China News Service, March 8. According to the Japan Jiji News Agency, the Japanese cabinet meeting decided on the 8th to include online slander as a penalty.
Image source: Screenshot from the Japan Jiji News Agency report.
Specifically, it was decided to increase the punishment for the crime of "insulting", adding a clause of "fixed-term imprisonment or short-term detention of less than one year, and a maximum fine of 300,000 yen" on the basis of the current "detention or fine".
The report pointed out that this move is to curb the frequent slander and slander on the Internet in recent years.