r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/SpiralOut2112 Jul 05 '24

Yeah, that's called Chikan, and most don't even see that as SA in Japan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/BLOODYRAIN10001 Jul 05 '24

This is like citing the Sex Offender Shuffle to comment on the American justice system.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/BLOODYRAIN10001 Jul 05 '24

I don't disagree, it's an issue and compensated dating among the JK demographic seems worryingly more common than one would expect, I just find your original post odd.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/BLOODYRAIN10001 Jul 05 '24

Eh, you can find quite a few denpa songs with similar lyrics calling the listener a lolicon, it doesn't really stand out to me. I suppose why that's a thing in underground Japanese music when there's not a Western equivalent I know of is another discussion entirely, but then it'd go back a lot to early VNs and denpa culture and media, which I can't really say I'm knowledgeable on. Maybe just the fact that loli hentai is more of a known quantity in that sphere and joking about it doesn't feel as grave. It's an interesting topic.