{"id":95213,"date":"2026-08-21T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/netflix-dating-show-featuring-cast-members-with-criminal-pasts-sparks-backlash-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:17:30","slug":"netflix-dating-show-featuring-cast-members-with-criminal-pasts-sparks-backlash-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/netflix-dating-show-featuring-cast-members-with-criminal-pasts-sparks-backlash-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix dating show featuring cast members with criminal pasts sparks backlash in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Japan&#8217;s justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier this month, the ministry launched an unusual partnership with the streaming giant&#8217;s &#8220;Badly in Love,&#8221; releasing a poster starring its Season 2 cast members, including heavily tattooed men and women.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Badly in Love&#8221; spotlights Japan&#8217;s so-called &#8220;yankii&#8221; (delinquent) subculture by lodging together young men and women with wild and often criminal pasts, including former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-court-convicts-japan-mafia-leader-traffic-nuclear-material-iran\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">yakuza gangsters<\/a> and motorcycle gang members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Japan&#8217;s first dating show for rebellious yankiis, 11 singles butt heads, forge bonds and live together for 14 days as they go all out to find the one,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81769466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show&#8217;s description<\/a> reads on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Since its release in December, the show has proven an unexpected global hit, with Netflix saying its Season 1 maintained a weeks-long top-10 presence in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The show&#8217;s Season 2 is currently the top-ranked program in Japan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/top10\/japan\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix said<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/c379a5c2-18cb-4af9-84f3-0c60d751d68d\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/3907b92162ed87dbd9998caeb4f59fcc\/gettyimages-2271629085.jpg#\" alt=\"JAPAN-SUBCULTURE-CRIME-DELINQUENCY-NETFLIX \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/c379a5c2-18cb-4af9-84f3-0c60d751d68d\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/3907b92162ed87dbd9998caeb4f59fcc\/gettyimages-2271629085.jpg 1x, 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 review<\/a> of the series in the Japan Times.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s rehabilitation bureau had justified the campaign on grounds that the show&#8217;s depictions of participants&#8217; harsh upbringing, atonement and personal growth jibe with its belief that &#8220;a person can change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The ministry promoted the program \u2013 which says it aims to showcase &#8220;people who are unapologetically themselves&#8221; &#8212; as part of the campaign, and the show will continue to air without the government&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It was never the intention of this collaboration to endorse crime or delinquency, nor to glorify or trivialize these acts from someone&#8217;s past,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;But we have received a lot of concerns and criticism that it can cause discomfort among people victimized by crimes,&#8221; it said, adding that the partnership will be terminated.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Badly in Love&#8221; Season 2 came under fire after an episode aired in which one cast member confessed that, as a teen, he had been arrested for setting someone on fire to prove he was &#8220;not chickening out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The cancellation of the campaign, however, &#8220;isn&#8217;t meant to deny efforts to help rehabilitate people who committed crimes in the past,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/c5c444b0-3931-4418-9994-38cbf9bf5cd9\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/e4f2be0ddf50ad8569f78ae2433d762f\/gettyimages-2271628610.jpg#\" alt=\"JAPAN-SUBCULTURE-CRIME-DELINQUENCY-NETFLIX \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" 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