Japan’s New Politician Is Already Doing Something For The Preservation Of Retro Games

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As we told you days ago, the manga artist Ken Akamatsu has just become a Japanese politician. He hasn’t even been a week since he was elected last Sunday, July 10, but he’s already got to work and has just revealed his first effort to preserve video games.

One of the main axes of Akamatsu’s campaign was freedom of expression and protection against censorship for manga creators. However, this creative and politician also wants to do something to prevent old games from falling into oblivion.

The first measures were already announced a few days after Akamatsu was elected as a member of the Upper House of Japan. Through his Twitter account, the mangaka mentioned that within the Digital Rights team of the Legal System Subcommittee of the country’s Digital Archive Society, a team of experts has just been formed to deal with the issue of “legal preservation of games past [retro] in a playable state.

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Akamatsu does not want retro games to be lost

The politician expressed that one of his concerns is the loss of games or old content that is being lost due to the passage of time and lack of preservation and that it is an area in which he is very excited to work: “I want this to be successful.” Akamatsu expressed.

The specific measures to be taken were not disclosed, but Akamatsu is beginning to make an impression with how quickly he has taken responsibility for his new political post, the first ever won by a manga creator.

As we have told you, the preservation of content in general, and especially of video games, is somewhat complicated, since video game companies do very little to prevent it from being lost over time. In fact, it is preservation enthusiasts and the gaming community itself that are constantly working to find a way to keep retro gaming available and accessible.

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「プレイ な 状態 で の 、 過去 の の 合法 的 保存」 、 専門 家 で 選抜 を 編成 し て 乗り出す ことになっ た。 失わ れ ゆく 古い 古い コンテンツ の アーカイブ ＆ 利 活用 は 、 私 が 強い持っている分野。これは成功させたい。

— 赤松健⋈C100(土)東シ54b (@KenAkamatsu) July 13, 2022

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