A female lawmaker pleaded with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to close a loophole that could make it easier for the adult film industry to exploit teenage girls. Colleagues’ response to Ayaka Shiomura’s appeal: laughter.
to the government demanding that lawmakers allow 18- and 19-year-olds to void adult-film contracts.
On Monday, lawmakers debated whether current laws protecting people from coercion were adequate. Shiomura proposed a bill, and Kishida responded that the government will “closely monitor” it and “consider how to deal with the issue,” effectively declining to take it up. After some back-and-forth, with Shiomura asking Kishida to “take this issue very seriously,” she conceded that the chamber would not debate the bill.Then her colleagues laughed.
“Everyone, this is no laughing matter. It is an important issue,” she said. “I hope that instead of laughing, we can work together on this.” The moment went viral on Japanese social media. One user commented: “This video makes me think that no matter how much it is a man’s world, we really need women in the Diet. Even if they are laughed off, we need people to speak up for us.” Another
: “More than what happened with Will Smith, it was far more shocking to see on the same day, lots of male lawmakers laughing aloud at Shiomura’s comments.”
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