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Nikon, Neo-Nationalists and a Censored Comfort Women Photo Exhibition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Makiko Segawa
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Nikon is the one of the world's most renowned and trusted camera makers, especially among professional photographers and journalists. So, its recent decision to pull the plug on an exhibition by Ahn Sehong, a 41-year-old Nagoya-based Korean photo-documentary artist, surprised many who might have expected the company to defend the integrity of artistic expression. Forced to reverse that decision by the Tokyo District Court, which ordered it to hold the exhibit, the company banned Ahn from giving interviews to the media at the gallery - in effect censoring him from discussing his own work - and prevents foreign press from entering the venue.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 27 , July 2012 , e1
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