Posted by Zonk on Friday July 13, 2007 @09:49PM from the defeats-the-point-a-bit dept. couch_warrior writes with a BBC article about Japan's choice to restrain political speech in the 21st century. The nation of Japan bans the use of internet sites to solicit voters in its upper house elections. Based on election laws drawn up in the 50s, candidates are restricted in the ways they can reach their