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An advertisement in the U.K. showing a woman bound with rope and exposing her thighs has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which said the image used by tile company Bisazza implied sexual violence "had taken place or was about to".

The Italian firm said the images of a Japanese geisha were "artistic" and did not show "excessive perversion".

Part 1 of 9 : Here we meet the host and his team of local Japanese people that will help him through out his journey. Most of all we meet Aki, his guide. The first Japanese fishing experience is a restaurant with an interesting twice. There you can fish a pond in the middle of the restaurant and have your catch for dinner.

LONDON - Red Bee Media has produced a series of idents to support BBC Four's Japanese season, each featuring a different Japanese saying.

One writer takes the BBC to task for what he sees is sloppy reporting on the Yasukuni issue.