Global Voices Online — “Japan: Internet regulation up for debate, but nobody is debating”
Posted by Matt Dioguardi on July 12th, 2007
While nobody was watching, an interim report drafted by a study group under the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has set down guidelines for regulation of the Internet in Japan which, according to one blogger, would extend as far as personal blogs and homepages.
This sounds serious; here is the link.