Let’s be real, there’s no logical reason for the Japanese parliament to believe that their own people would vandalize shrines because of a video game. Historically, when shrine vandalism has occurred, it has been driven by far more significant political or ideological reasons, and even then, it’s rare due to the deep respect shrines hold in Japanese culture.
For them to seriously suggest that a video game could incite such acts is an insult to common sense. If I were Japanese, I’d be offended that my own parliament thinks something straight out of the land of make-believe would suddenly inspire me to vandalize a shrine.
GTFOH