Call for Japan to ban child porn in manga

TOKYO: The United Nations special rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography yesterday called on Japan to ban cartoons featuring "extreme" sexualised images of children, after Tokyo last year criminalised possession of child pornography. Images of paedophilia in manga comics remain legal under the new law, while materials of children in sexually provocative poses are still available and legal. "When it comes to extreme child pornographic content, manga should be banned," said Maud de Boer-Buquicchio.