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Originally Posted by Robbie
Either way...people are actually spending a lot of money buying porn in Japan.
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Not sure if this applies across the board, but a friend of mine who owns a small chain of adult DVD shops in Tokyo and Saitama has been complaining for years about declining DVD sales...which he attributes mainly to online piracy. Last year, he started closing some shops, and began phasing out into other business ventures.
Around 2009, I remember being a little surprised when some Japanese friends who speak next to no English recommended RedTube to me. None of these guys buy porn anymore. All of my Japanese friends (20-40 yrs old range) are on the tubes now. You don't need to be a native English speaker to type in a tube URL and watch months' worth of Japanese porn for free. The tubes even make it easy for them. Visit xhamster with a Japanese IP address and you will see the Japanese category up top with a nice little Japanese flag to grab their attention.
One thing they have going for them is a huge aging population who aren't internet savvy, and are probably helping keep the DVD market somewhat afloat for now. But that can't go on forever.