The assembly of a central Japan city on Monday passed an ordinance that recommends all residents limit their use of smartphones, video game consoles and other digital devices to two hours a day outside of work and school, though there will be no penalties.
Since starting to teach myself Japanese and exposing myself to Japanese media I wouldn’t normally watch (like actual news and not just anime), I have seen this exact thing happen multiple times. It’s like a game of Telephone, but with world events.