Japan charges Tokyo 'vagina artist' with obscenity

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

24 December 2014 Last updated at 11:08 GMT

Japan charges Tokyo 'vagina artist' with obscenity

A Japanese woman who makes art based on her vagina has been charged with obscenity, in a case that has sparked discussion on censorship.

Megumi Igarashi, 42, had allegedly displayed an "obscene" work at a Tokyo sex shop and sent 3D data of her genitals to other people.

She was arrested in early December and has been held in detention since then.

Ms Igarashi was previously arrested in July, but was later released following a legal appeal and public pressure.

On Wednesday Ms Igarashi was charged with obscenity for displaying a work modelled on her vagina and for distributing data that could be used to print out a 3D copy of her genitals, reported the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

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[bemildred]

1. Not my cup of tea, but I support Ms. Igarashi's right to free speech.

And given that there are around 3.5 billion human penises and vaginas on the planet now (more or less), I think we need to get over it and deal.

[Jesus Malverde]

2. They have some weird ass laws here. You can publish anything explicit as long as it has a tiny

censorship bar over the penis or vagina.

It's the same craziness with prostitution which is technically illegal, but a blow job club (pink salon) is legal cause prostitution is defined as intercourse.

Japan never ceases to amaze.