2006-08-18 16:02:45 · 9 answers · asked by Cat Commander 3 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
I'd like to know if anyone saying that USA has a bigger industry has actually been to Japan. Pornographic magazines/videos aren't even covered up like it is here. Full frontal nudity (except for the whole pubic hairs thing) is shown, and they are very lenient on who can buy it. On TV, it is extremely easy to access, and not very expensive. In hotels, anyone can purchase prepaid cards that contain access to channels with the stuff. And of course, it's as easy to access online as it is here.
The fact that it is more widespread in Japan makes it a bigger industry. Although people sort of frown upon it, it's not a big deal if people see other people reading it like on public trains. It is sort of common to see people like that, too. Their media glorifies it a lot, too. Hentai is a prime example of why the industry is so big. How do you get more people supporting the industry? Make manga and anime out of it. Everyone likes manga and anime there, so making porn a property of animation is what attracts a lot of people, too.
I would like to know what statistic the asker has that makes it the biggest (most people, most profit, most widespread). Out of the ones I just listed, it is probably most widespread, and maybe most people per population.
There's a reason that it is illegal to bring in pornography into Japan. The want to keep the market there...because it is so big. If you go there, it's more of an instant inference how big the industry is.
2006-08-19 12:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by Thardus 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Japanese are a lot less hung up about sex than most Christian countries, Japanese society doesn't really have a single dominant religion, Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity all have parts in peoples lives and the Japanese sensibilities don't make the different religions clash.
The Japanese are less hung up on pron, but do create quite a bit of it, thier country is very technologically advanced, and have a large population as well. The fact that most of the pron is pretty bad is another factor. There are laws however that don't allow you to show the genitals completely, or even pubic hair, If my memory serves me correctly, that was part of the rules that America imposed upon them after surrender in WWII.
Many Japanese hentai anime get around the no genitals rule by using tentacles that are amazingly phallic shaped.
Its also not a big deal for a Japanese salaryman to be reading a H comic on the train in busy rush hour traffic. Tacky, but not a big deal.
2006-08-18 16:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by Norsehawk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Edna, Joriental, and Allan Y! I'm sure that America has a far bigger porn industry than Japan, it's just that you prefer to pretend it doesn't exist!
I'm not saying that America's is the biggest porn industry - although I wouldn't be surprised - I'm just saying that I have reason to believe it's bigger than Japan's.
WHY is America so secretive about one of it's most lucrative industries?
Why does America pretend that it doesn't have a sex-slave trade problem, and put pressure on other countries instead of sorting out it's own problems??
2006-08-18 20:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by _ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-20 15:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the other responders to this question seem to think that the U.S. has a bigger porn industry than Japan. I do not know. But if Japan DOES, I have a good reason why. Have you ever watched hentai? That stuff is good. It is sometimes better than watching live action because with animation you can do many more things. Now I have also seen some live action Japanese porn, and... most of it wasn't that good. Some of the guys had small dicks(and no I don't think it was just because they were Asian); if it was a rape scene, the girls were horrible actors most of the time. But like I said, the hentai is awesome. That probably has way more sales than the live action.
2006-08-19 11:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Koneko 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
not in Japan. It is USA.
The sales in US is bigger than Japan.
Maybe the titles in Japan more varied though.
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/dec/05121603.html
2006-08-18 17:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by Joriental 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sexual repression of the Japanese people. This is the same culture that will blur out pubic hair in a porn, but will show videos of scat and urine play.
2006-08-18 16:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by a_liberal_economist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese Pornography Industry
2016-12-17 16:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha....I just saw the writing "Japan is home" and I LOVE JAPAN!!!
cool...well i dunno the answer to your question, but keep up the good work(by using japan is home in your questions^^)
see ya
2006-08-19 04:28:51 · answer #9 · answered by Japan_is_home 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of lack of research and inaccurate data
2006-08-18 17:55:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋