Akira Kitagawa, head of Japanese publishing company Dai-san Shokan speaks next to books titled "Are You Charlie? Isuramu heito ka fushi ka (Is it satire or hate against Islam)" at his office in Tokyo on Tuesday. -AFP
TOKYO: A small Japanese publisher on Tuesday issued 3,000 copies of a book of cartoons by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, including controversial drawings of Mohammed.
“Are You Charlie? Isuramu heito ka fushi ka (Is it satire or hate against Islam)” is an attempt to spark debate in Japan on the nature of free speech, said Akira Kitagawa, the head of Tokyo-based Dai-san Shokan.
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