POP/ROCK - Oct. 29, 1992
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Hold the ‘Sex’: Japanese customs officials ruled Wednesday that Madonna’s pictorial book “Sex” violates obscenity standards and cannot be imported unless some of its nude photographs are retouched. Under Japan’s unwritten obscenity standards, virtually anything is allowed as long as genitals or pubic hair are not shown. “Sex” includes several photos showing both.
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