Course: News Alert

Title: Japan outlaws child porn images - but not in comic books (controversial) June 25,20!
Link: http"##www$bbc$com#news#world-asia-2%&'(0&2
LANGUAGE POINT
TRANSCRIPT :
)his is Akihabra in )ok*o, and in this neighborhood there are lots o+ lots o+ shops that speciali,ed in
selling manga$ -o what is manga. /ell, it0s a ver* Japanese art +orm$ 1t0s reall* graphic novels or
animated
stor* books$ )he* are directed not at children but at adults$ And it is ver* ver* popular in Japan, and
there do,ens and do,ens
genres o+ manga and those include manga pornograph* and child porn$ -o 10m gonna go in here and see
what 1 can +ind$
1nside here, is a huge variet* o+ a manga porn openl* on displa*ing including stu++ like this$ Now, *ou
can see
+rom the outside cover this is clearl* a child and 10m obviousl* not going to show *ou what is inside it,
but 1 can tell *ou
it0s a picks o+ a multiple scenes o+ child0s character being raped$
2aterial like this would be illegal in man* countr*, including the 3nited -tates and 4ritain$ 1t0s not
illegal here and it0s going to remain
legal despite this new legislation as o+ video games and cartoons also depicting this so sort o+ child
pornograph*$
)he argument made here in Japan is there are no victims - real human victims o+ this sort o+ material
and it is a matter o+
+ree speech$ 4ut is also clearl* about mone*$ )he manga industr* in Japan is huge and the publishers
don0t want an* restrictions o+ what the*
can publish$
VOCABULARY
1. outla !at"lo# - to put (a person) outside the law and deprive o+ its protection" to ban
$. %arlia&ent !%a'rl"(u'"&u'nt #- an assembl* o+ the representatives o+ a political nation or
people, o+ten the supreme legislative authorit*
). le*islation !le+"is"le("s'u'n# - the act o+ making or enacting laws
,. -e%i.tin* !-i'"%ikt in*# " to represent in words5 describe
/. 0ree s%ee.' " !0ri s%i.' # - the right to e6press one0s opinions publicl*
CO1PRE2ENSION 3UESTIONS:
$ 7lease summari,e the article in three sentences$
Anser: 4 stu-ent5s o%inion6
2$/hat0s the +amous business in Akihabra .
Anser: Sellin* &an*a.
'$/hat are the two ma8or reasons wh* manga remains accessible to the public despite o+ it0s negative
reputation.
Anser: It is 'as no relation to .ri&es an- it *enerates 7usiness to &an*a in-ustr(.
!$ 9o *ou think manga will motivate some people to do se6ual-related crimes.
Anser: 4 stu-ent5s o%inion6
8ISCUSSION 3UESTIONS:
$ /hat0s the relevance o+ manga to Japanese culture.
2$ /ho is *our +avourite manga author and (i+ an*.)what manga are *ou reading now.
'$ /hat di++erentiates anime to regular cartoons.
!$ :ow does manga in+luence the *outh.
5$ 2anga characters usuall* appears se6uall* e6plicit ( like big-chested animes, tin*-naught* voices,
vulgar costumes), wh* is it so.
($ /hat0s the role o+ the parents to children who is +ond in reading e6plicit animes. :ow about the
media board.
%$ /h* are some people have an obssession ( or even sharp +antasies) to animes like ; otaku;.
<$ -hould there be an age restriction in bu*ing manga novels#maga,ines. /h*. /h* not.