Burnt Fish
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- Dec 7, 2020
Kinda goes back to what I was talking about the other day about why "talking shit" in Japan is risky business with Japan's defamation laws.not sure what the guy said, but getting sued for millions of yen for trolling is batshit insane too me.
It's a weird area as far as Japanese standards go. like beyond the cultural tendency to avoid outright shit talking people nad rocking the boat, there's also the fact that japanese law can be pretty exceptional regarding it as well. Something a lot of folks don't realize a lot of times is you can be charged with and punished for Defamation in japan, even if what the person is saying is 100% true.
There have been cases where someone exposed their boss for cheating on their spouse, and it was true, but the person that exposed him was fined in court. And on a more extreme side of things an author wrote an article and was fined for reporting on someone basically sexually assaulting drunk passed out people, despite even trying to censor out the persons identity simply because the court deemed that there was still enough information present to identify the man.
Basically unless there's a strong case to be made that information is in the public's interest talking shit or trying to expose people in Japan is just asking to be dragged to court for damaging someones honor/reputation.