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Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime

By Elaine Kurtenbach
Published June 18, 2014 12:03pm ET
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Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime
FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a visitor to the Tokyo International Anime Fair looks at cartoon figures on display in Tokyo. Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics. The upper house voted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 to approve the law, which was passed by the lower house earlier this month. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File) | Katsumi Kasahara

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics.

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