Japan axes Netflix collaboration after outcry over dating show
The ministry said the campaign had drawn criticism after a Season 2 episode and will end support for the show.
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Earlier this month, the ministry launched an unusual partnership with the streaming giant's series "Badly in Love," releasing a poster featuring the cast of season 2, including several heavily tattooed men. "Badly in Love" shines a spotlight on the Japanese subculture known as "yankii" (delinquents) by bringing together young men and women with troubled and often criminal pasts, including former members of the Japanese mafia (yakuza) and biker …
Japan axes Netflix collaboration after outcry over dating show
Japan’s justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes.
'Badly in Love': Japan axes Netflix collaboration after outcry over dating show
Japan's justice ministry has pulled out of a promotional tie-up with a hit Netflix dating show about former delinquents after criticism that the campaign risked glamorising criminal behaviour and offending victims.
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