Here in Germany we once had a guy have his apartment raided by 6 cops because he wrote a tweet to a local politician that said "You're such a dick". That's all he said.
This isn't a start. Its an increase of the maximum prison time of an existing law. It is a response to the bullying of Hana Kimura that led to her committing suicide. Two men connected to bullying her were fined 9,000 yen.<p>This law will be abused even if it had good intentions.
This will really only help to secure Japans one party rule in my opinion. If it was really about peoples feelings, Japan would do a lot more for peoples mental health.<p>Posted about this also a few weeks back: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31741219" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31741219</a>