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Japan to Expand Cyberbullying Laws Following Hana Kimura’s Death

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By Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japan is considering stepping up its laws against cyberbullying. The moves follow the death on Saturday of Hana Kimura, a pro-wrestler and personality in the “Terrace House” reality TV show. “It’s necessary to properly implement procedures to disclose information on senders in order to curb online abuses and rescue victims,” said communications minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday.

He said that this requires “a sense of speed,” and that the law could be amended by the end of this year. His statement followed a meeting between Diet (parliament) affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Hiroshi Moriyama, and Jun Azumi of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party.

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