Some Japanese are challenging limits on screen-time, with profound implications for the country, says the Financial Times' Leo Lewis.
It has, glacially, perfected the udon noodle; its Ritsurin landscaped gardens have been stunning — but immobile — for nearly 400 years; in 2013 a Boeing 787 safely made an emergency landing at the main airport.An unlikely place, therefore, wilfully to plunge itself in to three seething global debates on game addiction, parental responsibility and the rights of the individual.
In January, Mr Oyama proposed a rule — the first of its kind in Japan — that would ban anyone under 18 from playing for more than an hour a day on mobiles, PCs and consoles. Wataru’s fight might have withered, except that he has now secured the allegiance of Tomoshi Sakka — a fabulously tenacious lawyer who makes a habit of challenging legislation and its adherence to the letter and spirit of Japan’s constitution.
Last year, after four years of consultation, the World Health Organization added “gaming disorder” to its international classification of diseases.
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