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NEWS: How the 2020 Olympics Might Affect Comiket & More

Since we're on a roll with conspiracy theories with the akiba mafia and what not. What if their bid for the 2020 Olympics was actually just a ploy to push the anti loli/shota and quite possibly soon to be anti otaku agenda and actually get it passed?

I'm surprised Japan got nominated for the Olympics 2020, considering, how irrelevant the nation has become(economically, and politically) to the rest of the world.

I suppose but considering my disdain for the current conservative party that has ruled Japan for more than half a century(LDP), I'd prefer to have any other nation except Japan get the Olympics.

If the Japanese can't stand up to authority because of their "traditions" of being subservient to their higher-ups, they will never experience economic and political growth as a nation.

What if their bid for the 2020 Olympics was actually just a ploy to push the anti loli/shota and quite possibly soon to be anti otaku agenda and actually get it passed?

This is most likely do the fact that they were probably interrupted by their glorious rule by the DPJ in 2009 and don't want that to happen again, so by appealing to the sheeple and the nationalists, they will remain in office.

The Summer Olympics were last held in Japan in 1964, the first Olympics to ever be held in Asia.

One consequence of the holding the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 involved the systematic beautification efforts that resulted in displacement of the homeless, the revision of the entertainment laws, and flare-up in the bad books removal campaigns that targeted manga. (See here for more information regarding the artistic impact of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.)

Actually, it appears that how books will be sold in Tokyo will be changed without the aid of passage of any new laws. News broke where that supposedly members of the International Olympic Committee grimaced over how adult themed magazine were available at Japanese convenience stores, and thus Tokyo will no reconsider how books are sold in convenience stores.

Now some of you may take issue over material that could categorized as “soft core porn” is available in some convenience stores. Mind you, the selection of magazine and books are entirely decided by the proprietor of each convenience store (this is why the selection of magazines are different even among the same chain of convenience stores) and soft core material is easily available in many European countries, so it is not exactly like Japan is entirely unique in this regard.

I wrote about how the police raided a strip club which had been in operation for many decades suddenly because of sensibilities related to the Olympics.

Now we have confirmation from multiple sources that the police in Tokyo wish to roll back the censorship standards that had been in place for about a decade.

But now that police arrested of editors of Core Magazine in spring of 2013, this standard suddenly become suspect. An adult only manga magazine previously considered safe suddenly became unsafe.

Recently I received word from multiple sources that the police seem to be intent on forcing total censoring of the genitals.

The demons of LDP needs to go away, anime & manga industry is doomed if this continues.

How then do you explain all the other titles that get produced and have constantly been produced?

You only concentrate on a handful of titles out of ~120+ a year.

Their economy is in ruins because they keep interfering, just like they keep interfering with social policy.

The increase in sales taxes is also bad news.

One consequence of the holding the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 involved the systematic beautification efforts that resulted in displacement of the homeless, the revision of the entertainment laws, and flare-up in the bad books removal campaigns that targeted manga.

Actually, it appears that how books will be sold in Tokyo will be changed without the aid of passage of any new laws. News broke where that supposedly members of the International Olympic Committee grimaced over how adult themed magazine were available at Japanese convenience stores, and thus Tokyo will no reconsider how books are sold in convenience stores.

While the displacement of Comiket will be disappointing, there are still plenty other doujin events in Japan round year. Comiket is just one of many conventions for doujinshi... The biggest. sure, but with all those other conventions and online retailers, you don't have to worry about not getting your porn.

Their economy has declined, but it's not in ruins. And the only reason that happened is because they became too dependent on domestic industry, while being averse to international business investors and collaborations. Clearly, they see the error of their ways, and are trying to turn things around.

So how do you expect the country to pay for services for its aging population?

Ok, but now they have an entire generation of young people who are becoming practically homeless there, due to part-time service jobs which do not pay the bills. [You know, like us.] So having the Olympics there is a shot in the arm for them, because businesses will maybe want to hire more full timers to better welcome non-Japanese tourists.

Boo-f**king-hoo. No print porn for a few days. They'll just get it on the Internet like the rest of the world. As for the whole strip club thing, Giuliani purged similar shit in New York, and no one's being stifled by that.

rederoin: Ooh, sorry that I'd rather watch Mind Game than Kodomo no Jikan.

Hell, did you even realize there were 47 shows in the season?

If you mean recent non-moe, probably luck and tenacity.

I occasionally look at schedules over there, and moe is at least half of that 120.

You haven't taken a closer look or you're being dishonest. You also seem to be conflating either intentionally or not, moe and fanservice.

You also don't see how BAD some of the shows you complain about do.

Luck and tenacity also doesn't dictate business decisions year after year.

If X always did well, the market would be nothing but it. But obviously it's not. Not even close nor half.

They have always had interest by foreign investors

Prior to the BOJ's inflation of the yen (pressured by Abe), Japan was where foreign investors wanted to park their money it. Now a lot of foreign capital has fled Japan.

They are inflating the yen (and buying up assets and trying to pump up Japanese stocks) in order to artificially boost the domestic industry by devaluing the yen (inflating the money) to make their exports cheaper! Many think it's good, but it's not.

No welfare. But the government could have had a private savings and investment mechanism long ago (perhaps incentivized).

And who you think is paying for the Olympics? They are almost all money loosing propositions. And any hiring will be temporary.

As far as the closure of the decades old strip club, first, as I said: you've got no principles. Why is it ok to close this particular business down in that area, just to try to save face or prevent offending IOC sensibilities? Pure popularism or utilitarianism whether domestic or foreign is unethical.

Contrast that with how Brazil is handling the world cup, or allowing various businesses to handle it:

This is actually a large organization representing the sex workers organizing this, and Brazil isn't panicing to shut them down

My point is that the market only gives a fudge about the people who buy the Japanese BD's/DVD's, they are not a charity, even though you seem to think they are.

Aside from the people who hate those so called 'moe shows'. nobody has any idea what the hell they are referring too. Is it some kind of code-word among your kind?

btw the ldp is in power because a majority of japanese people like them and vote for them

not everyone's vision of a healthy society is raging against the machine like your teenage fantasies. hope this helps

That seems to be changing, given the population decline and the fact that the otaku once again prevent animation studios from actually making a living off of original or mainstream works.