Let's Kissing!!! (aka Let's Not Kissing!!!)

What is with kissing on Japanese TV? Let’s take a typical scene of a Japanese couple sitting on a bench. The guy nonchalantly puts his arm around the girl (translate as: the guy quickly puts his arm around the girl and jerks her toward himself so that the girl is wincing with pain). They stare at each other until the girl recovers from the shock and then they lean in for the kiss. The one amazing kiss they have been waiting 12 episodes for. To prepare for the scene, the actors must put superglue on their lips to make sure that their lips are stuck in the exact same position for the entire awkward 2 minute kiss. No movement is allowed whatsoever. Wouldn’t want the kiss to be too natural, people might forget it’s a soap opera and think it’s real life or something. My suspicion is that there’s some kind of regulation that forces TV couples to kiss like aliens. It’s probably called “the owner of the sexiest lip and another owner of the sexiest lip must alien kissing rule” or something like that. Now I’m not saying that all Japanese TV couples should go all out and French kiss or anything, but why not start with just a peck? There’s no movement involved in those. Plus, aren’t first kisses usually short ones?