Child Porn

Warning: Viewer Discretion Advised

So I was stopping over at Narita Airport, Tokyo. Decided to go out for a tour of the city since I had a whole 13 hours to wait for the connecting flight.

I was walking, walking, walking. Lo and behold, guess what I saw? Yes, the blog title gives it away.

There were DVDs and magazines specifically dedicated to girls as young as 11 years old who were paraded in bikinis and posing in suggestive poses. No, they were not naked, but yes their pose would have sent off the message intended to any adult.

To think that Japan, one of the most advanced countries in the world and Asia had such a loophole in their laws to allow their very own leaders of the future to be paraded in such a shameful manner was disgraceful. I couldn't even believe my eyes when I saw the DVDs among all the adult contents. Ok, to say that the Japanese porn industry is creative in its contents is an understatement, but this? UNACCEPTABLE!

Whatever happened to the child's consent? Whatever happened to not exploiting children who can barely take care of themselves? Whatever happened to basic civility?

It may be true that they are not naked and that may very well be within the laws of Japan, but ponder on this: You put a child in a bikini, ask her to parade and psoe in suggestive poses and put her pictures in such a context, what less of a response could you expect? What market could you possibly be targeting? The children who want to buy bikinis or have their eyes set on modeling?

I thought the South East Asian child sex industry was bad, but under our very noses, we have the Asia's largest economy being a haven for pedophiles. Maybe all the bowing and thank you's are just a cover for the perverted thoughts that do not let go of any chance at preying, not even if the prey is their young!