Interesting

There has been international outcry over the release of the game "RapeLay".... a video game that originated in Japan and depicts the main character raping women of their choosing.

The CNN article can be found here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/japan.video.game.rape/index.html?hpt=C1

One of the main points of the article mentions Japan's lax laws [some even nonexistant] in video game control and laws protecting against child pornography.

I myself have seen the stores in Tokyo with extremely graphic sexual material available. Some of it is downright disturbing.

I naturally compared the case to the US, where such a thing would never be allowed and has incredibly harsh retribution for breaking the law.

It's "interesting" because the rape statistics between Japan and the USA, per capita, are so varied.

USA [9th in the world*] is 0.301318 per 1,000 people

Japan [54th in the world*] is 0.017737 per 1,000 people

The US has over 18 times as many cases of rape.


* the countries where statistics were available
Found at: http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita&b_map=1