Condom ads targeted in diplomatic wrangle
JAPAN'S largest manufacturer of condoms was forced to remove advertisements from South Korean subway cars as diplomatic tensions escalate.
The dispute between the two countries centres over the sovereignty of islands.
Earlier this week, South Korea recalled its ambassador in response to fresh territorial claims made by Japan over the islands, called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.
"Having condom ads in a public space might not be acceptable for some people," a spokesman for Seoul Metro said. "Secondly, there is an anti-Japanese sentiment brewing among citizens over the Dokdo issue."
The fight over the rocky outcrop has been a persistent irritant in relations, rekindling memories in South Korea of Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule over the peninsula.
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