Victims of slanderous comments on social media in Japan find that tangled legal procedures and foreign operators ignorance of Japanese laws make it a near-Herculean task to track down the perpetrators.
Restrictions on new entries have seen projects disrupted, scholarships lost, international exchange undermined, career plans left in tatters and much more.
The country’s new entry measures which together with Israel are among the world’s most stringent mean that from Tuesday all new visitors are barred from entry.