very graphic images of him chopping off a part of his finger, which he had filmed himself,said a Kurashiki police spokesman. Tanjo was arrested and charged with intimidation. (AFP)
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Monday, October 1, 2007
when giving the finger is not shooting the bird
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe didn't visit a Shinto war shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender of World War II, Yoshihiro Tanjo, 54, who heads a "right-wing" political group, was incensed. Abe had avoided the shrine in an attempt to improve relations with China and South Korea, but Tanjo protested by cutting off his little finger and sending it to the Prime Minister. Included in the package: a DVD with
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