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latest news & developmentsJapan’s ‘perfect’ lover celebrates 1 000th birthday
A serial seducer who enchants aristocratic women with poems on scented paper and gifts of luxurious kimono, Genji turns 1 000 this year, his appeal to readers undiminished.…
Japanese court rules on Mapplethorpe’s pictures
Japan’s top court ruled on Tuesday that pictures by late United States photographer Robert Mapplethorpe are not obscene, putting an end to years of legal fighting. In the 2003…