Emobile Obama Monkey Ad-pt. 3
July 20, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Vetting explained
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This interview with Emobile company president Eric Gan, deals with the merits of the cell phone itself and the marketing strategy of the device in Japan. See parts 1 and 2 for more details on the outrage by African-American residents of Japan who protested the broadcasting of the offensive commercial which depicted Barack Obama as a monkey. For more details go to: www.totown.net/journal.htm Mal Adams Producer/Correspondent Japan Journal Tokyo e-mail: mal@totown.net
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