L4dymercury comments

Stay classy, Japan. Profit off of that murder.

So basically it was All That.

Very much a happy day indeed if I do say so myself :9

Classic line from Japanese companies who don't want to take responsibility. So lets just criminalize the victim and brush it off.

I'm glad she's taking this as far as she can. Teach this company a lesson, lets just hope the legal system won't let her down as its known to do in a lot of other cases.

Well, tough luck you dumb nationalists, your favorite domestic companies are now outsourcing to those Chinese you hate so much.

I agree. People have short memories and quickly get bored. There is no way Obama and his team could turn around the USA in just one term. It is a long-term commitment and it is obvious that more time is needed. The Democrats have made serious inroads into getting healthcare for all Americans, they have openly said they are willing to engage with all countries (even Iran, North Korea and Cuba) and they have gotten Russia to agree to mutual reductions in nuclear weapon stockpiles. These are very big issues and deserve credit. Job creation and boosted exports are the next steps to help the economy slowly recover and there are no quick fixes. Slow and steady is the key. Although not mentioned in this article, if Palin ever becomes President....., it will be a very sad day for the USA and the rest of the world.

IA so much

This is just a side show circus. Because the 8 years the Republicans did have in office didn't like, you know, put us in this situation in the first place.

Angry conservatives are angry cause their party isn't in power anymore. Yawn.

Keep falling, U.S. dollar, keep falling! I'm just bummed the Aussie dollar/economy is going through the roof - I want it to fall too!

Yes, because an entire economic downturn happens in two years, and like, you know, not take a decade of events to make it happen.

Righhhhhhht.

That's not a dress. That's just a short shirt with some bloomers. Ugh, not classy.

I understand ya, bro. I completely understand ya.

looks at exchange rate and cries

I raise my hat to her.

The parents emancipated her when they allowed her to get married. Once she married him she's emancipated, the law no longer applies.

Many factors can play into why they've been together for so long. Maybe he's all she knows. Maybe she views him as a daddy figure. Maybe because she hasn't experienced love on her all she knows is to stay with this guy. Maybe they're really in love, but hey, what can I say? Personally, when I was the girl's age -- Getting married to some 40 year old man who's old enough to be my own FATHER wasn't on my mind.

There is something wrong when a man is attracted to a child. No if, ands, or buts about it. Its freakin robing the cradle, that's what it is. He's allowed to experience life but she can't? Where's the fairness in that relationship?

Takahashi first met Mifune when she was 13 years old and married her on her 16th birthday.

Okay, fine they're in love in all but seriously: Ew.

Yeah, because a lot of the things I buy can only be purchased from abroad.

born and grew up in Sydney

Does anyone proof read these articles before posting them?

Anyway, I like Dante Carver... Don't know the other chick.

Considering all the petty politics in these silly award shows, this just pretty much sealed his movie not winning best picture.

Ahahaha, Putin.

Owait, nvm, he did 8D

LOL what.

This in itself is almost a life sentence. I mean, come on, he's already 70 years old -- He's getting out when he's 87.

He's spending time in a Japanese prison.

I don't think he's going to be here in the next 17 years. The judge knew what he was doing.

This is sad, but what's also sad is the lack of control in this chaotic situation. Its going to be a month since the earthquake next week and things are getting worst than improving. I hope the situation betters and no more innocent people get attacked in such brutal ways.

It was announced we were in a recession in Mid-2008, Molenir, so Obama did not start the recession. He inherited it -- Two different things, my friend. A stimulus package doesn't start a global recession.

You can't have change in 365 days. Economy is just one of MANY troubles Obama has to deal with. Grow up, look at the bigger picture. Remember, there was a surplus before Bush got into office. You can't defend the way Bush handled the economy and blow it all on Obama.

Everything President Obama has done "hasn't been good enough" for the people. Yet, for 8 years Bush ran this country into the ground and put us in this situation. When his term started, we had a surplus, he left us in a debt.

You actually expect Obama to pull a magical miracle turn around in 365 days in office? Republicans make more noise than a bitch in heat.

Is this some kind of fetish? I notice this happening a lot over there -- Random middle age men punching little girls in the stomach.

I'm stoked. Nuff said.

Another prime example of the quality work Japan's police force provides to the community.

I watched a Japanese news segment on the Junior idol U-15 industry, and the girl said from her young lips " I'm doing this because I'll become an actress this way "

I find it sad that its put into these girls minds hat selling your ass at 10 and 11 years old is the way to become an actress in Japan. Its this warped exploitation, these empty promises... And the fact that its usually the parents that are the ones behind the camera doing this to their own children.

Its deplorable.

And there's no way you can compare movie acting to U-15 Junior Gravure modeling. There's no way. I do not see Dakota Fanning running around on the beach, on all fours seductively looking at the camera.

L4dymercury: It is child exploitation but not child porn. I don't condone it I just don't care of that's what floats someones boat. Reality TV is child exploitation (ton of shows in the US about large families)beauty pageants are child exploitation too. The point is while I can't imagine signing my daughter up for this they get compensated. Does it raise questions about their parents? Hell yes. The point I was making is it's not porn so the calls to ban it are stupid. If you ban it then the old pervs can jack off to clothing catalogs which they probably do too.

I never said it was child porn. I said it was child exploitation. There's no way to excuse a child pedophile from getting his freak on with catalogs or just taking pictures of kids out in the street -- But to make it a business and turn it into an industry to make money off of it isn't justifiable at all.

Like Crokk, who I worry about, mentioned he like's Kaneko Miho. So I decided to google this girl:

http://static.benippon.com/shop/images/4904252861.jpg

Is that okay? Is that okay for a young girl to do? You can not compare this and group it along the same lines of child model in a clothing catalog. All this does is fuel the problem, makes it okay to objectify young girls in sexual manner. Half of these girls in this industry aren't even sexually aware physically... So it is okay to exploit them sexually? To fed in to some sick guy's fantasy?

No.

If guys want to get off to young girls riding "devices", sprawled out in a couch while pushing up their "breasts", and sucking on objects then they can just go buy a DVD with a woman doing it.

Justifying sexual child exploitation is as wrong as the guy watching it.

Whatever, It's not child porn as the idols are clothed all be it not with much. There is never nudity or sex acts and if there is it's illegal. Most of the stuff I've seen is no racier than a clothing catalog. If you don't like it, don't look at it.

It's child exploitation. No matter what way you look at it. It's exploitating a child, putting her out there in a bikini, making her pose 'sexually' to turn on guys. It's not like the girl is wearing a bikini for a 13 year old that is modest for a girl her age.

They're wearing bikinis that you can catch a Maxim model wearing.

How can you justify child bikini models? Tell me? It is objectifying them and exploiting them to middle age men to jack off to.

There's no gray area around it.