This is an effect of Japanese corporations lobbying for copyright legislation, not Japanese "society". I agree that the word "society" can be used to convey so

This is an effect of Japanese corporations lobbying for copyright legislation, not Japanese "society". I agree that the word "society" can be used to convey social norms, whether imposed by the general public or a powerful minority, but here it's use is deceptive, because there is a connotation that society at large accepts this application of law as just, and had the practical power to influence copyright law.