Screen time over! Japanese city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit

 

Toyoake City’s non-binding proposal aims to curb mental health issues linked to phone overuse, mirroring pandemic-era gaming limits. But critics say it is simply unrealistic.

 

A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.

The limit – which will be recommended for all residents in central Japan's Toyoake City – will not be binding and there will be no penalties incurred for higher usage, according to the draft ordinance.

 

Cure for mental issues

The proposal aims "to prevent excessive use of devices causing physical and mental health issues... including sleep problems," mayor Masafumi Koki said in a statement on Friday.

 

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My wife would have a mental breakdown at only 2 hours a day, she's on the bloody thing all the time

Good idea, but if they are using the phone over 2 hours they were already mental cases so cannot blame the phone.