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Offensive headline about Japanese women draws protests

‘How to date Japanese women who haven’t been exposed to radiation’ ,global post,14 Feb 14 Readers weren’t too happy with South Korea’s Maxim after they published an article with the inflammatory headline………An inflammatory headline, to say the least, and one that Korean readers were quick to point out as inappropriate given the sensitive nature of Japan’s continuing recovery after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster.

Japan‘s media caught wind of the controversy this week, and the rest is viral history.

The original article on Japan Today has been removed, but we’ve captured the cached versionfor you.Maxim Korea’s editor-in-chief said the article, in the February issue of the magazine, was about how to get a Japanese girlfriend, regardless of her exposure to radiation, and he apologized (sort of) for preying on readers with an egregiously provocative headline. ………http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/south-korea/140214/maxim-date-japanese-women-radiation-controversial-article

 

February 15, 2014 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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