The Chiba Prefectural Police said to a female character wearing a costume like a sailor suit that appeared in a traffic safety enlightenment video that was sent on the Internet, "It is a problem that the expression is sexual and public institutions are adopting it. It was revealed that the video was deleted because of the opinion such as "It is."
However, there are also movements on the net to protest from the perspective of freedom of expression.
In July, the Matsudo Police Station and Matsudo Higashi Police Station in Chiba Prefecture used a virtual space character called "V Tuber" wearing a miniskirt on a short sailor suit-like jacket created by a local company. We produced a traffic safety enlightenment video and posted it on the official YouTube of the prefectural police.
Regarding this, the National Federation of Feminist Parliamentarians, which is made up of female parliamentarians, submitted an open letter stating that "characters that are sexually expressed and public institutions should not adopt characters that target girls."
The Chiba Prefectural Police deleted this video on the 10th of this month, saying, "There was no recognition that it was a sexual object, and there was no objection in the process of examination, but various opinions were received in addition to this point."
On the other hand, the production company of this character has pointed out that "judging only by appearance may be misogyny", and on the net, protest signatures are collected from the viewpoint of freedom of expression. , Is controversial.