In general, spending a ton of time gaming comes with its own set of negatives and positives, as the industry's popularity only continues to grow over time. Now, it appears that Japanese politicians are acting on the length of time that kids can play video games.

Given the increase in the politicization of various elements of gaming, this doesn't come as too much of a shock. After all, this is coming on the coattails of years of loot box-related controversies. This specific issue has been addressed by places such as Belgium and the UK, whose governmental bodies have argued for the banning of loot boxes. Currently, politicians in the Kagawa Prefecture in Japan are attempting to legislate limitations on the amount of time that children and teenagers are allowed to interact with video games.

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Japan's Kagawa Prefecture Assembly intends on drafting a law that will limit children's and teens' gaming time to one hour per weekday and one and a half hours each day of the weekend. It is specified that this law would be applied to those under the age of 18. There would be no penalties for breaking this law in the Kagawa Prefecture, which is the smallest prefecture in the country of Japan.

Kagawa Prefecture Assembly

Realistically speaking, many do tend to spend much of their time playing video games. The benefit of this is up for debate, though it is worth noting that the Entertainment Software Association believes that games are not addictive.

On the other side of things, tragic anecdotes indicate that copious amounts of game time can be very extreme. One such instance includes that of the death of a man who had died after gaming for three days straight in a cafe in Taiwan. It's instances like these that could justify the Kagawa Prefecture's desire to act for the sake of its people.

Whether proposed bans such as this or more specific bans like that of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds due to violent themes will have a positive effect has yet to be seen, there is something to admire in governments trying to better their societies. However, these actions' impacts could also end up being more aggravating than helpful.

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Source: Sora News 24