It's not exactly the same thing. It's not a matter of Uptight culture more than it is a very important matter at the actual time in Japan and a very big deal, so every medias are asked not to shock the population more than it is too much.
If you recall, similar censor happened after the events of the World Trade Center for example, where a few movies, Spider Man for example, were asked to delete scenes including things crashing into the towers as the nation was pretty shocked by the events already.




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