In the midst of being stuck at home because of the epidemic, Japan caused controversy when it banned children from playing games for more than 1 hour a day

The Kagawa Prefectural Government in the Kansai region, Japan, has just passed a bill to severely limit the playing time of children under the age of 18. Accordingly, children of this province are only allowed to play games for 60 minutes a day, 90 minutes on weekends and are prohibited from using phones after 10pm. In the midst of being isolated by the epidemic, games are the most effective means of entertainment, but this law really makes many gamer feel frustrated and angry.
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In fact, this bill had been proposed many months before with even stricter regulations like this, but also because of its strictness, this bill was not passed. However, the provincial government did not give up, continued to draft another “less strict” bill and it was finally passed although some of the members walked away in the vote, it is not clear. disagreement or any other reason.

Of course, in the end, what matters most is execution. No government can really manage an individual’s gaming time, so they have assigned parents to do this. Some families will strictly follow the rules while the majority do not seem to care about them very much. Most parents have their own way of educating their children and they don’t like anyone, not even the government, forcing them to do this or that.
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Moreover, in the context that people are stuck at home because of the epidemic, games are one of the most popular means of entertainment right now. The World Health Organization (WHO) itself has also advised people to stay at home to play games to avoid going out to spread the disease, so the frustration of gamers when the law is put into effect at this time is also the reason. understandable thing.

It should be added that this law does not set limits based on the level of violence or harm, but merely limits the time playing games, even using the phones of gamers. It is likely that the Kagawa prefectural government will soon have to discuss this law again because there is so much controversy surrounding it.​