Over 1,600 Internet dating sites registered with authorities: NPA

Thursday 22nd January, 10:14 AM JST

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saborichan at 03:37 PM JST - 22nd January

Can we get some context for this, please?

Why do dating agencies need to register? What were the operators that shut down doing that registration scared them so?
Deepen at 04:06 PM JST - 22nd January

The world is globalized,humans are machinised.Today we don't have time to find even our date one.That is why online dating service centers are growing like mussrooms.It is the demand of time.
Potsu at 05:09 PM JST - 22nd January

Geez...not a lot of natural meeting and interaction here...agree Notginger,very Japanese way of saying prostitution etc.
some14some at 05:11 PM JST - 22nd January

Everybody's proud, NPA, Web Operators and Customers, only that crime rate is going up.
noborito at 07:22 PM JST - 22nd January

How about a list of the top sites. People help :>
YangYong at 07:50 PM JST - 22nd January

They're they are passing on and around their STDs and you want a part of it? Knock yourselves out boys.
neverknow2 at 11:06 PM JST - 22nd January

What were the operators that shut down doing

Prostitution. No maybe
GoingtoJapan at 11:33 PM JST - 22nd January

I think its a good idea.
usaexpat at 12:52 AM JST - 23rd January

saborichan: exactly what I was thinking, this article doesn't tell us any background information. Why do they have to register, who has to register, what is the letter of the law, and when did the law change?
frankthedm at 01:21 AM JST - 23rd January

The article does not need to, The joke of 'internet "dating"' should be well known to anyone who has ever seen an AdultFriendFinder pop up add. But, if you need to hear it from a more authoritative source...

The revised law bars gangsters running such sites and operators of child-related dating sites from registering. It also requires operators to delete messages from children under 18 suggesting prostitution and from adults seeking child prostitutes.
usaexpat at 01:39 AM JST - 23rd January

frankthedm: Thanks, I know the dating euphemism I was just curious what the law actually stated.
frankthedm at 01:57 AM JST - 23rd January

Ah, my apologies if I came of as cantankerous.
usaexpat at 02:58 AM JST - 23rd January

no worries
loltehinterwebs at 06:37 AM JST - 23rd January

I don't understand why Japan feels the need to bend to Western morals in this regard.
justmeinto at 11:00 AM JST - 23rd January

I don't understand why Japan feels the need to bend to Western morals in this regard.

I don't disagree, but I trust you're not referring to underage prostitution.