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realityisinsanity ago

There's a lot of animes about the rampant corruption in Japan due to the Yakuza and politicians working with them.

Tazzermalt ago

lot of weirdos in mainstream also, film maker Takashi Miike gives off real creepy vibes .... and the political elite http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3058189.stm Later that week, senior politician Takami Eto sparked complaints from China after suggesting that the Nanking massacre during World War II was a "big lie".

China says that 300,000 Chinese died at the hands of Japanese troops in Nanking, but some Japanese nationalists contest whether the massacre happened at all.

In the same month, two politicians sparked fury among female legislators by appearing to condone rape.

Seiichi Ota, a lawmaker with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said at a debate on Japan's declining birth rate that at least gang rapists had a healthy appetite for sex.

Then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, commenting on Mr Ota's remarks, suggested women who are raped are "asking for it" by the way they dress. Kiichi Inoue, minister for disaster management, suggested that the murder of a classmate by an 11-year-old schoolgirl indicated a sign of women's progress.

"Men have committed thoughtless, harsh acts but I think this is the first for a girl," Mr Inoue told reporters. "Recently the difference between men and women is shrinking." He said "vigorous" women were increasing in society.