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Media Coverage

Here are articles featuring PAPS's work, proposals, and interviews with our staff.

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Sexual blackmail via social media: high-value losses among men stand out — seen as "a new form of fraud"

Asahi Shimbun

26 June 2023

Those who sell sex and those who reach out: "if only I, too, had somewhere to turn" — I won't deny my own life, but…

Shinano Mainichi Shimbun

18 May 2023

TikTok teams up with creators to warn young people about digital sexual violence over summer vacation

Mynavi News

28 July 2022

Coerced AV appearances hard to remedy: outside the scope of the "right of rescission" — support groups urge legislation; caution needed as adulthood begins at 18

Okinawa Times Plus

6 April 2022

No legal duty to remove sexual images — 30% left online; victims forced to fund their own recovery, some paying over 2 million yen for removal

Tansa

13 June 2023

Nine months after the AV Act's speedy passage: what challenges remain? Effective in curbing harm, but…

Chunichi Shimbun

30 March 2023

Ruling parties' plan against coerced AV appearances "insufficient": PAPS and five other groups call for stronger measures

Tokyo Shimbun

9 May 2022

AV appearance harm: LDP to pursue member-sponsored legislation this Diet session

Asahi Shimbun

6 April 2022

Those who sell sex and those who reach out: "if only I, too, had somewhere to turn" — I won't deny my own life, but…

Shinano Mainichi Shimbun

18 May 2023

Approaching children while hiding indecent intent — no law regulates it: proposal for a new "grooming" offense

Yomiuri Shimbun

24 November 2022

"We can't stop high schoolers' AV appearance harm": the tragedy invited by the lowered age of adulthood and political inaction

Shinano Mainichi Shimbun

29 April 2022

This won't prevent coerced AV appearances… "minors' right of rescission" unusable; government and Diet must legislate without delay

Tokyo Shimbun

4 April 2022

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