Institute of Advanced Industrial and Science general manager Kazuhiro Ishimura said on 23 October, the volcano ash height estimate on 16,000 to 19,000 meters (52,493 to 62,335 foot) and 100 million cubic square meters ash volume, second largest volume ash eruption in territory of Japan's history. [citation needed]