Islands row deflates Japanese condom sales drive in SKorea
Islands row deflates Japanese condom sales drive in SKorea
Agence France-Presse
SEOUL - South Korea's subway system said Thursday it had removedadvertisements for Japanese condoms from its carriages amid growingpublic anger over Tokyo's renewed claims to disputed islands.
About 200 ads for Okamoto condoms were removed from carriages inSeoul on Tuesday, only five days after being posted, said SeoulMetro.
They were originally scheduled to be displayed for one month.
"There were public complaints about promoting Japanese condoms andwe immediately took action," Seoul Metro spokesman Kim Jeong-Hwantold AFP.
"If the territorial dispute with Japan over Dokdo had not flared upagain, such complaints would not have been lodged with us."
The advertisements did not depict condoms but contained the phrase"No. 1 in Japan."
South Korea and Japan are again in dispute over islands in the Seaof Japan (East Sea) known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea.
The latest row was sparked by Japanese educational guidelinesreaffirming Tokyo's claim to the Seoul-controlled islands.
Angry South Koreans on Wednesday hurled rotten eggs and tomatoes atthe Japanese embassy in protest. Seoul has recalled its ambassadorfrom Tokyo.
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