User blog comment:Tinni/Bill 156: Japan to crack down on violence, fanservice, fun in anime/manga/@comment-1268838-20101214183143/@comment-1454424-20101215001545

From what I understand, this has more to do with the current Tokyo governor being a homophobe and xenophobe and being so right wing that he makes Sarah Palin look like a leftist hippy more then anything else. I.e. this wasn't done in response to anything. More the governor of Tokyo got-up one morning and said, "Today, I want to wage war on the Manga publishing industry!"