"Sound upbringing of youth is an important subject," Kan wrote. Prime Minister Naoto Kan wrote on his official blog this week that, while youngsters must be protected from harmful materials, the country also needed to worry about its world-famous manga and anime industry. A group of 10 major comic publishers has protested against the bill and said it will boycott the biggest industry show, the Tokyo International Anime Fair, to be hosted next March by Tokyo's conservative Governor Shintaro Ishihara. The bill before the Tokyo assembly would require publishers and shops to sell only to readers aged over 18 any material that depicts "virtual sex crimes" if the images are "unjustifiably glorified and exaggerated". TOKYO - Japan's capital city is to restrict the sale of manga comics and anime films with extreme depictions of rape, incest and other sex crimes, a plan that has brought cries of censorship.
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