The irony is that GTA was banned for several years in Japan. Japan did not want Rockstar and their games to expand to Japan, so they allowed it to be filtered and licensed by CAPCOM in 2003.
You can really see the cultures clash when you consider that American men are shocked that a man would fantasize about groping a woman on the subway, yet Japanese men are shocked that American porn would show unfettered genitalia.
I remember reading years ago about how Japanese gamers were turned off by violence in their games but sex and nudity was totally normal. In particular the article mentioned “Mortal Kombat II” and how the blood had to be changed from red to green in order to keep from offending Japanese arcade-goers.
It really is a different world over there, in many ways. I have a lot of respect for Japanese culture, but there’s also a lot that’s repulsive about it.