Japanese version of Homefront not to declare Kim Jong-il Dead.
Games - Homefront's Japanese version to be changed....slightly
The reason for why the censorship and editting is needed according to the publisher is that they have to comply with CERO, Japan'sComputer Entertainment Rating Organization. CERO has regulations and guidelines on how real people are portrayed in games. According to them, it is fine to depict Kim Jong-il and North Korea in Homefront; but, it CERO stated that if Homefront was to say Kim Jong-il dies in 2012 (which is a major plot point of the game), it will could open the game up to defamation.
But according Kotaku - Japan's article about the entire ordeal (in Japanese) the game will retain its closeness to the original American content. Hopefully it'll stay the same and we can all be happy in fighting the good fight against a nightmarish North Korean nightmare.