Nikon Loses Court Battle for Canceling Show of Photographs of 'Comfort Women'
"Ahn had booked the Nikon Salon in Tokyo for the exhibition of 37 photographs of surviving comfort women, now in their 80s and 90s. When Nikon received a number of complaints about the sensitive nature of the photographs following the publication of a newspaper article on the exhibition, they abruptly cancelled it. In court, Nikon claimed the decision to close the show was based on safety concerns.
'I'm happy that freedom of expression has been acknowledged," said Ahn to the press following his victory, according to Sankei Shimbun newspaper.'
Ahn had previously been granted the right to host the exhibition as originally planned, with Tokyo District Court ruling in his favor. Nikon had argued that the Salon was meant to promote "the development of photographic culture," and that exhibitions there could not have political motives, an argument that the court rejected."
ペタピクセルでは、
"On June 22nd the Tokyo District Court officially ordered Nikon to allow the exhibit to go on as previously scheduled, regardless of the many e-mails and phone calls the Japanese corporation has been getting in protest."
これは厳しい。民間のギャラリーが政治的な問題へ対応に大きなコストを掛けてでもやらなければならない、という判例に。
"Ahn had booked the Nikon Salon in Tokyo for the exhibition of 37 photographs of surviving comfort women, now in their 80s and 90s. When Nikon received a number of complaints about the sensitive nature of the photographs following the publication of a newspaper article on the exhibition, they abruptly cancelled it. In court, Nikon claimed the decision to close the show was based on safety concerns.
'I'm happy that freedom of expression has been acknowledged," said Ahn to the press following his victory, according to Sankei Shimbun newspaper.'
Ahn had previously been granted the right to host the exhibition as originally planned, with Tokyo District Court ruling in his favor. Nikon had argued that the Salon was meant to promote "the development of photographic culture," and that exhibitions there could not have political motives, an argument that the court rejected."
ペタピクセルでは、
"On June 22nd the Tokyo District Court officially ordered Nikon to allow the exhibit to go on as previously scheduled, regardless of the many e-mails and phone calls the Japanese corporation has been getting in protest."
これは厳しい。民間のギャラリーが政治的な問題へ対応に大きなコストを掛けてでもやらなければならない、という判例に。