Japan Contents Review Center

{{Short description|Japanese video and video game rating organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Japan Contents Review Center

| Logo =

| native_name = {{nihongo2|日本コンテンツ審査センター}}

|native_name_lang=ja

| pronounce = Nihon Kontentsu Shinsa Sentā

| type = self-regulatory

| predecessor = Nihon Ethics of Video Association
Content Soft Association

| formation = {{Start date and age|2010|12|1}}

| dissolved =

| location = Japan

| area_served = Japan

| key_people =

| purpose = Ensuring adult videos and games adhere to Japanese obscenity laws

| headquarters = {{nowrap|Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan}}

| parent_organization =

| homepage = [http://www.eizorin.or.jp eizorin.or.jp]

}}

The {{nihongo|Japan Contents Review Center (JCRC)|日本コンテンツ審査センター|Nihon Kontentsu Shinsa Sentā}} is a Japanese video and game rating organization. It is a voluntary organization to ensure adherence to Japanese obscenity laws, which prohibit any display of genitals. This is accomplished by a mosaic pixelation applied to videos and games being sold in Japan.

History

JCRC was founded on December 1, 2010 as {{nihongo|Ethics Organization of Video|映像倫理機構|Eizō Rinri Kikō}} after the dissolution of both the Nihon Ethics of Video Association (NEVA) and the Content Soft Association (CSA).{{Cite news

|date=2010-11-09|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/1109/TKY201011090450.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112002624/http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/1109/TKY201011090450.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-11-12|title=アダルト作品の審査、2団体が統合へ 最大手機関に|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|work=asahi.com|access-date=2019-02-25}}{{Cite web|date=2018-02-07|url=http://hrn.or.jp/eng/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/HRN-Child-Pornography-Report-2018.02.07.pdf#page=33|title=Report on Child Pornography in Japan (p.32)|publisher=Human Rights Now|access-date=2019-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423173207/http://hrn.or.jp/eng/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/HRN-Child-Pornography-Report-2018.02.07.pdf|archive-date=2018-04-23|url-status=live}}

JCRC was interviewed by the organization Human Rights Now (HRN) about its policies.

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