Record 2,413 child pornography cases detected in Japan in 2017

How many of the perverts have been caught and sent to prison though. The report just says that these cases were detected - how many pervs have been arrested?

“Kasumigaseki, we have a problem!”

It’s good to see the number being caught increasing, but you have to wonder, what percentage of kiddy fiddlers have been caught? And, to think, it was only a few years ago that kiddy porn became illegal, but you can still buy kiddy porn manga, which is sickening!

detected cases: 2413

law enforcement actions against: 1703

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"Detected?" I have so many choice words to put here, but my question is just how do they go about their "detecting",.

Imprisoning these individuals will be a major solution. I feel Japan is way too lenient (and quiet) when it comes down to this issue. Just a few months ago, a well-known Japanese creator was caught with such material at his job! And they just gave him a slap on the wrist with a fine. Japan needs to crack down on this by also imprisoning parents who force their children into gravure and premature "idol-hood" and counseling juveniles who send such images.

Of the total, the biggest portion, at 42.4 percent, involved children coerced or tricked into sending nude selfies taken with smartphones while 16.0 percent involved child prostitution, 14.4 percent photographing or filming with spy cameras and 11.7 percent rape or indecent assault.

42.4 + 16 + 14.4 + 11.7 = 84.5%

So what happened to the remaining 15.5%????

Imprisoning these individuals will be a major solution. 

Why imprison and lower overall productivity if the nation over trivial cases like this when you can just fine these people 1,000,000 yen.

it was only a few years ago that kiddy porn became illegal, but you can still buy kiddy porn manga, which is sickening!

apples and oranges, bro.

that stuff may be whack to you but it’s protected speech/art and is a legitimate business. In fact, there’s even a big gathering for this at Tokyo Big Sight bi-annually. 500k-600k people from Japan and all over the world go there to buy illustrations/drawings and... yes... self punlished “kiddy porn manga”. No amouny of wes tern socia l jus tice warrio r tactics will make a dent to this scene. It was tried once in the 90s and it didn’t work.

People into this stuff, especially talking about very young kids, are the scum of the earth.

The article is incomplete since it has also been revealed in a separate file that 65,431 minors were abused in Japan in 2017, up 20.7 percent.

So never mind about that whole narrative that children in Japan are somehow living in a better place....

And so what when punishment is virtually non-existent? Recently, that manga-ka who got busted for kiddie-porn got a ridiculously low fine, which was a kick in the face to his victims. Japan needs to show it takes these cases seriously.

When we are talking about a victims of such a crime, does possessing it make individual responsible for what is done? He has paid for that particular video, which might have been made 5-10 years ago, but he created demand, which means imbeciles will make more videos thinking there will be demand. Meaning by stimulating demand the creator of Rurouni Kenshin indirectly made children victims of further recordings, which theoretically makes him (not only a mentally sick human being but) a culprit as well. In theory. Ways to acquire such material are numerous, and it is possible one in possession never ever directly or otherwise caused harm to children.

Those numbers you see are only the surface, the numbers of those who either did not hide well enough or had no power to stay hidden. This is a profound problem that also takes deep roots in Japanese society. Unless the government has complete control of the data flow (and dignity to not misuse it), children will keep becoming victims at hands of blighted humans. Just as they always did.

Japan needs to crack down on this by also imprisoning parents who force their children into gravure and premature "idol-hood" and counseling juveniles who send such images.

I agree. That is just a pervert's paradise city. It's horrible, just like the 'pageants' in America. They're child exploitation and they're just plain sick.

Peer pressure will help a lot to curb such things arising, the question is how to go about convincing Kids that this type of activity is shamefully wrong without damaging them in the process ?