As of April 1, 2022, the age of majority was lowered to 18 in Japan. In line with this, to At the age of 18, a person can sign a contract on their own without their parents’ consent.and together with damages for investment fraud, there was concern about the spread of harm caused by coercion to participate in pornographic films.
The Law for the Prevention and Mitigation of Harm from Adult Videos was recently passed in Japan with the aim of preventing it, but instead a phenomenon occurred that complicated the situation. The writer Yu Miyazoe reports on the reality that the duty to protect the rights of artists, Instead of preventing harm, you are driving them underground..
One after the other, major newspapers and television stations reported that the first people were arrested on suspicion of violating the so-called “New Adult Video Law”, which came into effect in June 2022. One subject has already been arrested and charged with showing obscene films by distributing so-called “raw videos”, that is, uncensored films. He was arrested again for failing to provide written contracts for women appearing in their films under the “new law”.
«The man was initially engaged in the production of films for adults in general, but He sold what he called “doujin porn” through the FC2 video website, and was apparently well known in the industry. This time he was arrested for not presenting a contract to the model, an alleged breach of the obligations established in the new law. In addition to the cases that led to arrests, many other victims are said to have seen their images posted on the Internet without explanation. Many women reported being victimized, saying they had no idea their recordings were being sold online and uncensored.“, explained the Japanese medium writing.
Perhaps because there was an “independent doujin/pornapa”, they did not have a written contract for the women who acted, as required by the new law. However, while some victims claim they would not have appeared in the videos if they had been told they were not censored, many women who have appeared in videos selling this material in the past have no intention of claiming victimhood. A woman in her 20s who works at a brewery in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, filmed at this event, speaks honestly about the reasons.
«The guy explained to me what the film was about and I agreed to be filmed, and they paid me just over 100,000 yen (over $700). She also verbally explained to me that she would be busy for about half a day and that the footage she recorded would be sold on the Internet. People who know me said to be careful because my face would come out, but… To be honest, I didn’t really care, I felt like I was taking photos when I was free from work or when I needed money. At first I was worried, but if I change my makeup and my hair, they won’t recognize me unless I do something wrong, and since living with a mask is normal in the time of COVID-19, they don’t look at me when I walk down the street. To be honest, it’s a good part-time job. I don’t sign contracts and I don’t want to be asked to do so. Therefore, I did not need to give my full name or age for this matter», wrote the editorial team.
In fact, this woman has also appeared in several films that are highly respected by the law and are often called “professional”. It may seem that she would later appear in an independent film in a bad way, but according to her, there is a background that is not strange.
«I think it’s because of the new law, but in Japan we have to wait a while after signing a contract for a shoot, and we can’t release the film right after the shoot, so we don’t charge immediately. Some people loaned me money personally, but the production companies and the production team told me, “I’m sorry.” To be clear, most of the people here are doing it for money. They don’t pay me fast enough to make it legal, so I’m going to covertly record” explained the woman.
«Even the famous actors who were in the front row started filming independently (underground), perhaps because they liked that ease. The girls who don’t want to sign contracts because they don’t want to tell anyone who they are or where they come from, and the girls who want to get paid right after the shoot, they chose the easier and more dangerous path. This was pointed out even before the new law was passed, and I can only assume it is still true.», said the director of the outlet in Japan.
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