{"id":347224,"date":"2014-12-24T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T22:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=347224"},"modified":"2022-03-23T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:19:35","slug":"japan-charges-tokyo-vagina-artist-with-obscenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sq\/japan-charges-tokyo-vagina-artist-with-obscenity\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan charges Tokyo ‘vagina artist’ with obscenity"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL’S COMMENT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Japan has a beautiful culture of showing penises in festivals and denying the right to show female organs are a sexist discrimination. Japan must either make all penis festival illegal or allow women the same rights. <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

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

Megumi Igarashi, 42, had allegedly displayed an “obscene” work at a Tokyo sex shop and sent 3D data of her genitals to other people.<\/p>\n

She was arrested in early December and has been held in detention since then.<\/p>\n

Ms Igarashi was previously arrested in July, but was later released following a legal appeal and public pressure.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/p>\n

Appeal Trial #1
\nOn April 13, 2017, the Tokyo High Court upheld the decision of the first instance and dismissed the appeals of both the prosecution and the defense . Megumi appealed on the same day. Regarding the distribution of obscene materials, the prosecution did not appeal, so the acquittal was confirmed.<\/p>\n

Appeal trial #2
\nOn July 16, 2020, in the appeal decision, the Supreme Court’s first small court dismissed the defendant’s appeal, and the first and second trial decisions with a fine of 400,000 yen were finalized.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Megumi Igarashi Japanese Wikipedia Page [translated]\u00a0<\/a> (The Japanese page has more up to date information)<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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