TOKYO: Tattoos have long been linked with the underworld, or yakuza, in Japan, as a mark of gang membership.
But now, a small but growing group of lawyers, academics and other fans of tattoo art are lobbying to save the traditional - if somewhat subversive - industry from being extinguished by a robust interpretation of a medical law by the investigating authorities in Osaka.
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