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Yasuhiko Tajima, a professor of media law at Sophia University. Legal loopholes in a law against hate speech in Japan mean hate speech rallies can still flourish. (Asahi Shimbun)
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The concept of hate speech itself has many ambiguous factors so consideration should be given to whether the ordinance is the best way to deal with it.
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kurisupisu
Japan doesn't adequately protect its citizens against domestic violence, the police aren't really interested! However,theft is of immense interest! It's rather simple to ease inflammatory speech into any type of public order law but there is little will for it here!