Director arrested for putting up poster of anti-emperor film

Thursday 11th September, 04:29 PM JST

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

› Login to comment

Latest 15 of 28 Total Comments Show All

OssanULTRA at 12:23 AM JST - 12th September

He seems to have been stopped for breaking some minor law about not putting up posters on street lights and it turned out there were arrest warrants out for him. Contrary to the title of this article it appears that what happened may have had nothing to do with his beliefs at all. He might as well as have been putting up a poster for a strip club.
ca1ic0cat at 01:12 AM JST - 12th September

Yeah, I think Ossan has nailed it. He's probably under survillance as miki pointed out and the poster was probably put up in a spot where it shouldn't have been. After that the other warrants kick in and it's harrassment done the easy way.
rjdsr at 01:24 AM JST - 12th September

Lesse-majeste is a crime in Japan, still. You want to be publicly critical of the Emperor (our dearest leader), then you will do jail time. The Japanese have supported this by several votes. We demand that the Emperor be treated with respect.
Thenewfront at 01:33 AM JST - 12th September

Japan is a police state, ruled by greed and Yakuza scum Police catch people and detect crimes, stop victimising people your black　truck pals disaprove of.
mushroomcloud at 01:48 AM JST - 12th September

"Lesse-majeste is a crime in Japan, still. You want to be publicly critical of the Emperor (our dearest leader), then you will do jail time. The Japanese have supported this by several votes. We demand that the Emperor be treated with respect."

Sounds almost as bad as North Korea and their Dear Leader.
Sebarashii at 02:13 AM JST - 12th September

The Minor Offense Law seems to deal pretty much with anything that annoys people, noise for example: http://www.glocom.org/debates/20020826danloudspeaker/index.html

So there might not be a direct connection to the directors beliefs.
Freespeech at 04:20 AM JST - 12th September

Glad to discover that there are anti emperor-system militants. Japan has to rise out of the shame of conformism and abdication of freedom of speech.
kjunluc2 at 06:21 AM JST - 12th September

Anyone, regardless of their politics, who runs up a 2.8 million yen and doesn't pay it is a criminal and deserves jail time.

Japan is much like the U.S. Celebrities get away with everything but murder and maybe even that.

Here in U.S. anyone who threatens the president, even though he doesn't mean it, will do hard time. Close to half Americans always hate the sitting president. I think the majority of Japanese respect the emporer.

I personally like Akihito but that those who don't should be allowed to say so.
buggerlugs at 08:49 AM JST - 12th September

If no one is allowed to critizie the glorious emperor here why does TV and my students feel they can be Negative about The Queen? I have never seen a cop awake at 4 am in Koto-Ku, they are either really asleep or hiding from the teenage Bosozoku (but yoube ona bike, they will prepare a whole crack squad to get you and make sure it is not stolen) Guess this director could have been riding a bike while looking guilty... that may have tipped them off.
soldave at 09:37 AM JST - 12th September

Ossan - if he'd have been putting up a poster for a strip club, surely the Keystones would have just asked him to show them where it was and secure them free entry.
Nessie at 09:56 AM JST - 12th September

He was arrested for posting flyers -- and frying poseurs, like the Emperor.
dennis0bauer at 03:12 PM JST - 12th September

who cares about that poster, almost 3 million yen debt in hotel bills!
Philosophy187 at 10:14 AM JST - 13th September

What exactly does the emperor of Japan do?

I remember talking to a Japanese girl in Japan who told me that a plethora of the Japanese national's tax dollars goes to it and it largely takes up the center of Tokyo - I googled it and she was right!!!
WilliB at 01:22 PM JST - 13th September

mikihouse:

> " there is no difference between NK and Japan when it comes to the royal family and great leader Kim. "

Are you sure? You think all that would happen to you for putting up an anti-Kim poster in NK would be that you got arrested? Really??
Philosophy187 at 12:40 PM JST - 14th September

What does the emperor do again? And why was this man arrested? The hotel finding was a by-product for hanging the poster and doesn't count.