{"id":3265,"date":"2025-08-27T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/japanese-city-proposes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:03:24","slug":"japanese-city-proposes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/japanese-city-proposes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-08-27 13:03:21<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A Japanese city is proposing to restrict smartphone use to just two hours a day outside of work or school.<BR><br \/>\nToyoake in Aichi Prefecture unveiled the draft proposal on August 22, with Mayor Masafumi Koki saying it is designed \u201cto prevent excessive use of devices causing physical and mental health issues \u2026 including sleep problems.\u201d <BR><br \/>\nThe guidelines would not be legally binding, and no penalties would be imposed for exceeding the limit.<BR><br \/>\nThe ordinance also suggests children put their phones away at night, with elementary school students advised to avoid usage after 9pm, and junior high school students and older told to switch off by 10pm.<BR><br \/>\nThe plan sparked widespread criticism online, with users on X describing it as unrealistic. <BR><br \/>\nOne person wrote: &#8220;I understand their intention, but the two-hour limit is impossible.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nAnother user commented: &#8220;In two hours, I cannot even read a book or watch a movie (on my smartphone).\u201d Others argued that such decisions should be left to families.<BR><br \/>\nIn response to the backlash, Mayor Koki clarified that the proposal was not mandatory and \u201cacknowledges smartphones are useful and indispensable in daily life.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nIf approved, the ordinance will take effect in October. Similar rules were introduced in 2020 by Kagawa Prefecture, which recommended children limit gaming and phone use in the evenings.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-08-27 13:03:21 A Japanese city is proposing to restrict smartphone use to just two hours a day outside of work or school. Toyoake in Aichi Prefecture unveiled the draft proposal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3266,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions\/3266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}