The publishers of Bazaar wanted to put an ad poster of Britney's Demi-style cover pose in a subway station in a trendy part of Tokyo to promote the magazine.
But, reports Reuters, the Tokyo metro karate chopped that idea faster than a ninja turtle. "It's too "stimulating" for our young people."
That's right! Good Asian kids should be studying and getting good grades in college, not getting pregnant. (my culture comes to haunt me.)
However, not to be entirely boo-hoo'd:
"The Metro and the publishers agreed to display the poster after all but masked the picture below the former teen idol's elbow with a statement reading: "We apologize for hiding part of a beautiful image of a mother-to-be."
Update: Okay, the powers to be at Tokyo metro came to their senses and decided that a naked, pregnant Britney in their subways is A-okay.
"Tokyo Metro said it would allow full presentation of the photo as an exception to its obscenity rule, saying it understood the publisher's intention was to portray a happy mother — not to be sexually explicit."
