When I first got to Japan and started walking around various shops, I have quickly realized just how lenient Japan is in regards to sex and pornography. Walk into your closest konbini and you will find all sorts of pornographic magazines right in front of bathroom section. “The enormous sex industry in Japan is socially accepted” (1), and the laws seem to follow the trend.
For example, despite prostitution being outlawed in 1956 (1), it is easy to go to Osaka and find stores with posters of half naked women and signs proudly exclaiming “half an hour, 2500 yen!”
But one the other hand to express this sexuality out in public is another thing! When it is not your jobb, one in Japan does not express, these fantasies or tell them out loud. Public show of affection, until recently was looked down upon. Most people like to keep their lives private from the rest of the world (2 and 3).
References
1. Hughes, D., M. (ND). Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation: Japan. University of Rhode Island. May 13, 2009 from http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/japan.htm
2. Japanese Student at Kansai Gaidai
3. 34, year Japanese woman
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