Japanese websites block foreign IP
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because of the international rumors about hentai games like r*** lay and hentai animations and games in general caused by institutions like Equality Now some Japanese site are doing this, at one of these sites there even was written: "to protect our culture"...
That might be the reason.
That might be the reason.
It's not just porn sites and hentai sites which do it, though, so to be perfectly honest:
[1] the answer to your question depends on the nature of the site, and
[2] it all boils back down fundamentally to Japanese xenophobia
Japan has historically been very insular even with regards to foreign powers they admire (pre-Meiji: China, post-Meiji: Europe, USA). This is not only true of Japanese property or person, but of Japanese ideas, as well. For example, Japan (as a political entity) and the Japanese (as a conglomerate of individuals) both do the following:
(a) they promote foreign views of Japan which are romantic, heroic, or otherwise admirable (e.g. ninjas, samurai, bushido, karate)
(b) they do not even mention, let alone promote, their society's fair share of flaws or faults as compared with other countries
I mean, don't get me wrong: no nation is perfect. But whereas Americans don't really do much to dispel the foreign notion that Americans are overweight, boisterous, loud-mouthed, impulsive, and often times dim-witted, the Japanese had pretty much kept the world totally in the dark right up until the Internet boom with regards to things like Japanese sadomasochism (prominently seen depicted in a nice light on television gameshows and guest talk shows), chauvinism, judicial pecularities (e.g. Japan is the only nation which places a statute of limitations on homicide, 25 years), etc. These are things which the average Japanese citizen knows about (a) because he lives there and (b) because he sees or hears about them on TV, in the newspaper, at work or school, etc. But for your average foreigner, this sort of stuff was completely off the radar until Japanese television piracy became huge in the 1990s thru the present day. The only people who ordinarily would have known, for example, about Japan's statute of limitations on homicide would have been international law scholars. Today, the ranks have swollen tremendously to include fans of Japanese legal dramas (e.g. Hero) and video games (e.g. Gyakuten Saiban / Phoenix Wright).
In the 1980s, Americans' view of Japan was "land of the ninja, land of the samurai, land of karate, and land of the atomic bomb detonations." Today, that view has drastically evolved into one which also incorporates "land of the Pikachu, land of the big-breasted cartoon girls, land of the otaku, land of the kancho, land of the subway gropings, and land of Gackt and Hard Gay." Master Splinter ........ Hard Gay. Master Splinter .......... Hard Gay. Sure, one was a rat, but at least he was an honorable martial arts master rat. lol
[1] the answer to your question depends on the nature of the site, and
[2] it all boils back down fundamentally to Japanese xenophobia
Japan has historically been very insular even with regards to foreign powers they admire (pre-Meiji: China, post-Meiji: Europe, USA). This is not only true of Japanese property or person, but of Japanese ideas, as well. For example, Japan (as a political entity) and the Japanese (as a conglomerate of individuals) both do the following:
(a) they promote foreign views of Japan which are romantic, heroic, or otherwise admirable (e.g. ninjas, samurai, bushido, karate)
(b) they do not even mention, let alone promote, their society's fair share of flaws or faults as compared with other countries
I mean, don't get me wrong: no nation is perfect. But whereas Americans don't really do much to dispel the foreign notion that Americans are overweight, boisterous, loud-mouthed, impulsive, and often times dim-witted, the Japanese had pretty much kept the world totally in the dark right up until the Internet boom with regards to things like Japanese sadomasochism (prominently seen depicted in a nice light on television gameshows and guest talk shows), chauvinism, judicial pecularities (e.g. Japan is the only nation which places a statute of limitations on homicide, 25 years), etc. These are things which the average Japanese citizen knows about (a) because he lives there and (b) because he sees or hears about them on TV, in the newspaper, at work or school, etc. But for your average foreigner, this sort of stuff was completely off the radar until Japanese television piracy became huge in the 1990s thru the present day. The only people who ordinarily would have known, for example, about Japan's statute of limitations on homicide would have been international law scholars. Today, the ranks have swollen tremendously to include fans of Japanese legal dramas (e.g. Hero) and video games (e.g. Gyakuten Saiban / Phoenix Wright).
In the 1980s, Americans' view of Japan was "land of the ninja, land of the samurai, land of karate, and land of the atomic bomb detonations." Today, that view has drastically evolved into one which also incorporates "land of the Pikachu, land of the big-breasted cartoon girls, land of the otaku, land of the kancho, land of the subway gropings, and land of Gackt and Hard Gay." Master Splinter ........ Hard Gay. Master Splinter .......... Hard Gay. Sure, one was a rat, but at least he was an honorable martial arts master rat. lol
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This is actually nothing new, IP blocking can be a fairly effective security measure against intrusion. Many forums block a members IP when he is banned for misbehavior and the Japanese have been using such blocks to ward off spam and illegal use of sites for years. Many ISPs and even browsers, firewalls and antivirus programs use IP blocking techniques for various reasons in order to prevent access to various sites for a multitude of reasons.
There are often simple ways around this however. The most common is to change your IP by using a proxy. Because most businesses use proxies to expedite their employees internet access most software including browsers are setup to accept proxy interfaces. To access a site that only allows Japanese IPs for example you could go to a public proxy site and load a working Japanese proxy into your browser. Some Japanese proxies may be found at http://samair.ru/proxy,(not my favorite but popular), although there are a number of proxy sites to choose from. Importantly you would wish an anonymous proxy and not a transparent one so the site actually reads your IP as a Japanese IP. Doing this should solve your access problems and bypass any IP restrictions you described.
There are often simple ways around this however. The most common is to change your IP by using a proxy. Because most businesses use proxies to expedite their employees internet access most software including browsers are setup to accept proxy interfaces. To access a site that only allows Japanese IPs for example you could go to a public proxy site and load a working Japanese proxy into your browser. Some Japanese proxies may be found at http://samair.ru/proxy,(not my favorite but popular), although there are a number of proxy sites to choose from. Importantly you would wish an anonymous proxy and not a transparent one so the site actually reads your IP as a Japanese IP. Doing this should solve your access problems and bypass any IP restrictions you described.
That solution is exceptionally appropriate but only for those individuals who have no qualms with pissing in the face of those who pissed in theirs first. It's the status quo to think and behave in this manner online, but thankfully (imo) it's still the exception to the rule in the real world. When someone says "get out of my house," you get out. Even if he has cream puffs and nachos and sexy single women and a PS3 and [list goes on], you still get out. We don't do that online, and part of me regrets that.
The other part of me says, "Why you gotta be hatin' on me, Japan?" In as white a pseudo-ebonic tone as you can imagine.
Translation: +2 points to Ceewan, he's totally correct and offered good advice to you, but it's kind of a dick thing to do to the owner of whichever site or sites you're forcing your way into. :\
The other part of me says, "Why you gotta be hatin' on me, Japan?" In as white a pseudo-ebonic tone as you can imagine.
Translation: +2 points to Ceewan, he's totally correct and offered good advice to you, but it's kind of a dick thing to do to the owner of whichever site or sites you're forcing your way into. :\
I tried this on candydoll.tv and it still will not load previews :nooo:
still kinda cool though
I just noticed that some JAV studio websites that I was able to visit as recently as a few weeks ago are now blocked (I think... just constantly getting 403 errors).
examples are www.crosscross.jp and www.anna-and-hanako.jp
examples are www.crosscross.jp and www.anna-and-hanako.jp
http://www.anna-and-hanako.jp/top.html
http://www.crosscross.jp/top.html
I can access both (I'm in France). I don't even accept their cookies.
http://www.crosscross.jp/top.html
I can access both (I'm in France). I don't even accept their cookies.
It is hard to control the exit nodes in Tor, (Tor really was not set up with that in mind). Try loading a straight Japanese public proxy into your browser. If for some reason this does not work you may need to disable javascript and clear your browser information, if this still does not work then you probably need a proxy with SSL capability,(not all proxies handle this protocol), those proxies are out there. I haven't been to the candydoll website in awhile, so I don't know if they require javascript or secure connections but I have had regular proxies bypassed before by javascript and https connections. You could also try a webproxy but these aren't always effective. One web proxy that is often used for Japan is:
http://www.ijapan.org/red/
a 403 forbidden error is means your ISP is blocking the connection.
I don't think that's it. I can get to some studio's websites, but not others. If my ISP doesn't want me to see Japanese porn sites why wouldn't they block them all?
also, this: "The 403 Forbidden HTTP status code indicates that the client was able to communicate with the server, but the server will not let the client access what was requested."
It is true that some 403 errors can be caused by connection refusal from the client side, I can concur with that from experience, but that is not the normal case. To be honest I slipped that comment in after I read
elgringo14s' post. I thought it was an apt and hopefully helpful comment to add. Most ISPs' have an unpublished "blacklist" of sites they block, in my experience, and there is little telling what is the reason behind them. It is true that may not be the situation you are encountering.
I used to use a proxy checker site frequently but my own ISP blocks it now. I actually didn't realize it was doing so because I rarely surf without using a proxy loaded on one of my browsers. However even a transparent proxy bypassed the filter and until I had for one reason or another tried to access the site without a proxy loaded did I find the filter was in place. Not all proxy sites or proxy checker sites are blocked by my ISP to my knowledge,(I checked this with other sites at the time but it has been awhile since I have had reason to search such sites without a proxy). I still use that site to this day but I use others as well now that I know it has made someones "blacklist" I can only assume it is on others,(in which case I usually get a 403 or 404 error message). For discussions sake the site is:
www.stilllistener.com/checkpoint1
It is an old site and while it is outdated and I would not recommend everything there the proxy checkers are very useful.
Dear dude, if you're really want to access said sites, why dont you try by using a VPN called virtual private network? try to look for that service supply by Japanese supplier, subscibe it then access through your VPN :bingo: hope you enjoy!