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Tokyo gay shop staff arrested for selling 'obscene' book
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Bill Taylor
Mar 25, 2013, 3:21:49 PM3/25/13
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BY NATASHA BARSOTTI - Staff at a Tokyo gay store were arrested
for selling a book of photography that includes images of male
nudity authorities deemed obscene, Gay Star News reports.
The manager of Lumiere, located in Tokyo's gay district, was
taken into custody along with one employee for selling four
copies of Singapore photographer Leslie Kee's book in 2011,
according to the report. Both manager and employee were released.
In February, Kee made an appearance at the store, which sold
several copies of the book. The photographer and two other
people were arrested Feb 4 for selling his books at an
exhibition at a Tokyo gallery. Kee was released two days after
the arrest, Gay Star News notes.
Gay Star News indicates that Article 175 of the Japanese Penal
Code forbids the sale, distribution or public display of images,
writings and other materials that are obscene, but the law does
not specifically define what constitutes obscenity.
"gay" is obscene.
http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2013/03/17/Tokyo-gay-shop-
staff-arrested-for-selling-obscene-book.aspx
for selling a book of photography that includes images of male
nudity authorities deemed obscene, Gay Star News reports.
The manager of Lumiere, located in Tokyo's gay district, was
taken into custody along with one employee for selling four
copies of Singapore photographer Leslie Kee's book in 2011,
according to the report. Both manager and employee were released.
In February, Kee made an appearance at the store, which sold
several copies of the book. The photographer and two other
people were arrested Feb 4 for selling his books at an
exhibition at a Tokyo gallery. Kee was released two days after
the arrest, Gay Star News notes.
Gay Star News indicates that Article 175 of the Japanese Penal
Code forbids the sale, distribution or public display of images,
writings and other materials that are obscene, but the law does
not specifically define what constitutes obscenity.
"gay" is obscene.
http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2013/03/17/Tokyo-gay-shop-
staff-arrested-for-selling-obscene-book.aspx
Malcolm McMahon
Mar 25, 2013, 3:31:17 PM3/25/13
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:21:49 +0100, Bill Taylor wrote:
> BY NATASHA BARSOTTI - Staff at a Tokyo gay store were arrested for
> selling a book of photography that includes images of male nudity
> authorities deemed obscene, Gay Star News reports.
>
Surprising. My impression was that Japan it pretty opened-minded about
> BY NATASHA BARSOTTI - Staff at a Tokyo gay store were arrested for
> selling a book of photography that includes images of male nudity
> authorities deemed obscene, Gay Star News reports.
>
porn.
But any society has it's prudes, and it's hardly surprising if they wind
up in the obscene publication squad or something.
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