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Japan's Game Industry Sets Voluntary Ban on 18-Rated Sales to Minors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 19, 2005 - 9:29am.
Tokyo -- Japan's video game industry trade group has introduced a voluntary ban on the sale of 18-rated games to minors by retailers in the country, in a bid to preempt potential government actions. The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) has asked retailers to refuse sales of games rated 18-plus by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization to minors, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, and also to place information on video game ratings in their stores. CESA's Kiyoshi Komatsu told GamesIndustry.biz that 95% of Japanese game retailers support the ban, although under the CESA plan as it exists no penalties are provided for retailers who sell violent games to minors.
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