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...They carry everything from celebrity gossip, true crime and light porn to serious investigative reports and political expos?s. But some of the publications that pride themselves on embarrassing the rich and powerful are finding that their targets are now striking back. Last week the Tokyo district court ordered Shukan Bunshun to halt the distribution of its current issue?after 740,000 of the magazine's 770,000 print run had already been shipped to stores. The court ruled that the magazine had violated the privacy of a woman named Manako. The three-page story describes, in rather boring detail...
...There is a long history between the Tanaka family and Bungei Shunju, Bunshun's parent publishing company. In 1974 the monthly Bungei Shunju ran an expos? of a bribery scandal that ultimately toppled Kakuei Tanaka, Makiko's father and one of the most influential Prime Ministers in Japanese history. And just two years ago, Shukan Bunshun's special report on alleged fraud by the then Foreign Minister Makiko drove PM Junichiro Koizumi to remove her. (A court threw out charges stemming from the story, which accused Makiko of pocketing her secretary's salary...
...There might be one piece of good news in the latest episode for Bunshun. Vendors in Tokyo have reported that the issue quickly became the week's best seller, proving yet again that nothing sells like a scandal...
Police reports are sketchy about what happened next, but a Japanese weekly, the Shukan Bunshun, reports that the woman climbed out of the car when her seatmate became too aggressive. She got about 60 ft. away from the car when the American caught up with her. A few moments later, a Marine friend who was planning to drive the woman home came looking for her. He found her face down on the hood of a station wagon, a black man having intercourse with her from behind. When the Marine called out, the man zipped up and hopped into...
...Police reports are sketchy about what happened next, but one Japanese weekly, the Shukan Bunshun, reports the woman's climbing out of the car when her seatmate becomes too aggressive. She gets 20 m away from the car but the American catches up with her. A few moments later, a Marine friend who was planning to drive the woman home comes looking for her. He finds her face down on the hood of a station wagon, a black man having intercourse with her from behind. When the Marine calls out, the man zips up and hops into a car driven...
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