The real-life Japanese shrine appears in the ghost of Tsushima, forbidding all visitors from “serious and unrespectful behavior”

The Prime Minister of Japan answered relevant Assassin's Creed: Shadow and the risk of imitating the shrine “destroying” the shrine, the shrine and The Ghost of Tsushima All visitors are prohibited after “disrespectful acts of disrespect.”

Automatic A real-life shrine, Watazumi Shrine, located on Tsushima Island in Japan, was reported, which announced that it had banned access to anyone other than it was called “graves and incomprehensible graves and incomprehensible behavior committed by foreigners”.

The Ghost of Tsushima attracted worldwide attention at Watazumi Shrine when it was released in 2020, as it was thought to inspire the game in the game Scarlet Rock Shrine. As Automaton reports, Ghost of Tsushima fans launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to help raise funds to fix damage suffered by the shrine during the typhoon.

Officials did not elaborate on the latest incident, but mentioned the need to call police to deal with physical and verbal abuse of employees who deliberately damage and abuse their employees. “The destruction of the Japanese, things and people by inbound tourism, is nothing more than destroying Japanese culture,” the automaton quoted shrine officials as saying.

The incident follows Assassin's Creed: Japan's shadow has initiated controversy. Like the ghost of Tsushima, the shadows are in Japanese feudalism, launched last week In addition to the patches throughout the day, many important changes have been made quietly, including temples and shrines.

The update makes tables and shelves in temples and shrines indestructible and no weapons change the citizens, thus stop bleeding during attack, thus reducing blood spills in temples and shrines.

Ubisoft told IGN that the Day-One patch is targeted at all players rather than specific Japanese players, but it is difficult to see the changes as a response to the controversy surrounding the country’s games.

This controversy even reached the upper echelon of Japanese politics. Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Answered questions about Assassin's Creed Shadow at an official government meeting.

The question of the Assassin's Creed shadow of Japanese politician and Japanese MP Hiroyuki Kada is raised. Kada will run for re-election this summer, he said:

“I worry that allowing players to attack and destroy real-world locations in the game without permission can encourage similar behavior in real life. Shrine officials and local residents are concerned about this. Of course, freedom of expression must be respected, but behaviors that cause derogatory local culture should be avoided.”

Prime Minister Ishiba answered:

“We need to discuss with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs how to resolve this issue legally.

“Polluting the shrine is impossible – it is an insult to the state itself. When the Self-Defense Forces were deployed to Samawa, Iraq, we made sure they studied the customs of Islam in advance. Respecting a country's culture and religion is fundamental and we must make it clear that we will not simply accept actions that deprive them of them.”

In the pre-release Assassin's Creed Shadow game video, the shrine “destroy” is the Itatehyozu shrine of Himeji located in Kada's constituency. He said he had consulted with representatives of the shrine, who confirmed that Ubisoft did not seek their permission to display the shrine and use its name in the game.

As we explained to us last week at IGN Japan, Japan has set a record number of overseas visitors to reopen its borders after the pandemic and weak yen. In this government budget, politician Hiroyuki Kada has controversial complaints about the shadows, which he calls “overt tourism” and believes that Japan’s destruction and graffiti will increase.

His argument is that if players can use samurai swords to destroy temples or harm individuals in the game, they may inspire this in real life when visiting Japan, similar to the ancient summons or the charm of Grand Theft Auto automatically inspires imitation violence.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba replied that if such action is taken in real life, he will object to them. His comments target the imitation action in real life of theory, not the game itself.

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