Japanese Court OKs Local Ordinance to Limit Daily Video Game Time, Says Law Does Not Violate Constitution

Japanese Court OKs Local Ordinance to Limit Daily Video Game Time, Says Law Does Not Violate Constitution
The handset of a PlayStation 4 video game console at the Tokyo Game Show on Sept. 20, 2018. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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A Japanese court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a 19-year-old man and his mother who argued that a local ordinance limiting video game playing time was unconstitutional.

The ordinance, first introduced in the Kagawa Prefecture in April 2020, suggests that parents limit video gaming time for children under 18 to 60 minutes per school day and 90 minutes on weekends.

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