Centrefolded: Japan’s ‘porn disposal’ boxes phased out amid rise of the internet
The boxes served to protect the eyes of children from adult material littering the streets, but the shift online has seen their usefulness decline
For more than a decade Kazuhide Inoue has played an understated part in protecting the morals of adolescents in Fukuoka. Several times a year, the 73-year-old visits eight white “post boxes” installed in the city in western Japan, turns a key and empties their contents. On a recent visit, his haul totalled 16 books and 81 DVDs in a single day.
But the boxes are not drop-off points for rental shop customers: they are for the exclusive use of people – almost always men – who want to discreetly dispose of unwanted pornographic material that, if kept at home, could fall into the hands of unsuspecting children.
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