>>50788250>Can't have them seeing penis on stream.It's not just that. I was kind of wondering this the whole time, but if you're aware of Japanese censorship laws, it kind of makes sense that they would avoid having anything like that on screen.
If you didn't know, Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code reads as follows:
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3581/en#:~:text=of%20Obscene%20Objects)-,Article%20175,-(1)A
>(1) A person who distributes or displays in public obscene objects such as documents, drawings or recording media contained in electronic or magnetic records is punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen or a petty fine, or both imprisonment and a fine. The same applies to a person who distributes obscene records including electronic or magnetic records through the transmission of telecommunications.>(2) The same applies to a person who possesses the objects referred to in the preceding paragraph or stores electronic or magnetic records referred to in the same paragraph for the purpose of distributing them for a fee.In Japan, because it's considered obscene under the law, you aren't allowed to publish material that contains depictions of uncensored adult genitalia except under very specific circumstances like medical information, educational purposes, etc. The wording is important, because technically, every Youtube stream done by an employee of COVER on their corporate account is considered a published product from them. While it's extremely unlikely that the Internet Hotline Center, the company that is responsible for reporting such things, would ever go after COVER for the simple act of streaming an uncensored game, it's still very likely to be illegal, and Cover probably isn't too interested in taking chances when it comes to the law. Truthfully, a penis showing up once in a long time while displaying a foreign piece of media isn't likely to be noticed, reported to anyone, or even cared about by the government, but if it were to become a regular occurrence, then someone might step in and tell them to stop.
Also, fun fact just to show how fucked the situation is:
In Japan, the IHC, the "government body" that oversees the reporting of uncensored works, is literally a private corporation. Japanese law only requires the "covering" of obscene acts, but it never says what the standards are. For a long time, black bars were acceptable in most illustrated works, but recently, companies have been self-censoring and demanding more and more obstructive mosaics.
In 2021, control of the IHC was handed over to a company called Siempre Co., Ltd., who subsequently demanded Pixiv remove all artistic works using the less obstructive black bars and enforce their policy using mosaics instead. Mosaics had always technically been Pixiv's policy, but in the past, they would usually look the other way as long as there was some kind of censorship when it came to explicit artwork. To make things even worse, this kind of requirement isn't even enforced uniformly. The IHC makes their own decisions on a site-by-site basis, and websites like DLsite can still publish material using black bars instead of mosaics. This can and probably already has led to avenues for abuse and corruption, since it would be trivial for them to demand something in exchange for being more lenient on any particular publishing company. All this just because the Japanese hate seeing penis and vagina.
