The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 18, May 6, 2007, Article 33

COIN TRICKS SACRED IN JAPAN

Dick Johnson writes: "If you are a magician and develop a spectacular
coin trick, don't go on Japanese television.  Forty-nine magicians are
suing two television networks in Tokyo for exposing a trick on their
news programs last November.

"A hole had to be drilled in a coin to pass a cigarette through it and
it is against the law to mutilate Japanese coins. 52-year-old
professional magician Shintaro Fujiyama was arrested as a result of
the TV exposure."

Here is the story published this week:
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21658069-10229,00.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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