The latest issue of Shukan Bunshun was removed from newsstands Wednesday after the Tokyo District Court ordered a temporary injunction barring the sale of the Japanese-language weekly magazine.
The flap was over an article on the divorce of Diet member Makiko Tanaka's eldest daughter.
The injunction, likely to trigger debate on privacy vs. freedom of the press, prompted railway station kiosks nationwide to remove copies of the magazine's March 25 edition even though it had already sold out at a number of stations during the early morning rush hours.
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