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Taiwan metro cards to show Japan porn star Yui Hatano
Source: BBC
Taiwan metro cards to show Japan porn star Yui Hatano
28 August 2015 Asia
Taiwan's capital is to introduce a pre-paid public transport card featuring the Japanese porn actress Yui Hatano, despite an outcry over using her image.
The company producing the cards said they would be released on 1 September, backtracking on an earlier statement that the cards would be withdrawn.
The cards are used to pay for journeys on Taipei's metro and bus network.
The image on the card is not pornographic. Ms Hatano said she should be allowed to contribute to society.
"Just because I am an adult video porn star... does it mean that I cannot pay a debt of gratitude to my beloved Taiwan?" she said, in a statement quoted by the Focus Taiwan news website.
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28 August 2015 Asia
Taiwan's capital is to introduce a pre-paid public transport card featuring the Japanese porn actress Yui Hatano, despite an outcry over using her image.
The company producing the cards said they would be released on 1 September, backtracking on an earlier statement that the cards would be withdrawn.
The cards are used to pay for journeys on Taipei's metro and bus network.
The image on the card is not pornographic. Ms Hatano said she should be allowed to contribute to society.
"Just because I am an adult video porn star... does it mean that I cannot pay a debt of gratitude to my beloved Taiwan?" she said, in a statement quoted by the Focus Taiwan news website.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34083078
