Tokyo looks at underage sex

[Buraku]

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10208

odd in Japan, or just regular business ?

[Buraku]

Trio busted for producing schoolgirl porn videos
Mainichi

I absolutely love the use of the word "found."

Japan's new national pastime? Panty peeking
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2006/05/20060531p2g00m0dm013000c.html

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo via Yahoo: One in 10 high school students in northern Japan has sexually transmitted disease
One in 10 high school students in northern Japan has chlamydia, a curable sexually transmitted disease, a study showed Thursday. The study tested 3,190 Japanese students aged 16 to 18 at more than a dozen high schools, and found that 11.4 percent of them were infected, according to Dr. Hirohisa Imai at Asahikawa Medical College on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido...more...

Mainichi: 1 in 17 Shibuya teens found to have contracted STDs

A survey on sexual activity among teenagers who are hanging around in Tokyo's Shibuya-ku found that one in 17 had been infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the past. The survey was conducted by "Stop! STD o Kangaeru Kai," a group formed by people in the medical profession to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases. "This is data from a group thought to have an extremely high rate of sexual activity. However, their knowledge on STDs was insufficient, and there is a danger that diseases could be spreading without them knowing it," a group representative said, commenting on the results of the survey. The survey was conducted on high school students and teenage high school graduates. Sixty-eight percent of the respondents had experienced sex before, and 5.8 percent had contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the past, the survey showed...more...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Mainichi: 1 in 17 Shibuya teens found to have contracted STDs

There must be something very wrong up north if Shibuya kids are coming up cleaner than they are.

[American Oyaji]

I think it is a difference in population density. Up north, there is not the crush that there is in Tokyo and the lifestyle isn't so busy so kids have more time to pay attention to their bodies.

But then again...up north, the best pasttime is getting busy since there is so much emptiness to get busy in.

[IkemenTommy]

Reads.. "High school female freshmen that had sex... 9.1%, High school female seniors that had sex.. 45.6%"

[Big Booger]

Reads.. "High school female freshmen that had sex... 9.1%, High school female seniors that had sex.. 45.6%"

Don't you mean Junior High School Female 3rd Graders = 9.1%....?

[Iraira]

Reads.. "High school female freshmen that had sex... 9.1%, High school female seniors that had sex.. 45.6%"

Yeah, but what percent of them grabbed the guy by the back of the head, ripping out large sections of his hair and screamed, "Harpoon me, Ahab! I'm your minke!"

Yeah, I thought so..........

[kamome]

Reads.. "High school female freshmen that had sex... 9.1%, High school female seniors that had sex.. 45.6%"

It's a comparison of junior high school girls in their 3rd year against high school girls in their 3rd year. But also note that the 9.1% and 45.6% figures are 2.7 times higher than the corresponding figures from 12 years ago.

[Greji]

It's a comparison of junior high school girls in their 3rd year against high school girls in their 3rd year. But also note that the 9.1% and 45.6% figures are 2.7 times higher than the corresponding figures from 12 years ago.

That's another misleading stat. They subtracted those that had received the initial hose job from their homeroom teachers and it dropped to 0.1% and 1.2% for each category!

[Mulboyne]

Mainichi: Police concerned over exploitation of 'junior idols'

"Junior idol" collections, the euphemistic term for DVDs and photo collections featuring young children, have come under the scrutiny of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, who are looking at issuing cautions for guardians who allow their children to be exploited. The Office for Youth Affairs and Public Safety has stated that they "need to consider how to regulate" these publications. The term "junior idol" is used to describe young stage or screen stars; however, it has also come to refer to underage girls who appear in male-oriented DVD or photo collections. In principle, these do not violate the Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Prevention Law, as they do not contain any nudity. However, some feature their subjects wearing bikinis or swimwear, or striking sexually suggestive poses. The age of the "models" has also been decreasing noticeably, with some as young as kindergarten age (around 5 years old), and a report by the office has judged that "depending on the photography style and subject's age, it could constitute oppression."

The report specifically calls attention to those of kindergarten and elementary school age, pointing out that "young children may not be aware that they are being used as models, and it's conceivable that their guardians work with publishers to produce and sell such works for money." It adds: "When these children reach adulthood, the knowledge that their photographs were used as sexually stimulating material could cause serious emotional damage." The new regulations it proposes would give the local government powers to warn guardians not to exploit their children in this way. However, a draft version released to the public has attracted some concern, with fears that regulation could infringe upon freedom of expression, or prevent children from fulfilling their dreams of stardom.

"Child stars as a whole is not the problem. It's a matter of treating those at kindergarten and elementary school age as needing protection, and combating the current tendency toward making them sex objects," the office explains. According to the National Police Agency, the number of parents exploiting their children by producing explicit images or DVDs is increasing, and police are taking steps to combat the trend.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Mainichi: Police concerned over exploitation of 'junior idols'

It's one of those slippery slope things. When you see the pictures you know that they're wrong but if the kids aren't nude or engaged in sexual acts it's hard to make clear rules on paper about what is and is not inappropriate.