{"id":30323,"date":"2020-03-21T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=30323"},"modified":"2020-03-21T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:00:57","slug":"kagawa-local-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/kagawa-local-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagawa local ordinance puts 1 hour daily cap on video games"},"content":{"rendered":"

According<\/span> to<\/span> an<\/span> ordinance<\/span> seeking<\/span> to<\/span> limit<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> hours<\/span> that<\/span> youths<\/span> in<\/span> Takamatsu<\/span> in<\/span> Japan<\/span> spend<\/span> on<\/span> surfing<\/span> the\u00a0internet<\/span> and<\/span> playing<\/span> video<\/span> games<\/span><\/a>, only<\/span> an<\/span> hour<\/span> is<\/span> allowed<\/span> for<\/span> such<\/span> activities<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> daily<\/span> basis<\/span>.<\/strong> The<\/span> Kagawa local ordinance<\/span> was<\/span> issued<\/span> by<\/span> Kagawa<\/span> assembly<\/span> and<\/span> dictates<\/span> that<\/span> kids<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> age<\/span> of<\/span> 18<\/span> should<\/span> use<\/span> a<\/span> minimum<\/span> of<\/span> 60<\/span> minutes<\/span> daily<\/span> with<\/span> no<\/span> punishments<\/span> alongside<\/span>.
\nKagawa<\/span> prefecture<\/span> residents<\/span> should<\/span> strive<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> the<\/span> regulation<\/span> with<\/span> utmost<\/span> responsibility as stipulated by the Kagawa local ordinance<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Kagawa local ordinance to be rolled out on April 1st<\/h2>\n

The<\/span> Kagawa local ordinance<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> effected<\/span> on<\/span> April<\/span> 1st<\/span>, therefore<\/span>, becoming<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> time<\/span> a<\/span> local<\/span> council<\/span> in<\/span> Japan<\/span> had<\/span> issued<\/span> an<\/span> ordinance<\/span> of<\/span> that<\/span> kind. The<\/span> ruling<\/span> issues<\/span> out<\/span> a<\/span> guideline<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> prefectural<\/span> authority<\/span>, institutions,<\/span> and<\/span> families<\/span> to<\/span> eradicate<\/span> addictions<\/span> of<\/span> internet<\/span> use<\/span> and<\/span> video<\/span> games<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nDuring<\/span> the<\/span> holidays<\/span>, it<\/span> stipulates<\/span> a<\/span> maximum<\/span> of<\/span> 1<\/span> hour<\/span> and<\/span> 30<\/span> minutes<\/span>, a<\/span> tough<\/span> move<\/span> for<\/span> households<\/span>.
\nParents and<\/span> guardians<\/span> are<\/span> instructed<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> allow<\/span> kids<\/span> elementary<\/span> institutions<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> gadgets<\/span> after<\/span> 9 pm\u00a0with<\/span> high<\/span> school<\/span> learners<\/span> not<\/span> exceeding<\/span> 10 pm. The<\/span> Kagawa<\/span> assembly<\/span><\/a> convened<\/span> a<\/span> group<\/span> to<\/span> look<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> Kagawa local ordinance<\/span> in<\/span> September<\/span> 2019<\/span> with<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> roll<\/span> out<\/span> tougher<\/span> measures<\/span> into<\/span> play<\/span>.
\nHowever<\/span>, as<\/span> the<\/span> Kagawa local ordinance<\/span> was<\/span> perceived<\/span> to<\/span> delve<\/span> into<\/span> domestic<\/span> issues<\/span>, revisions<\/span> were<\/span> made<\/span> from<\/span> using<\/span> the<\/span> term<\/span> restriction<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> smart<\/span> devices<\/span> to<\/span> creating<\/span> guidelines<\/span> for<\/span> households<\/span>.
\nIn<\/span> the<\/span> early<\/span> hours<\/span> of<\/span> March<\/span> 18th,<\/span> 2020<\/span>, the<\/span> Kagawa<\/span> Prefectural<\/span> assembly<\/span> stood<\/span> to<\/span> pass<\/span> the<\/span> vote<\/span> to<\/span> see<\/span> the<\/span> enactment<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> guidelines<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effects of video games on young minds<\/h2>\n

Video games have been around since the early 1970s. The first commercial arcade video game,\u00a0Computer Space\u00a0by\u00a0Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971. In 1972,\u00a0Atari\u00a0introduced\u00a0Pong to the arcades. Nolan Bushnell, the man who developed Computer Space, formed Atari after leaving Nutting Associates and then produced Pong, the first truly successful commercial arcade video game.
\nRecent video games reward players for killing innocent bystanders, police, and prostitutes, using a wide range of weapons including guns, knives, flame throwers, swords, baseball bats, cars, hands, and feet.<\/strong> Some include cut scenes (i.e., brief movie clips supposedly designed to move the story forward) of strippers. In some, the player assumes the role of hero, whereas in others the player is a criminal.
\nViolent video games are significantly associated with: increased aggressive behavior<\/a>, thoughts, and affect; increased physiological arousal; and decreased prosocial (helping) behavior. Average effect sizes for experimental studies (which help establish causality) and correlational studies (which allow examination of serious violent behavior) appear comparable for a valid conclusion.
\nDr. Anderson reports after meta-analysis that violent video game effect sizes are larger than the effect of second-hand tobacco smoke on lung cancer<\/strong>, the effect of lead exposure to I.Q. scores in children, and calcium intake on bone mass. Studies provide converging evidence that exposure to media violence is a significant risk factor for aggressive and violent behavior.
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\nFeatured image credits: Japan Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to an ordinance seeking to limit the number of hours that youths in Takamatsu in Japan spend on surfing the\u00a0internet and playing video games, only an hour is allowed for such activities on a daily basis. The Kagawa local ordinance was issued by Kagawa assembly and dictates that kids under the age of 18 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":30325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}