I have seen no mention of this issue in English speaking circles, so I thought I would bring this to everyones attention here. The Japanese Diet (Japanese Congress/Parliament) Recently enacted a new law that regulates the AV industry. Here is a summary of what the law entails written up by someone else who took the time to get some of the major points.
Now I don't speak Japanese, So I don't know how everything is shaking out but it sounds really bad for JAV. If anyone has any more information or actual happenings in the JAV industry relating to this it would be nice for you to share.
This law was enacted just this last week, so there is a lot of unknowns happening. According to this Actress, all JAV shooting planned for July has been cancelled.
- 1. The target of this bill is not only actresses, but also all the people who appear, regardless of age and gender
- 2. The film company needs to provide a performance contract before filming. The film company is responsible for explaining the content of the filming to the performers in detail, and also needs to protect the filming safety of the performers
- 3. After signing the contract, filming and related follow-up work can only be performed after the specified time: - The filming can be carried out only after 1 month of the signing of the filming contract. This month can be understood as a cooling-off period - The finished works, including the announcement of the work information, pre-sale, and official sales, can only be officially started 4 months after the shooting - Before the product is launched, the participating performers need to confirm the content of the film
- 4. If the above rules are violated, the performers have the right to unconditionally terminate the contract
- 5. All AV performance contracts can be unconditionally terminated one year after the AV work is announced, including removing the title from sale. In the first two years of the legislation coming into force, this period will be two years.
- 6. Actors who appear in AV do not need to bear any compensation costs arising from the termination of the contract
Now I don't speak Japanese, So I don't know how everything is shaking out but it sounds really bad for JAV. If anyone has any more information or actual happenings in the JAV industry relating to this it would be nice for you to share.
This law was enacted just this last week, so there is a lot of unknowns happening. According to this Actress, all JAV shooting planned for July has been cancelled.