Ministry of Justice cancels tie-up with Netflix show, criticized over comments made by performer

On the 21st, the Ministry of Justice announced that it would cancel a tie-up with Netflix's love reality show ``Love High School Season 2,'' which was launched to raise awareness of rehabilitation efforts. After a performer said in the program that he had ``set someone on fire,'' there was a series of criticisms such as ``Don't use taxpayers' money to promote a program boasting about crime,'' and it sparked a firestorm on social media. It was determined that it would be difficult to continue the tie-up.

``Love Jodou'' is a reality show in which men and women, including former motorcycle gang members, work on love and rehabilitation. The Ministry of Justice announced on the 5th that it had created a poster tied up with the program.

The ministry said, ``It was not our intention to endorse crime or delinquency itself, or to glorify or downplay past acts.'' Regarding the decision to cancel the show, they said, ``This does not negate the difficulties faced by people who have difficult lives, including those who appear in the work, nor the efforts to rehabilitate people who have committed crimes in the past.''