Osaka cops bust 5 porn video stores, seize 140,000 uncensored DVDs

OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police on Tuesday raided five shops in the Nipponbashi area for selling uncensored porn DVDs, reports the Mainichi Broadcasting System (Feb. 25).

Officers took managers Katsufumi Nishi, 52, Shoji Matsuba, 48, and four other suspects into custody for possessing obscene media with intent to sell. Officers also seized 140,000 DVDs from the five locations.

By law, films available and made in Japan are required to have genitalia properly censored.

One of the six suspects, who has admitted to the allegations, told police that monthly sales average 2.5 million yen at his shop.